如何给人留下良好第一印象？改变你的问好方式吧

 　　Each time you pick up the phone and chat with a new person, that stranger is subconciously judging you from your first "hello." Don't get mad: you, too, are judging them. New research indicates that we begin to form first impressions based on how someone says "hello," ScienceNOW reports-specifically, on how the tone of their voice sounds.

　　每当你和一个陌生人通过电话聊天，他下意识地会根据你的第一句“哈啰”来评价你。别生气：你也是这样评价他们的。《今日科学》杂志报道称，新研究表明我们根据别人是如何说“哈啰”，即问好的方式，迅速形成第一印象------具体地来说，是根据他们的声调。

　　Researchers in the U.K. recruited around 60 undergraduate students-half male, half female-and recorded them reading a short passage in a non-descript voice, ScienceNOW describes. The team edited down the recordings¹, leaving only the part where the students picked up the phone and said "hello." They then asked over 300 other students to listen to the recordings of that single word and asked to give an impression of the unseen person speaking it, such as how trustworthy they thought that person was or how warm their personality sounded. (ScienceNOW provides links for listening to both a supposedly trustworthy and an untrustworthy person say "hello.")《今日科学》报道称，英国的研究人员调查者雇用了60名本科生--其中男女各一半--请他们用非描述性声音朗读一小段话，并录音。调查团队对录音进行剪辑，只留下学生拿起电话说“你好”那部分。然后，他们另外邀请了300多名学生听“哈罗”的录音，请他们给出对这个尚未谋面的说话者的印象，例如此人是否可靠或者性格是否温和。（《今日科学》提供链接，让人听听被猜想为是可靠和不可靠的人是如何说“哈罗”的）。

　　The students didn't hesitate to make judgements about the speakers at the other end of the line, and on average their assessments² of those individuals' personalities³ converged⁴, ScienceNOW reprots. Here's more on those findings:

　　《今日科学》表示，学生听完后，毫不犹豫地就对说话者作出判断；大多数人对同一个声音作出的判断大致相同。更多的发现:

　　Men who raised the tone of their voices, and women who alternated the pitch of their voices were rated as more trustworthy. Men with lower pitched voices were generally perceived as more dominant⁵. But the opposite was true for women: Those with higher average pitch were rated as more dominant.

　　一般来说，大家觉得提高声调的男性和交替音调的女性更可靠。音调低沉的男性比较强势，而女性则相反，大家认为音调高的女性更强势。

　　Our vocal⁶ tones, the resarchers conclude, are just one more trait on the list of things we are judged by-and use to judge-each time we encounter a new person, even if we have no control over some of those traits.

　　调查者总结说，音调是人们用于相互评价的特征之一：每当我们遇上一个新朋友，别人就会根据音调评价我们--我们也会根据音调评价对方--即使我们无法控制其中一些特征。

 

1 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

2 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

3 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

4 converged   

v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的过去式 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集

参考例句：

• Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
• People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

6 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。