时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:听美文故事记6级单词


英语课

UNIT ONE 1. Science Proves That Love Is Blind


Scientists have shown that there is a degree of truth in the old adage 1 that love is blind. They have found that feelings of love lead to a suppression of activity in the areas of the brain controlling critical thought.


It seems that once we get close to a person, the brain decides the need to assess their character and personality is reduced.


The study, by University College London, is published in NeuroImage.


The researchers found that both romantic love and maternal 2 love produce the same effect on the brain. They suppress neural 3 activity associated with critical social assessment 4 of other people and negative emotions.


The UCL team scanned the brains of 20 young mothers while they viewed pictures of their own children, children they were acquainted with, and adult friends.


The team found that the patterns of brain activity were very similar to those identified in an earlier study looking at the effects of romantic love.


Both studies recorded increased activity in parts of the brain's "reward system".


When these areas are stimulated 5 - as they can be by food and drink, or even monetary 6 gain - they produce feelings of euphoria.


But perhaps more surprisingly, both studies also showed reduced levels of activity in the systems necessary for making negative judgements.


Lead researcher Dr Andreas Bartels said it was crucial that both romantic and maternal love were viewed by the brain in a highly positive way - because both were crucial to the perpetuation 7 of the species.



1 adage
n.格言,古训
  • But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.但是,根据我的经验,人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确。
  • Her experience lends credence to the adage " We live and learn!"她的经验印证了一句格言: 活到老,学到老!
2 maternal
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
3 neural
adj.神经的,神经系统的
  • The neural network can preferably solve the non- linear problem.利用神经网络建模可以较好地解决非线性问题。
  • The information transmission in neural system depends on neurotransmitters.信息传递的神经途径有赖于神经递质。
4 assessment
n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额
  • This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
  • What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
5 stimulated
a.刺激的
  • The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
  • The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。
6 monetary
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
7 perpetuation
n.永存,不朽
  • Are there some on going policies that encourage its perpetuation? 现在是否有一些持续的政策令这会根深蒂固? 来自互联网
  • Does the mental perpetuation exist? 存在心理的永恒吗? 来自互联网
学英语单词
aeromagnetics
alfonzo
allometric coefficient
armillarivin
artedi
at (one's) ease
bellm
Boolean valued function
Bullsport
cabinet type koji fermenter
canellaceous
Carbodavyne
carry-over moment
chambresses
channel group separating and combining equipment
characterism
closed-edge gutter stabilizer
common pochard
compared
complete set of rolling mill
conchodytes monodactylus
corona sparking process
corporate pension fund
counter-intelligence
curdles
cure of stoppages
dissector camera tube
elastomeric strain gate
examiner's report
explicit model
exterior pixel
fenchocamphorone
ferrophosporus
Firiza
Flintbek
flubdub and gulf
formalins
four wire circuit
gas constants
herzenberg
Hoya lantsangensis
hunchbacked
hydraulic jet barker
hyrofoil
i-smitted
immune golbulin
issue-baseds
Kellogg equation
land-reform
laser engine
Lepturus repens
liquid-tight rubber mold
Lissajous curves
Lower River Div.
mammy boy
musicker
negative screening
northern spies
oil ageing
over-wise
Pomme de Terre L.
pressure distribution
privileged atom
purchased parts
railless car
reddan
reduced-pressure
rementions
reverse shaft journal
rose attar
rubidium peroxodisulfate
schmata
Schwalbe's foramina
scutation
siamesed port
side heater
sketch for the colluvial soils
soloway
sorting plant
specular reflectometer
structural hole
summerall
synchondroses sternocostalis costae primae
thereby
total thickness
town camps
trace element analytical chemistry
tu-whit
tundra peat
unawful
urocysts
urotoxic units
Usborne, Mt.
video signal processor
viscountess astors
visual phenomena
volcanic gravel
vplt (virtual path link termination)
washes out
weight-for-weight
wild card character
years