时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:听美文故事记6级单词


英语课

UNIT ONE 1. Science Proves That Love Is Blind


Scientists have shown that there is a degree of truth in the old adage 1 that love is blind. They have found that feelings of love lead to a suppression of activity in the areas of the brain controlling critical thought.


It seems that once we get close to a person, the brain decides the need to assess their character and personality is reduced.


The study, by University College London, is published in NeuroImage.


The researchers found that both romantic love and maternal 2 love produce the same effect on the brain. They suppress neural 3 activity associated with critical social assessment 4 of other people and negative emotions.


The UCL team scanned the brains of 20 young mothers while they viewed pictures of their own children, children they were acquainted with, and adult friends.


The team found that the patterns of brain activity were very similar to those identified in an earlier study looking at the effects of romantic love.


Both studies recorded increased activity in parts of the brain's "reward system".


When these areas are stimulated 5 - as they can be by food and drink, or even monetary 6 gain - they produce feelings of euphoria.


But perhaps more surprisingly, both studies also showed reduced levels of activity in the systems necessary for making negative judgements.


Lead researcher Dr Andreas Bartels said it was crucial that both romantic and maternal love were viewed by the brain in a highly positive way - because both were crucial to the perpetuation 7 of the species.



1 adage
n.格言,古训
  • But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.但是,根据我的经验,人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确。
  • Her experience lends credence to the adage " We live and learn!"她的经验印证了一句格言: 活到老,学到老!
2 maternal
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
3 neural
adj.神经的,神经系统的
  • The neural network can preferably solve the non- linear problem.利用神经网络建模可以较好地解决非线性问题。
  • The information transmission in neural system depends on neurotransmitters.信息传递的神经途径有赖于神经递质。
4 assessment
n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额
  • This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
  • What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
5 stimulated
a.刺激的
  • The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
  • The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。
6 monetary
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
7 perpetuation
n.永存,不朽
  • Are there some on going policies that encourage its perpetuation? 现在是否有一些持续的政策令这会根深蒂固? 来自互联网
  • Does the mental perpetuation exist? 存在心理的永恒吗? 来自互联网
学英语单词
absorption of gas and vapo(u)r
aerospace system
after-vulcanization
amounts to
Anatolian shepherd dog
angle flnager
Anthemis L.
anthrax
antithesizes
arcing butt welding
bakelite papered plate
bioastronautic, bioastronautical
blennelytria
bush baptist
carbon nanofibers
coarse/acquisition code
collirie
cornuside
decreolises
end-of-school
fact-gathering
forced interruption
fourpounder
fucking around
gellywat
germont
glossography
glucobrassicins
Gorteen
Greeklish
Guadalquivir
harsh it
hatwood
home administration
in the first face
industrial peace
information resource sharing service
inosculans
inverse derivative action
isocrackate
kalakaua
large dam
maa
Malus angustifolia
matte-black
metal yarn
misways
monandrian
moonsails
Muller electron gun
nano-fiber
nasuti
nerolis
nonsequels
notifications
nucleus amygdalae
occasionss
on the voyage out
oppignerate
overpursuing
panel barrier
phasor difference
platean
PO, p.o.
Prichsenstadt
Quiadon
random correlation method
reclaimed leather
reticulated molding
right angle bracket
Roegneria dura
saliers
salli
scymme
semiapologetically
silk-mixture cloth
single-response receiver
snippers
solutrope
stencil tissue paper
straight forward experiment
strif
strongly typed language
Swedenborgianist
sweet-voiceds
technical progress report
Tmassah
tollbooths
tox-
transport test
unchawed
USB devices
v-src
vacation sittings
value of output per unit of labour
vehicle inspection and test station
Vorpommern
wild peas
wineshop
World Radio Laboratories
zeugmata
zimography