双语：男性声音低沉更受女性青睐

 　　Men who sound like singer Barry White or actor James Earl Jones can get ahead in the mating game because women remember a deep male voice, scientists have revealed。

　　Scientists at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland have proved for the first time that a low masculine voice is important to the accuracy of women's memory and subsequent choice of mate. Women are very sensitive to the pitch of a voice and will remember a deep voice above higher tones。

　　The pitch of a voice is also very important to women looking for a long-term partner. When they come to evaluate potential partners, they use it to assess genetic¹ quality as well as behavioral traits such as antisocial behavior and lack of emotional warmth。

　　In the first experiment, 45 women were initially² shown an image of a single object while listening to the name of the object spoken either by a high or low pitch male or female manipulated voice。

　　They were then shown two similar but not identical versions of the object and asked to identify the one they had seen earlier. The women were also asked which voice they preferred。

　　In the second experiment, the researchers used real male and female voices to test how 46 new women rated the voices and how they scored on object memory。

　　In both cases, the authors found that women had a strong preference for the low pitch male voice and remembered objects more accurately³ when they have been introduced by the deep male voice。

　　Lead researcher Dr David Smith concludes: "Our findings demonstrate that women's memory is enhanced by lower pitch male voices, compared with the less attractive raised pitch male voices."

　　The research is published in Springer's journal, Memory and Cognition。

　　据英国《每日邮报》9月13日报道，科学家称，拥有像歌手巴里-怀特或演员詹姆斯-厄尔-琼斯一样嗓音的男性更易在追求异性的竞技中占领优势地位，因为女性会对男性的低沉嗓音记忆深刻。

1 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

2 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

3 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。