SSS 2010-04-26
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(四)月
Shhh, keep this podcast a secret. Because new research points to a possible blind spot in airport security screening: it may be easier to sneak 1 something dangerous past security–a box cutter, for example–by also including an obvious and innocuous banned object, like a water bottle, into the mix as a distraction 2.
Scientists recruited college students to find targets on a computer display. Their task: search for lines that formed a T amidst other non-T lines in 10 different experiments. Sometimes the Ts were easy to find, sometimes they were more hidden. When the easy and tough ones appeared with equal frequency, the students found both on the same screen.
When the easy T’s appeared two to three times more frequently, the students were more likely to miss the tough ones. But when the students were given extra time, lessening 3 the pressure, they were more able to find both targets almost as quickly.
The study suggests that actual professional screeners need to be just as vigilant 4 in their attention after finding a first piece of contraband 5 in a given bag. And keeping their stress levels as low as possible should help their performance.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
- He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
- I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
- Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
- Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
- So however much he earned, she spent it, her demands growing and lessening with his income. 祥子挣多少，她花多少，她的要求随着他的钱涨落。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- The talks have resulted in a lessening of suspicion. 谈话消减了彼此的怀疑。
- He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
- The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。
- Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.大多数的城市市场上都充斥着走私货。
- The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。