SSS 2012-03-09
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(三)月
英语课
This is Scientific American 60 Second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick, got a minute?
Typing can be tough for your hands—but can it also mess with your head? Researchers have discovered that words typed on the right side of a QWERTY keyboard, for example POOL, tend to be thought of as more positive than those typed on the left side, say DESERT. The work is inPsychonomic Bulletin 1 and Review.
The QWERTY layout 2 on your keyboard was designed to prevent typewriter jams by keeping common letter pairs apart. But QWERTY also creates new problems. It’s harder on the left hand then on the right, because it places more letters, and more tricky-to-type letter pairs, on the left side of the keyboard.
And this may make the left-side words less likeable. English, Spanish and Dutch 3 speakers rated the positivity of over a thousand words’ meanings. And words typed with more right-side letters earned more positive marks.
This so-called 4 “QWERTY effect” was stronger in words the researchers made up and in real words created after QWERTY’s invention—perhaps because these newer words are typed more frequently 5 than spoken aloud. Right-side words are easier to type, which makes them easier to like—even for lefties.
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n.小报，会刊，简明新闻，新闻快报
- We read the declaration posted on the bulletin board.我们读了贴在布告板上的声明。
- The radio bulletin warned of the typhoon.收音机新闻快报发布了台风警报。
n.布局，安排，设计
- The robbers studied the layout of the bank.这伙强盗研究了银行的布局。
- This map shows the layout of the plant.这张图展示了工厂的布局。
adj.荷兰(人)的；荷兰语(或文化)的；n.[the~]荷兰人；荷兰语
- The British and Dutch belong to the same race.英国人和荷兰人是同一种族。
- Do you know anyone who speaks Dutch?你认识会讲荷兰语的人吗？
adj.所谓的，号称的
- These were the so-called mainframe machines.它们被称为主机。
- Let's see what this so-called button does.让我们来看看为什么这个按钮叫这个名字。
adv.常常，屡次，经常地，频繁地
- Please write to me frequently.请经常给我来信。
- I like that you should call on me frequently.我喜欢你经常来拜访我。