2023年6月英语六级听力真题 卷一 录音1

Recording 1

录音1

In last week's lecture, we discussed reasons why people forget things.

在上周的讲座中，我们讨论了人们忘记事情的原因。

This week, we will discuss a surprising reason why we might remember some things—anxiety.

本周，我们将讨论一个令人惊讶的原因，为什么我们可能会记得一些事情-焦虑。

Think about something as simple as buying a coffee.

想想买一杯咖啡这样简单的事情。

That may not seem like an experience that would make a deep impression on your memory, but anxiety could change that.

这看起来不像是会在你的记忆中留下深刻印象的经历，但焦虑可以改变这一点。

In fact, a new study suggests that people with higher anxiety levels might remember certain information better than people with lower anxiety levels .

事实上，一项新的研究表明，焦虑水平较高的人可能比焦虑水平较低的人更能记住某些信息。

That's because higher levels of anxiety may make people more susceptible to negative feelings, putting them in a more negative state of mind.

这是因为更高程度的焦虑可能使人们更容易受到负面情绪的影响，使他们处于更消极的心理状态。

That in turn may make them able to better remember some events.

这反过来可能使他们能够更好地记住一些事件。

Let's take a closer look at that new study now. In this study, the researchers started by giving 80 undergraduate students an anxiety test.

现在让我们来仔细看看这项新的研究。在这项研究中，研究人员首先对80名大学生进行了一项焦虑测试。

The test measured the participants' anxiety levels over the preceding two weeks.

该测试测量了参与者在前两周的焦虑水平。

Then, to test memory, the participants were shown a series of neutral words, one at a time.

然后，为了测试记忆力，参与者被展示了一系列中性词，一次一个。

Some of the words were printed on to photos of negative scenes, meaning images that could affect their emotions negatively, such as a photo of a car accident or a cemetery.

一些单词被印在负面场景的照片上，负面场景指的是会对他们的情绪产生负面影响的图片，比如车祸或墓地的照片。

The rest of the words were printed on to photos of neutral scenes, such as a photo of a lake or trees.

剩下的单词被印在中性场景的照片上，比如湖泊或树木的照片。

Neutral words included words like "table" or "desk" that don't elicit emotion.

中性词包括像“桌子”或“书桌”这样不会引发情绪的词。

Later, the participants were asked to think back to the words they were shown earlier, which caused them to reenter either a negative or a neutral mindset.

后来，参与者被要求回想他们之前看到的单词，这导致他们重新进入消极或中立的心态。

The participants were then presented with another set of neutral words, and their memory of these new words was tested.

然后向参与者展示另一组中性词，并测试他们对这些新词的记忆。

The researchers found that the new words presented to people in a negative mindset were better remembered by people with higher levels of anxiety than those with lower levels of anxiety.

研究人员发现，与焦虑程度较低的人相比，焦虑程度较高的人对呈现给消极心态的人的新词记忆更好。

In other words, when highly anxious individuals took in otherwise emotionally neutral information that was presented to them,

换句话说，当高度焦虑的人接受呈现给他们的情绪中立的信息时，

it became colored by their negative mindset, making them remember the information better.

他们的消极心态就会给他们带来色彩，使他们更好地记住这些信息。

But these same effects were not seen in people with low levels of anxiety.

但在焦虑程度低的人群中没有看到同样的效果。

Previous studies have found that extreme levels of anxiety, such as those experienced by people diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, can be quite detrimental to memory and cognitive performance.

以前的研究发现，极端水平的焦虑，例如被诊断患有焦虑症的人所经历的焦虑，可能对记忆力和认知能力非常有害。

But the highly anxious people in this study represent individuals who are managing their anxiety and for whom anxiety is not a serious problem.

但本研究中高度焦虑的人代表了正在管理焦虑的人，对他们来说，焦虑不是一个严重的问题。

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

问题16到问题18是基于你刚刚听到的录音。

16. What does the speaker say the new study suggests?

16. 演讲者认为新研究暗示了什么？

17. What did researchers do first in the new study?

17. 研究人员在新研究中首先做了什么？

18. What do we learn from previous studies about anxiety?

18.我们从以前的焦虑研究中学到了什么？

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