时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:初学者听力文摘精选


英语课

Dear A Moment of Science,

亲爱的的《科学一刻》栏目组,



I hate going to the dentist. In fact, I openly fear it. Yet I’ve never actually had a really bad or painful experience with a dentist. So why do I fear it so much?

我很讨厌看牙医。真的,我对此感到很恐惧。可是我实际上并没有看牙医的糟糕经历。那我为什么会对此感到如此恐惧呢?



You’re certainly not alone. Quaking in your boots at the mere 1 thought of a dental check?up–let alone having a cavity taken care of–is a time?honored tradition.

有此感受的不仅仅是你一个人。一想到要检查牙齿,腿脚就哆嗦,更别说补牙洞了。这种感受由来已久。



Fear Of Dentists

牙医恐惧症



And it doesn’t necessarily derive 2 from a bad dental experience. New research shows that fear of the dentist is often passed down from parents to their children.

对牙医的害怕不一定来自您糟糕的看病经历。如今有研究表明,对牙医的恐惧感常常可以通过父母传递给子女。



Fathers are especially involved. Previous studies found a link between parents’ attitudes toward the dentist and kids’ fear. But the new study reveals that kids pay even closer attention to how their fathers react when the dentist is involved. Apparently 3, when fathers display fear and anxiety, kids are most likely to pick up those cues and see dental visits as something to fear.

父亲们的因素很关键。过去的研究表明,父母对牙医的态度和子女对看牙医的恐惧感有关联。不过现在有研究发现子女们会密切关注父亲看牙医的反应。明显的例子是,当父亲表现出恐惧和焦虑的时候,子女很可能受到这些心理暗示,把看牙医当作恐怖的事情对待。



Fathers Play A Role

父亲们举足轻重



Why fathers carry so much weight in influencing how their kids think about the dentist is not clear. At least the study doesn’t really offer an explanation. But it does suggest that fathers can play an important role in what psychologists called positive emotional contagion 4.

父亲们为何会如此大程度地影响子女对牙医的看法,原因尚不可知。至少这项研究没有给出合理解释。不过研究指出,父亲在被心理学家称为“积极情绪传导”的过程中举足轻重。



If fathers’ fear of the dentist can contaminate their kids, the opposite might also be true. In other words, dads behaving positively 5 and not displaying fear could orient their kids towards not fearing the dentist.

如果父亲们对牙医的恐惧会传染给他们的子女,那么反之亦然。换句话说,父亲们正面的言行,不带恐惧的表现可以引导他们的子女不再害怕牙医。



So the researchers call for parents, and fathers in particular, to be involved in dentist fear prevention campaigns.

因此研究人员呼吁父母们,尤其是父亲们,行动起来,帮助子女防治牙医恐惧症。

 



1 mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
2 derive
v.取得;导出;引申;来自;源自;出自
  • We derive our sustenance from the land.我们从土地获取食物。
  • We shall derive much benefit from reading good novels.我们将从优秀小说中获得很大好处。
3 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
4 contagion
n.(通过接触的疾病)传染;蔓延
  • A contagion of fear swept through the crowd.一种恐惧感在人群中迅速蔓延开。
  • The product contagion effect has numerous implications for marketing managers and retailers.产品传染效应对市场营销管理者和零售商都有很多的启示。
5 positively
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
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5-oxoprolinuria
across impact matrix
air circulating rate
all else being equal
ammorosine
antihaplons
arteria centralis retinae
attention-seeker
balaclava helmet
block bottom bag
blow-out of spark
boundary estimate message
brookners
Campo Esperanza
celith (celite)
chatter time
chemical drains collecting circuit
compound amount of l yuan
cornerly
cotillage
curcas oil
danya
DAZIX
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discusin
drank to
dysgerminema
electronically tunable optical filter
endocardial heart tube
equine rhinopneumonitis
esoprone
ethyldiphenylphosphine
fathomes
Fifth Avenue
flare signal rocket
flexural center
gazpacho
general announcing system
giddy
greenway
guiding center approximation
Halo-kieserite
hayton
Hazelwood
heptacontagons
home submap
hook slide
hyper-threading
hyperspherical
inside dope
internal control objective
isometeoric line
It is quite another story.
ko chuang (ch'iang tsu)
lesser palatine nerves
lipoviroparticles
loopie
marine mammal oil
media interview
monochromattism
moquades
Mount Norris
mutually orthogonal
Nastenon
nudiflorous
occulation
odible
ohno
okinalin
orthogonal experiment
pelvic exenteration
pemphigus foliaceus antigen
phosphatidalserine
plexogenic
plicae interureterica
porokeratosis of toe
pre-commencement expenditure
pressure-tight casting
pseudoprostyle building
pull-off strength
range converter
reshaper
respond
romaics
rotation chuck
saw you
scortation
secondary finder
shootouts
side span
sine of the third order
sisler
spatial acuity
the quaternary
Triticum secale
UDPG-4-epimerase
uninitiate
uralenin
use to ...?
utility theory
vitreous silica fibre
West Wind Drift