2019年高考(上海II卷)英語聽力真題 長對話
James, have you read about the new research into the human brain?
Not yet. What does it say?
It says men are better at some things like map reading and finding direction, while women are better at other things like remembering words and faces.
Interesting! Now I understand why I'm the one of my family who does all the map reading.
The research was done by a team from the University of Pennsylvania. They looked at the brains of nearly one thousand men and women and found they are wired differently.
Wired differently? You mean"connected in different ways"?
Right! In males, the stronger connections run within each half of the brain. In women. The stronger connections are between the two sides of the brain.
I see.
The difference might explain why men are better at learning and performing a single task, like reading maps or cycling. But women are often better at doing several things at the same time. They can also concentrate on a task for longer.
Now. I can understand why I cannot do several things together.
But not everyone agrees. A professor from the University of Oxford said the connections inside the brain are not permanently fixed, and the brain is very complex. Without sufficient data, you can't jump to any general conclusions.
I guess the professor is right.
詹姆斯，你讀過有關人類大腦的新研究嗎？
還沒有。內容是什麼？
據說男性更擅長做看地圖和找方向這種事情，而女性則更擅長做記單詞和記面孔這類事情。
有意思！現在我明白了為什麼我是家裡唯一會看地圖的人。
這項研究是由賓夕法尼亞大學的一個團隊完成的，他們研究了近1000名男性和女性的大腦並發現了他們的大腦在連接上的不同。
連接不同？你是說“連接的方式不同”嗎？
是的！男性左右腦內部的連接度更強，而女性連接度更強的部位則在大腦的兩側。
我明白了。
這種差異或許可以解釋為什麼男性更善於學習和執行單一任務，比如看地圖或者騎自行車；而女性則往往更善於同時做好幾件事情，她們還可以長時間地專注於一項任務。
現在我明白了為什麼自己不能同時做好幾件事情。
但這並不是人人都認同的觀點。牛津大學的一位教授說大腦內部的連接不是永久固定的，而且大腦非常複雜，在數據不足的情況下是無法短時間內得出一致結論的。
我想教授的話是對的。
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