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114. A recently completed study shows that peopledwelling in stairs-only apartment buildings (that is, buildings withoutelevators) live an average of three years longer than do people who live inbuildings with both elevators and stairs. A second study shows that elderlyresidents of buildings with elevators make, on average, twice as many visits todoctors each year as do elderly residents of buildings without elevators. Thesefindings suggest that even a very moderate amount of daily exercise, such asthat required to use the stairs leading to and from one's apartment, canincrease people's health and longevity. The findings also suggest that newapartment buildings should be constructed with as few elevators as possible.
最近完成的一次调查显示居住在只有楼梯的公寓(即没有电梯的建筑)中的人比居住在楼梯电梯齐备的房屋中的人平均寿命长三年。另一次调查显示平均而言有电梯的房屋中的老年住户每年看医生的次数是住在没有电梯的房屋中的老年人的两倍。这些事实说明每天即便是很少量的运动,比如走楼梯上下楼,将会促进人们的健康并导致长寿。这些发现也说明新的公寓房屋应该尽可能减少电梯的数量。