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[托福阅读] 新托福阅读练习材料:TheMathematicalMarriagePredictor

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发表于 2012-8-14 23:21:39 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
都说婚姻是爱情的坟墓,经营一段成功的婚姻难度不小。如今有研究人员用一系列调查数据统计出了婚姻幸福的方程式,据说能够预测众人的婚姻寿命。  
8 t* q4 Y$ C2 H/ ?5 ?; K  Want to know if your marriage is going to last? Learn about the mathematical marriage predictor on this Moment of Science.
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  You might not think that mathematicians(数学家) have anything particularly relevant to say about your love life. But you’d be wrong–if we’re talking about James Murray, a mathematician at the University of Washington in Seattle who (1)teamed up(合作) with Psychologist John Gottman to explore the rocky road(坎坷崎岖的路) of romance.
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  Here’s what the two did. They (2)videotaped(将…录到录像带上) hundreds of volunteer couples discussing such things as sex and money. You know–the sorts of things on which everybody always agrees, right?- G1 p' z0 X% d" ^- C# S( U
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  Then they (3)broke down(分解) behavioral responses to these high-pressure(高压的) discussions into recognizable(可辨认的,可认识的) groups, such as whether partner A can be persuaded by partner B, or whether partner A (4)takes offense(生气) when partner B makes a cutting(尖刻的) remark.
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  A set of equations(方程式,等式) was (5)drawn up(草拟,起草) that represented the interactions(相互作用) of these different factors in mathematical form, leading to…Ding!…a prediction as to whether this marriage would last. Sound like a stretch? Think you can’t possibly tell that much about a couple from a single interview and some calculations?
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  Four years later Murray and Gottman did a follow-up(随访,跟进) to see whether the equation had made the right prediction. It sure had–their Mathematical Marriage Predictor was right an astonishing(令人惊讶的) ninety-four percent of the time.
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% \" h. F; t" M/ E  Some conspicuous(显著的,显而易见的) findings included the fact that, in marriages that lasted, laughing occurred five times more frequently than in couples (6)destined for(驶往;去往) break-up. The team also found that the one behavior that most consistently( 一贯地) predicted divorce was the appearance of a contemptuous(轻蔑的) or mocking(嘲弄的) facial expression on one partner’s face when the other one spoke.7 |( `; t* z! l- _5 K

5 r, ~( f2 n* f' d# e  According to the Mathematical Marriage Predictor, it’s “roll your eyes and say goodbyes.”
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  (1)team up v.合作;结成一队;协作8 z1 y) W  a, L

9 q4 Q2 l0 O+ w. x+ L5 v  The two universities have teamed up for a research project.
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- k0 M, \9 J- x  q* L+ f4 M  两所大学已在某一科研项目上进行协作。
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  (2)videotape ['vidiəuteip] n.录像带 vt.将…录到录像带上: o3 f. l' @/ g0 P- v5 f
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  1.Videotape a performance of the advertisement to view for yourselves.4 b; g; K; Z7 A, _+ G( E4 w7 P9 e- l
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  从表演的广告录像带看自己的表现。
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 楼主| 发表于 2012-8-14 23:21:40 | 显示全部楼层

新托福阅读练习材料:TheMathematicalMarriagePredictor

 2.Stiles is accused of molesting a three-year-old girl and recording it on videotape.  1 x; F: \: d2 y
  并被指控调戏一位仅三岁的小女孩,调戏过程被记录在录像带上。% C$ G5 b( e. N- O+ g' j

2 z- |; F- {' g. Y6 {$ h6 v  (3)break down 分解;发生故障;失败;毁掉;制服% o/ K0 O* d4 w2 g9 A! }

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  那座桥在上次地震中坍塌了。
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; P' p5 ]- `5 E& ^  2.Break down barriers between Departments.3 w, J; F7 n. ?
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  打破部门间的障碍。
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2 k" b2 v7 H3 T  (4)take offense生气7 T& k& r+ Q" q! a) \; y  [2 y

" v! x3 f5 j% }* a- W8 c  Please don't take offense. Iwanted to tell you what I think.+ S" X) P" @- @$ D$ i

4 B! ?! b1 `" _2 M' A) ^" f  请你别生气,我只是想把我的想法告诉你了。5 E$ C; F% e* [

2 b& Z4 w2 g: @. |6 s! S! E: g  (5)draw up草拟,起草;停住;使靠近2 G/ S1 Y* ^9 P4 D1 `/ G" l8 l) E

) }. D7 c: A# N4 q  1.The boat was drawn up on the shore.& E3 ^* I$ T3 ~, V' L; _8 o' N
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7 o+ H; z: m6 [4 q( X: U' P9 o) H  2.Second, draw up an outline.5 T& |) D  Q5 l

. F2 \7 \+ k$ z' F5 F  ~" S$ {  第二步起草一个提纲。
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  (6)destined for驶往;去往" D" m/ m, F; {2 e( q) p

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9 J' z2 Q$ f6 ?# @% i2 B$ Y  2.You are destined for a life of travel and fun.
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5 _. ~" T4 j7 w2 f  _7 E9 \  你希望一个能到处旅行和充满乐趣的一生。
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