英语听力精选进阶版 7194

背景：美国国家科学院院刊刚刚发表的一项研究说，情侣分手之后的痛苦是非常伤人的。这项研究得出的结论是：肢体疼痛和伤心之痛的作用是一样的。

You've broken up withyour girlfriend or boyfriend, your wife or husband has left you and you feel rejected, dejected, broken-hearted. Well, new research suggests that intense feelings of rejection¹ are as hurtful as physical pain.

The lead author of the study Ethan Kross said the reason is because the same regions of the brain that become active in response to painful sensory² experiences are also activated⁴ during intense experiences of social rejection.

The researchers hope their findings will offer new insight into how the experience of intense social loss may lead to various physical pain symptoms and disorders⁶.

They also confirmed the notion the people from different cultures all around the world use the same language, words like ‘hurt’ and ‘pain’, to describe the experience of both physical pain and social rejection.

Glossary⁷ 词汇表

to break up with someone （情侣）分手 

dejected 感到沮丧的 

hurtful 令人感到伤痛的 

sensory 感官的 

findings 研究结果 

insight 对事情的了解 

loss 丧失 

symptom 症状 

disorder⁵ 紊乱 

notion 概念

Questions and Answers

1. Why do scientists think that an emotional pain causes physical pain? 

Because they found out that physical pain and emotional disappointments activate³ the same area of the brain.

2. How do people usually feel when a romance comes to an end? 

They feel rejected, dejected and broken-hearted.

3. What language do people use when they suffer physical and emotional distress⁸? 

They use words like 'hurt' and 'pain'.

4. True or false? People have five senses. 

True. They are touch, vision, hearing, taste and smell.

1 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

2 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。

3 activate   

vt.使活动起来，使开始起作用

参考例句：

• We must activate the youth to study.我们要激励青年去学习。
• These push buttons can activate the elevator.这些按钮能启动电梯。

4 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

5 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

6 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。

8 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。