纪录片《彻底隔离》 第15期 语言测试

Once again the subjects have to undergo a series of tests to discover the effect of sensory¹ deprivation² on the central executive.

这一次受试者们又要接受一系列测试，以研究感官剥夺对中央执行系统的影响。

These will be repeated at the end of the two days.

两天实验期结束后还会再进行一次测试。

So I'll give you one letter and I want you to list as many words as possible that begin with that letter.

我说一个字母，然后你们举出尽可能多的此字母打头的单词。

This is the verbal fluency³ test, which requires them to use memory and language.

这是语言流畅度测试，要求测试对象运用他们的记忆力和语言能力。

OK, the first letter is F.

好的，第一个字母F。

Fake. OK. Fig⁴. Fart.

假的。很好。无花果。屁。

Then the central executive's ability to switch to a different category is tested.

接下来测试中央执行系统的思考不同类别事物的能力。

Next I'd like you to list as many animals as possible in one minute.

接下来需要你们一分钟内举出尽可能多的动物。

A rat, a hamster, a rabbit. A leopard⁵, a puma⁶.

老鼠，仓鼠，兔子。豹子，美洲豹。

They seem to be able to cope for now, but what will happen in 48 hours?

现在看来他们能应付自如，但48小时后将会怎样呢？

Then the suggestibility test.

接下来是语言暗示测试。

So what I'm going to do is read out a sort of short story to you.

我将向你讲述一则小故事。

This examines the central executive's ability to absorb new information

这项测试检测中央执行系统理解新信息，

and check it against that already stored in the memory.

并将其与记忆中存储的信息进行比对的能力。

Anna Thompson of South Croydon was on holiday in Spain

南克罗伊登的安娜·汤普森正在西班牙度假，

when she was held up outside her hotel and robbed of her handbag, which contained...

她在居住的宾馆外被匪徒拦截并抢走了手提包，包内装有...

The suggestibility test is looking at the extent to which people start to accept a different point of view

暗示性测试是用来检测人们在暗示下开始接受不同观点，

and to come to believe that they have somehow made a mistake, and they've changed their view.

并逐渐否定自己先前看法从而最终改变自己观点的可能性。

1 sensory   

adj.知觉的，感觉的，知觉器官的

参考例句：

• Human powers of sensory discrimination are limited.人类感官分辨能力有限。
• The sensory system may undergo long-term adaptation in alien environments.感觉系统对陌生的环境可能经过长时期才能适应。

2 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

3 fluency   

n.流畅，雄辩，善辩

参考例句：

• More practice will make you speak with greater fluency.多练习就可以使你的口语更流利。
• Some young children achieve great fluency in their reading.一些孩子小小年纪阅读已经非常流畅。

4 fig   

n.无花果(树)

参考例句：

• The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
• You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。

5 leopard   

n.豹

参考例句：

• I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
• The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。

6 puma   

美洲豹

参考例句：

• The police and the volunteers combed the forest for the lost puma from the zoo.警察和志愿者们在森林里到处寻找动物园迷失的美洲狮。
• A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。