SSS 2008-08-28
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(八)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute.
If you’ve ever spent time with toddlers, sooner or later you’ll hear the word “Mine!” It’s usually followed by an adult saying, “Now, now, you have to learn to share.” But a study in the August 28th issue 1 of Nature suggests we may be wasting our breath 2. Because kids in the preschool set have no interest in making sure everyone gets their fair share.
Scientists from Switzerland wondered if, and when, young children begin to consider the welfare 3 of others. So they gathered up over 200 Swiss 4 schoolchildren and a small mountain of candy. And one-by-one they gave each child a choice that goes something like this: I can give one M&M to you and one to one of the other kids. Or I can give one to you—and none to anyone else.
Children who were three or four years old didn’t much care whether or not their friends also got an M&M, or a jellybean or any other sweet. But that attitude changed by the time the kids were seven or eight, when almost 80 percent of them opted 5 to be fair. Okay, that doesn’t exactly make them candidates 6 for a Nobel Peace Prize. But maybe magnanimousness begins with an M…&M.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin .
- I bought the book the day after its issue.这书出版后的第一天，我就去买了它。
- I'll support her down the line on that issue.在那个问题上我将全力支持她。
- I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
- While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。
- They are concerned about my welfare.他们关心我的健康。
- Patrick works for social welfare.帕特里克为社会福利工作。
- The Swiss I know all are clever.我认识的瑞士人都很聪明。
- Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.现今瑞士的手表在世界各地出售。
- She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
- After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。
- Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
- one of the leading candidates for the presidency 总统职位的主要候选人之一