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A few months 1 (early), Stephanie Heller noticed a woman in the parking lot struggling to bend down. Ms. Heller offered to help her. The woman blamed old age for her incapacity, 2 (explain)that she was 70. But Ms. Heller was 71. “This woman felt every bit her age.” she recalled. “I don’t let age stop me. I need a good mood, really. I love singing and dancing with all the young friends I 3 (make)over the years. I’m only as old as I feel.”
Each of us has 4 actual age, the number we celebrate on birthdays. But 5 50-, 60-and 70-year-olds look and feel young, 6 others do not. Scientists measure these differences by looking at age-related things like skin elasticity, blood pressure and so on, finding some 7 (connect)among them. People 8 a healthy lifestyle and a fortunate genetic inheritance(继承)tend 9 (score) “younger” on these assessments.
When scientists ask, “How old do you feel, most of the time?” the answer can reflect the state of people’s physical and mental health. The age given is a virtual one, 10 is called “subjective age”.