SSS 2009-08-20
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(八)月
Maybe it’s happened to you. You go for a walk in the woods and, after wandering around for a few hours trying to find your way back to the car, you realize that you’ve basically been walking in circles. Well, you’re not alone. Because scientists have found that, in the absence of visible landmarks 1 or cues from the sun, people who are lost can’t walk a straight line.
The “disoriented traveler walking in circles” is faithfully trotted 2 out in many fictional 3 works. So scientists decided 4 to put the tale to the test. They plopped six people into a German forest and told them to try to walk straight. And they monitored their subjects’ progress by GPS.
When the day was cloudy, the wanderers indeed walked in circles, but not by turning consistently in one direction. Instead they veered 5 randomly 6 left and right, repeatedly crossing their own paths. But when the subjects could see the sun, they maintained an almost straight course. And the same was true when volunteers were dropped into the Sahara Desert during the day and at night, results published in the journal Current Biology.
So if you want to walk the straight and narrow, especially after dark, don’t count on your conscience to guide you. Get a compass.
- The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句
- She trotted her pony around the field. 她骑着小马绕场慢跑。
- Anne trotted obediently beside her mother. 安妮听话地跟在妈妈身边走。
- The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
- The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。