时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:2014年Scientific American(三)月


英语课

 A versus 1 B, both great.But your brain maybe processing the musical information differently for each. That's according to a research in the journal Neuron Image. For the study, volunteers had their brain scanned by functional 2 MRI. And they listened 2 musical medleys 3 containing songs from different genres 4. The scans identified brain regions that became active during listening. One  medley included 4 instrumental pieces, and the other consists of songs from beside of Abbey Road. Computers algorithm were used to identify specific aspects of the music, which the researchers were able to match with specific activated 5 brain areas. The researchers found that vocal 6 and  instrumental music get treated differently. Well, both hemispheres of the brain deals with musical  features, the presence of lyrics 7, shifts the  processing of musical features to the left auditory cortex. These results suggests that the brain's hemispheres are specialized 8 for different kinds of song processing. A finding revealed by what you might call instrumental analysis.



prep.以…为对手,对;与…相比之下
  • The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
  • The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
adj.为实用而设计的,具备功能的,起作用的
  • The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了,但现在可以用了。
  • The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的,只是为了实用。
n.混杂物( medley的名词复数 );混合物;混杂的人群;混成曲(多首声乐曲或器乐曲串联在一起)
(文学、艺术等的)类型,体裁,风格( genre的名词复数 )
  • Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
  • But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆,古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
  • The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
  • Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
n.歌词
  • music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
  • The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。
adj.专门的,专业化的
  • There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
  • These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。
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admiral nelsons
allocation of charges
anticipatory importation
appositeness
autotransplantation of artery
bakery equipment
bill chamber
bisphosphatase
Book of Nanyang for Life Saving
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Bristol compliment
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Carai
colour prejudice
Crepis pratensis
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data not available
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dowdle
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equation set
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five-card
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give ... the runaround
guaranteed interest
Hattiesburg
hematoencephalic barrier
hgp
high C
high resistor
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hydrostatic locks
i-wunne
image interpretation
immunosubstitute
in the background
initials
intermedia
Jiagui
Jordan refiner
kryptonate
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lead screw pair
litharge-glycerin cement
Lithioneisenglimmer
mahatmas
matched mould thermoforming
mirror canon
Mocambigue
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murcous
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O.N.
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oncogenotype
oseen tensor
Plattling
ptyxis
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scaevola
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Stallone
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surface transport
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unit command word
us -free
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without light and shade
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