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
air-drying varnish
alley-way
Amon-Ra
anterior labial arteries of vulva
anthropogenicalluvial soil
assimilation number
axial proximal groove
bergaptol
bulging factor
Cancer irroratus
cemetery hill
cerebralize
chambranles
cheilectropion
Cherpessa
computer hobbyist
conclusory
courtezanship
criteriology
cut-and-sew
cutis leucemia
cyclopentaarsine
deaccumulation
derailment due to mounting of wheel-flange on rail
digital cable map
dulls
edp management science
energy rate
equity theories
executive flu
facies articularis calcanea anterior
family Ancylostomatidae
ferri-
Galeola lindleyana
general grant
geometrographic
gerretts
give sb the wire
given it a whirl
grinding and welding department
groove for superior longitudinal sinus
harls
harquebuss
honeycomb checks
hypoleuca
hypothetical core disruptive accident
inguinal glands
key to diskette
klabin
lever safety valve
Lima, Kep.
Lithocarpus viridis
Loronyo
Lyapunov exponents
main emergnecy feeder
membrane introduction mass spectrometry
miscellaneous gynecological diseases
numerologists
ohkas
overfolds
oxothalicarpine
paltered
party-column ballot
point local operation
pomacentrus amboinensis
proximal centriole
pyridine-tricarboxylic acid
quantity of water intake
quasi-unemployment
radial plunger pump
Raunkiaer system
regional standard
remove control
retrogamers
rhinolalia
rubber extruding
rye seed
saddle horses
sancta simplicitas
Saros series
scumface
sequence stratigraphy
shlimazl
shortcrust
silver diamminohydroxide
slipped thread
soleidaes
status queue
sub-protoplast
subsequent fold
superqueue
television receive-only earth station
top-down strategy
torpedo detection sonar
tsongas
ulrica
Uroben
vena axillaris
wardrobefuls
welding set with a surge injector
wsf
zone-void