必胜高考网_全国高考备考和志愿填报信息平台

必勝高考網 > 外語類 > 英語四級 > 閱讀理解 >

四六級閱讀練習:日有所思夜有所夢讓你更聰明

時間: 未知2 閱讀理解
  【今日閱讀推薦】本篇閱讀材料“日有所思夜有所夢讓你更聰明”選自《時代》(原文標題:How Your Dreams Can Make You Smarter 2012.1.4)。如果大家覺得比較簡單,就當作泛讀材料了解了解,認識幾個新單詞或新表達方式也不錯。如果大家覺得這些材料理解上有難度,不妨當做挑戰自己的拔高訓練,希望大家都有進步^^
  New research shows dreaming about a task gives you an edge in real life.
  It’s late in the evening: time to close the book and turn off the computer. You’re done for the day. What you may not realize, however, is that the learning process actually continues — in your dreams.
  It might sound like science fiction, but researchers are increasingly focusing on the relationship between the knowledge and skills our brains absorb during the day and the fragmented, often bizarre imaginings they generate at night. Scientists have found that dreaming about a task we’ve learned is associated with improved performance in that activity (suggesting that there’s some truth to the popular notion that we’re “getting” a foreign language once we begin dreaming in it). What’s more, researchers are coming to recognize that dreaming is an essential part of understanding, organizing and retaining what we learn — and that dreams may even hold out the possibility of directing our learning as we doze.
  While we sleep, research indicates, the brain replays the patterns of activity it experienced during waking hours, allowing us to enter what one psychologist calls a neural virtual reality. A vivid example of such reenactment can be seen in this video, made as part of a 2011 study by researchers in the Sleep Disorders Unit at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. They taught a series of dance moves to a group of patients with conditions like sleepwalking, in which the sleeper engages in the kind of physical movement that is normally inhibited during slumber. They then videotaped the subjects as they slept. Lying in bed, eyes closed, the woman on the tape does a faithful rendition of the dance moves she learned earlier — “the first direct and unambiguous demonstration of overt behavioral replay of a recently learned skill during human sleep,” writes lead author Delphine Oudiette.
  Of course, most of us are not quite so energetic during sleep — but our brains are busy nonetheless. While our bodies are at rest, scientists theorize, our brains are extracting what’s important from the information and events we’ve recently encountered, then integrating that data into the vast store of what we already know — perhaps explaining why dreams are such an odd mixture of fresh experiences and old memories. A dream about something we’ve just learned seems to be a sign that the new knowledge has been processed effectively. In a 2010 study published in the journal Current Biology, researchers at Harvard Medical School reported that college students who dreamed about a computer maze task they had learned showed a 10-fold improvement in their ability to navigate the maze compared to participants who did not dream about the task.
  Robert Stickgold, one of the Harvard researchers, suggests that studying right before bedtime or taking a nap following a study session in the afternoon might increase the odds of dreaming about the material. But some scientists are pushing the notion of enhancing learning through dreaming even further, asking sleepers to mentally practice skills while they slumber. In a pilot study published in The Sport Psychologist journal in 2010, University of Bern psychologist Daniel Erlacher instructed participants to dream about tossing coins into a cup. Those who successfully dreamed about the task showed significant improvement in their real-life coin-tossing abilities. Experiments like Erlacher’s raise the possibility that we could train ourselves to cultivate skills while we slumber. Think about that as your head hits the pillow tonight.
  【重點單詞及短語】
  retain v. 保持;記住
  hold out 堅持;伸出;提供;維持
  slumber v. 睡眠;麻木狀態;靜止狀態 v. 睡眠;蟄伏;麻木
  overt adj. 明顯的;公然的;蓄意的
  extract v. 提取;取出;摘錄
  integrate into 成為一體,融入;使……并入
  navigate v. 駕駛,操縱;使通過
  odd adj. 古怪的
  take a nap 睡午覺;小睡一下
  odds n. 幾率;勝算
  pilot study 初步研究;預備試驗
  toss sth. into 把……扔進
  Question time:
  1. What have scientists found between dreams and what we learn?
  2. How do our brains act when we are at rest?
46128 主站蜘蛛池模板: 浙江红酒库-冰雕库-气调库-茶叶库安装-医药疫苗冷库-食品物流恒温恒湿车间-杭州领顺实业有限公司 | ETFE膜结构_PTFE膜结构_空间钢结构_膜结构_张拉膜_浙江萬豪空间结构集团有限公司 | 山东臭氧发生器,臭氧发生器厂家-山东瑞华环保设备 | 土壤有机碳消解器-石油|表层油类分析采水器-青岛溯源环保设备有限公司 | AR开发公司_AR增强现实_AR工业_AR巡检|上海集英科技 | 航空障碍灯_高中低光强航空障碍灯_民航许可认证航空警示灯厂家-东莞市天翔航天科技有限公司 | 玉米深加工设备|玉米加工机械|玉米加工设备|玉米深加工机械-河南成立粮油机械有限公司 | 实验室隔膜泵-无油防腐蚀隔膜泵-耐腐蚀隔膜真空泵-杭州景程仪器 电杆荷载挠度测试仪-电杆荷载位移-管桩测试仪-北京绿野创能机电设备有限公司 | 凝胶成像系统(wb成像系统)百科-上海嘉鹏 | 液氨泵,液化气泵-淄博「亚泰」燃气设备制造有限公司 | 搜木网 - 木业全产业链交易平台,免费搜货、低价买货! | 高效节能电机_伺服主轴电机_铜转子电机_交流感应伺服电机_图片_型号_江苏智马科技有限公司 | 防锈油-助焊剂-光学玻璃清洗剂-贝塔防锈油生产厂家 | 通辽信息港 - 免费发布房产、招聘、求职、二手、商铺等信息 www.tlxxg.net | 宠物店加盟_宠物连锁店_开宠物店-【派多格宠物】 | 氢氧化钙设备_厂家-淄博工贸有限公司 | 361°官方网站 | 吉祥新世纪铝塑板_生产铝塑板厂家_铝塑板生产厂家_临沂市兴达铝塑装饰材料有限公司 | 今日热点_实时热点_奇闻异事_趣闻趣事_灵异事件 - 奇闻事件 | 外贮压-柜式-悬挂式-七氟丙烷-灭火器-灭火系统-药剂-价格-厂家-IG541-混合气体-贮压-非贮压-超细干粉-自动-灭火装置-气体灭火设备-探火管灭火厂家-东莞汇建消防科技有限公司 | 同步带轮_同步带_同步轮_iHF合发齿轮厂家-深圳市合发齿轮机械有限公司 | 通风气楼_通风天窗_屋顶风机-山东美创通风设备有限公司 | 密封无忧网 _ 专业的密封产品行业信息网 | 亳州网络公司 - 亳州网站制作 - 亳州网站建设 - 亳州易天科技 | 大立教育官网-一级建造师培训-二级建造师培训-造价工程师-安全工程师-监理工程师考试培训 | 网站seo优化_seo云优化_搜索引擎seo_启新网络服务中心 | 精密光学实验平台-红外粉末压片机模具-天津博君 | 动力配电箱-不锈钢配电箱-高压开关柜-重庆宇轩机电设备有限公司 聚天冬氨酸,亚氨基二琥珀酸四钠,PASP,IDS - 远联化工 | 彩信群发_群发彩信软件_视频短信营销平台-达信通 | 中国玩具展_玩具展|幼教用品展|幼教展|幼教装备展 | 气力输送设备_料封泵_仓泵_散装机_气化板_压力释放阀-河南锐驰机械设备有限公司 | 精密五金加工厂-CNC数控车床加工_冲压件|蜗杆|螺杆加工「新锦泰」 | 深圳市万色印象美业有限公司 | 天津电机维修|水泵维修-天津晟佳机电设备有限公司 | 档案密集柜_手动密集柜_智能密集柜_内蒙古档案密集柜-盛隆柜业内蒙古密集柜直销中心 | 丹尼克尔拧紧枪_自动送钉机_智能电批_柔性振动盘_螺丝供料器品牌 | 纳米涂料品牌 防雾抗污纳米陶瓷涂料厂家_虹瓷科技 | 原子吸收设备-国产分光光度计-光谱分光光度计-上海光谱仪器有限公司 | 低噪声电流前置放大器-SR570电流前置放大器-深圳市嘉士达精密仪器有限公司 | 组织研磨机-高通量组织研磨仪-实验室多样品组织研磨机-东方天净 传递窗_超净|洁净工作台_高效过滤器-传递窗厂家广州梓净公司 | 废旧物资回收公司_广州废旧设备回收_报废设备物资回收-益美工厂设备回收公司 |