SSS 2009-05-05
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(五)月
This is Scientific American’s 60-second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute.
Some names never seem to go out of style, like David or Emily. Some never really catch on. Not many girls are named Laurel, even fewer are named Lauryl Sulfate. And now a study in the May 5th issue of the Proceedings 1 of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the faster a name gains in popularity the more rapidly it falls. The authors were interested in why products or cultural phenomenon die out. Are they displaced by the next big thing? Or do they fade away, leaving behind a void that has to be filled by something. Well, one cultural taste that is easy to catalogue is what we name our kids. So the researchers looked at the popularity of baby names in France and the US over the past a hundred years. And they found that names that enjoy a meteoric 2 rise---Madison and Brittany---come to mind, fall from the charts just as quick.
The scientists also asked expectant couples what names they'd consider inflicting 3 on their children, and found that most parents tend to avoid names they feel are too faddish 4, ones that became overnight sensations like Kristi and Cody. So those names soon disappear, which could mean that the world may be safe from Cody juniors.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific Americans 60-second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin.
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- In my mind,losing weight is just something meteoric.在我眼中，减肥不过是昙花一现的事情。
- His early career had been meteoric.他的早期生涯平步青云。
- He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
- It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。