2023年12月英语四级听力真题 卷一 新闻报道1

News Report One

新闻报道1

Have you noticed how similar you are to your friends?

你有没有注意到你和你的朋友是多么的相似？

It may be because your brains operate in harmony with each other.

这可能是因为你们的大脑彼此协调运作。

We know that friends are more likely to be the same age, gender and ethnic background as each other.

我们知道，朋友更有可能是彼此相同的年龄，性别和种族背景。

Now it seems their brains are alike, too.

现在看来，他们的大脑也很像。

Researchers at the University of California scanned the brains of 42 classmates while they watched videos intended to provoke varying responses.

加利福尼亚大学的研究人员扫描了42名同学的大脑，让他们观看旨在激发不同反应的视频。

Some people might find a romantic scene touching, for instance, while others would feel it was embarrassing.

例如，有些人可能觉得浪漫的场景很感人，而另一些人则觉得很尴尬。

The activity of friends 5 brains was more similar than that of people who didn't know each other, particularly in regions involved in attention, emotion and language.

朋友之间的大脑活动比不认识的人更加相似，特别是在涉及注意力、情感和语言的区域。

This similarity was strong enough that it could be used to predict whether two people were already friends or not.

这种相似性足够强，可以用来预测两个人是否已经是朋友。

The relationship probably goes two ways.

这种关系大概有两种方式。

We are drawn to people who think like us; we then influence their thoughts over time, which may push their brain activity into more closely resembling our own.

我们被与我们想法相似的人所吸引，然后我们会随着时间的推移影响他们的想法，这可能会促使他们的大脑活动更接近我们自己的。

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

根据你刚才听到的新闻报道回答问题1和2。

Question1 What may be the reason that friends are similar to each other according to the recent research?

根据最新研究，朋友之间彼此相似的原因可能是什么？

Question2 What does the news report say about the relationship between friends?

关于朋友间的关系，新闻报道说了什么？

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