【Homework】【整理】SSS 2012-09-19

红色:没有听出或有问题   蓝色:拼写存在问题


Are human beings inherently generous or selfish? A new study finds that when people have make the choice instantly,their first impulse is cooperation.Which indicates that generosity is innate.Only when they have more time to consider their choice do they behave more selfishly.The research is in the journal nature.In the study,researchers ran several tests in which each participant in a small group received money and then had to decide how much to invest in a shared group fund.The more time people had to choose how much to donate,the less they gave.Subjects told they had to make a decision with in 10 seconds even gave more than others who were told they had to wait the same 10 seconds before deciding.Because snap decisions are based on intuition,the researchers concluded that the generosity is theintuitive human response.But given time,we can reason our way to a more selfish decision. This intuitive cooperation might be either genetically hardwired or a cultural construct.Either way,next time I run a fund-raiser,I'm bringing a stopwatch.


生词:

1)inherently adv. 内在地;固有地;天性地

2) instantly adv. 立即地;马上地;即刻地

3) impulse n. 冲动;[电子脉冲;刺激;神经冲动;推动力  vt. 推动

4) indicate vt. 表明;指出;预示;象征

5) innate adj. 先天的;固有的;与生俱来的

6) invest vt. 投资;覆盖;耗费;授予;包围  vi. 投资,入股;花钱买

7) group fund基金组;[金融基金集团;基金组合

8) snap vt. 突然折断,拉断;猛咬;啪地关上 vi. 咬;厉声说;咯嗒一声关上 n. 猛咬;劈啪声;突然折断 adj. 突然的

9) intuition n. 直觉;直觉力;直觉的知识

10) genetically adv. 从遗传学角度;从基因方面

11) hardwired adj. 电路的

12) construct vt. 建造,构造;创立 n. 构想,概念

13) fundraiser n. 资金筹集人;资金筹集活动

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