双语趣听精彩世界(MP3+文本) 第73期:运动有助于减少焦虑情绪

 　　英国每日邮报:锻炼能使人们更积极地看待周围的环境,从而减少我们对未知情况的担忧,从而减少焦虑.

　　运动有助于减少焦虑情绪

　　The Daily Mail: Regular exercise may help those who see their environments as threatening to feel less anxious.

　　Working out can make people feel more positive about our environment, thus helping¹ us worry less about ambiguous situations.

　　Researchers looking into the correlation² between perception of threat and exercise made the conclusion after conducting a study.

　　They got 66 students to either stand still, walk or jog on a treadmill³, and then watch an animation⁴ of a humanlike stick figure. The figure's orientation⁵ was ambiguous, and could be perceived as walking away or toward the viewer.

　　Overall, the students in the study who walked or jogged were more likely to say the figure was walking away from them - that is, was less threatening - than the students who stood still on the treadmill.

　　The researchers said his findings suggest that exercise could reduce anxiety by fostering the perception of a more positive environment.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

3 treadmill   

n.踏车；单调的工作

参考例句：

• The treadmill has a heart rate monitor.跑步机上有个脉搏监视器。
• Drugs remove man from the treadmill of routine.药物可以使人摆脱日常单调的工作带来的疲劳。

4 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

5 orientation   

n.方向，目标；熟悉，适应，情况介绍

参考例句：

• Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
• The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。