聪明人-想法以事实而非信仰为基础(2)

Are you intelligent？

 

你够聪明吗？

 

An intelligent person's opinions arebased on facts and not beliefs.

 

聪明人的想法以事实而非信仰为基础。

 

This has more to do with their skepticism. Unless and until they are presented with hard facts, they do not take things on face value.

 

这一点和他们的怀疑主义有关，除非他们见到了有力的事实依据，否则聪明人不会太当真。

 

学习音乐的孩子可能比同龄人更聪明。

 

Kids who take music lessons are morelikely to be intelligent than ones who do not.

 

As a report suggests, "There is growing evidence¹ that musicians have structurally² and functionally³ different brains compared with non-musicians. In particular, the areas of the brain usedto process music are larger or more active in musicians. Even just starting tolearn a musical instrument can change the neurophysiology of the brain. Thebrain regions⁴ involved in music processing are also required for other tasks,such as memory or language skills."

 

一份报告指出，越来越多的证据表明音乐家的大脑结构和功能都异于常人，特别是他们大脑中处理音乐的区域面积更大也更活跃。即便是初学一种乐器，也会改变大脑的神经生理功能，而大脑中处理音乐的部位也会在其它任务中发挥作用，如记忆或语言能力。

1 evidence   

n.明显，显著，明白，迹象，根据，[物]证据，证物

参考例句：

• The first signs of spring are in evidence.春天的最初迹象已显然可见。
• From the evidence I must conclude that you are wrong.从证据看，我敢断定你错了。

2 structurally   

在结构上

参考例句：

• The house roof was (structurally) unsound. 这屋顶（结构）不牢固。
• Pinhole on shot-hole damage is never structurally significant. 针孔和蛀洞所造成的危害对结构的影响不大。

3 functionally   

adv.机能上地，官能地

参考例句：

• Objective To explore occlusion reconstruction by computer aided design (CAD) with functionally-generated pathway (FGP). 目的探索借助功能性？记录(functionally-generated pathway,FGP)技术进行口腔固定修复体计算机辅助设计(Computer aided Design,CAD)生理性建？的方法。 来自互联网
• In this respect, the proceeding was functionally similar to a comparative licensing adjudication. 在这一点上，手续在作用上即类似于比较许可证发放的裁断。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

4 regions   

n.地区( region的名词复数 )；[数学]区域；（艺术、科学等的）领域；行政区

参考例句：

• A flying doctor service operates in remote regions. 在偏远地区有飞行医生服务。
• More powers are gradually being devolved to the regions. 正逐步向地方下放更多的权力。 来自《简明英汉词典》