SSS 2011-10-14
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(十)月
英语课
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute?
(The) most obvious effect of birth control pills is, well...birth control. But the pill may have subtler effects, too. Like influencing which guy a woman goes for, and her satisfaction with him—in bed and out. So says a study in the journal Proceedings 1 of the Royal Society B.
Researchers quizzed 2,500 mothers on their relationship satisfaction. And they found that women who met Mr. Right while on the pill were happier with their partner's "daddy credentials"—finances, intelligence and so on. But the same women were less satisfied in the sack than non-pill-takers, rating their mates as less sexually adventurous 2 or attractive.
So why the sizzle fizzle? Previous studies suggest women are attracted to men genetically 3 different from themselves—which ups the odds 4 of a healthy kid—but on birth control, the opposite seems true. So the authors say the pill might interfere 5 with a woman's innate 6 sense of sexual chemistry.
But the pill has its perks 7. Women stayed together longer with partners they met while on the pill, and were less likely to want a separation. Either way, this study suggests the pill is more than just birth control. It could be boyfriend control, too.
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
adj.爱冒险的；惊心动魄的，惊险的，刺激的
- I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.我很羨慕他们敢于冒险的生活方式。
- He was predestined to lead an adventurous life.他注定要过冒险的生活。
adv.遗传上
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
- Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别
- The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
- Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰
- If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
- When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。
adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的
- You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
- Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。