A woman is undergoing a cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery is altering not just how people look but how they feel by changing perceptions of middle age, a study showed Monday. Global research group AC Nielsen surveyed people in 42 countries and found 60 percent of Americans, the world's biggest consumers of cosmetic surgery and anti-aging skincare, believe their sixties are the new middle age. On a global scale, three out of five consumers believed forties was the new thirties. "Our forties are being celebrated as the decade where we can be comfortable and confident in both personal and financial terms. The majority of global consumers really believe life starts at forty," AC Nielsen Europe President and CEO Frank Martell said. But that doesn't mean they want to look their age. Healthier eating, longer lifespans and higher disposable incomes have helped to hold back the years. However, for many people the biggest boost is coming from the surgeon's scalpel, the survey found. Confirming Russians' status among the world's biggest consumers of luxury goods, 48 percent of them, the highest percentage globally, said they would consider cosmetic surgery to maintain their looks. One in three Irish consumers, 28 percent of Italians and Portuguese, and one in four U.S., French and British consumers felt the same. 點(diǎn)擊查看更多雙語新聞 (Reuters)

本周一公布的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示，整容手術(shù)不僅改變著人的容貌，而且還通過改變?nèi)藗儗?duì)中年的理解使人的心理發(fā)生變化。 AC尼爾森國(guó)際調(diào)查集團(tuán)共對(duì)42個(gè)國(guó)家進(jìn)行了調(diào)查，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)，60%的美國(guó)人認(rèn)為60歲才是中年的開始。美國(guó)堪稱世界上最大的整容手術(shù)和抗衰老護(hù)膚品消費(fèi)國(guó)。 從全世界范圍來看，五分之三的消費(fèi)者認(rèn)為40來歲正值壯年。 AC尼爾森集團(tuán)歐洲區(qū)總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官弗蘭克·瑪特爾說：“四十歲被認(rèn)為是人生的黃金時(shí)期，這一階段我們?cè)谛愿窈徒?jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力方面都變得成熟自信。所以，大多數(shù)全球消費(fèi)者認(rèn)為40歲才是美好生活的開始。” 但是人們又不希望自己的外表看上去有40歲。 雖然健康的飲食、壽命的延長(zhǎng)和較高的收入對(duì)于人們延緩衰老起到了一定的作用。但調(diào)查顯示，很多人認(rèn)為整容手術(shù)才是永葆青春的最佳途徑。 對(duì)世界上最大的奢侈品消費(fèi)國(guó)之一俄羅斯的調(diào)查顯示，48%的俄羅斯消費(fèi)者表示會(huì)考慮通過做整容手術(shù)來保持青春，這一比例為全世界最高。此外，三分之一的愛爾蘭人，28%的意大利人、葡萄牙人，四分之一的美國(guó)人、法國(guó)人和英國(guó)人也有同樣的想法。 （英語點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）