SSS 2008-04-29
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(四)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute.
Mozart was a genius. Duke Ellington, genius. Ringo Starr? Well, Ringo may be smarter than you think. Because a new study from Stockholm shows that people who can keep a beat score the highest on intelligence tests. The researchers asked 34 men to listen to a recording 1 and then tap out the beat using a single drumstick. When the music stopped, the guys kept drumming, and they were scored by how closely they were able to maintain the original rhythm. After their drum solos, the subjects traded their sticks for pencils and took a standardized 2 intelligence test. The guys who had the steadiest rhythm also nailed the written exam. What that means is hard to say. All of our actions, whether we’re making music or solving equations, are governed by the rhythmic 3 activity of nerve cells in the brain. So the scientists think that a keen sense of timing 4 and a penchant 5 for problem solving might come from having well coordinated 6 brain cell activity. While sloppy 7 drumming and sloppy thinking come from brain cells that are slightly out of synch. As for Ringo You know it don’t come easy.
Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin.
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
- We use standardized tests to measure scholastic achievement. 我们用标准化考试来衡量学生的学业成绩。
- The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。
- Her breathing became more rhythmic.她的呼吸变得更有规律了。
- Good breathing is slow,rhythmic and deep.健康的呼吸方式缓慢深沉而有节奏。
- The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
- The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
- She has a penchant for Indian food.她爱吃印度食物。
- He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.他喜欢拿人开玩笑。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法