SSS 2012-04-13
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(四)月
英语课
This is Scientific Americans 60 second Science, I am Steve Mirsky.
If you have paraskevidekatriaphobia, today is not your day. That’s right, paraskevidekatriaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th and the accidents, mishaps 1 and misfortunes 2 thought by some to occur on that day. But is there anything really to fear?
In fact, a study was conducted and published back in 1993 in the British Medical Journal 3 that looked at hospital admissions 4 due to accidents on one Friday the 13th compared with the previous Friday the 6th. The researchers tracked traffic on a highway in one area and found that many fewer cars were on the road on the 13th. Perhaps due to people being leery of driving on that day.
But hospital admissions in that area due to traffic accidents was actually higher. Forty-five people were admitted on the 6th but 65 people were admitted on the 13th.
The researchers concluded that a few people were indeed unlucky. On that Friday the 13th. In that part of England. Then again, what you really needed for this study was a control group that stays home, only to slip in the bathtub.
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n.轻微的事故，小的意外( mishap的名词复数 )
- a series of mishaps 一连串的倒霉事
- In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly. 尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸，一切都进行得很顺利。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.不幸( misfortune的名词复数 )；厄运；不幸的事；灾难
- History is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. 历史不过是由罪恶和灾难构成的静止舞台造型罢了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Do not jeer at the mistakes or misfortunes of others. 不要嘲笑别人的错误或不幸。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物
- He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
- He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。
n.准许进入( admission的名词复数 )；入场费；入场券；承认
- a need-blind admissions policy 不考虑经济能力的录取政策
- He's the Dean of Admissions for the University of Michigan. 他是Michigan大学的新生注册主任。 来自辞典例句