Just the sounds of the 1960 movie thriller Psycho may be enough to get your heart racing. Even when we may not be aware of it, (hear ) music can affect our bodies as
( good)as our minds. But are the physiological effects of music unique
one culture or are they more general?
(find )out the answer, researchers enlisted 40 Canadians from downtown Montreal and 40 Pygmies from the Congo rainforest. All the volunteers
( listen) to musical clips from the movies Star Wars and Schindler's List, and to music from Pygmy culture.
As the ( participate)listened, the researchers observed their
( emotion) reactions, as well as changes in heart rate, breathing rate and palm-sweat production. The two groups disagreed about whether a particular musical selection was happy or sad. But they all had similar levels of arousal.
These findings suggest that some aspects of how we react to music are universal, rather strictly cultural.
The study (publish )in the journal Frontiers in Psychology last month. It showed fundamental acoustical(音响的) features seem to be responsible for the similar responses of the Canadians and the Congolese Pygmies.
Does that finding mean that science can help create the world's most (universe )catching pop song?
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Dear Wendy,
Thank you your inviting me to go on holiday with you.I thought this would be a very good
to see you again.I still remember the time when we chatted the night through,
(discuss) our plans for the future. It
that everything would be OK with our arrangements (安排) this weekend.
, oneof my relatives,
has been in the United States for twoyears, will visit my family this Saturday. My parentsexpect me to stay at home. As a
, I regret
(tell) youthat I have to
our plans. I think we can meet duringthe summer holiday. When that time comes, we will be together again and enjoy the
(beauty) scenery of Wenzhou.
Best wishes
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In my last semester of college,my favorite professor made an ________(announce)that he would be teaching a study-abroad course over the winter break in Cambodia.The more he talked about the opportunity,the more
_______ (interest)I became.I left class thinking I might
_______ (actual)do it.
My immediate excitement gave in to excuses _______ the weeks passed.The trip would be expensive,I would have less time to spend with my family over the break and so on.In short,I was
_______ (terrify)of taking the risk.
On the day I made my _______ (decide),I suddenly felt as if I had seen myself clearly.Why was I so scared to take this chance? How could I let fear get
_______the way of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?Besides,I had always dreamed of travelling the world and
_______ (study)abroad was a major point in my life.So I took the challenge and
_______ (fly)to Cambodia.
Now,looking back to my experiences in Cambodia,I cherish them very much.It has taught me_______(conquer)fears,big or small and have a faith in myself.
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Sweet wormwood (青蒿)is a common plant in China, it has the power to cure the deadly disease called malaria (疟疾). Tu Youyou
(be)the woman who uses the plant’s special power to save millions of lives. The Chinese scientist won a Nobel Prize because of her great contribution.
On October 5, Tu was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She shared the prize with two other scientists from the US and Japan. Tu is the first native Chinese person __(receive)a Nobel Prize in natural sciences.
Tu was modest about receiving the award: “It’s a success for the whole research team.” She also thinks is scientists’ duty to fight for the health of all humans.
When Tu joined the national research team to find the medicine could fight against malaria in the 1960s and 1970s, things were hard. The team didn’t have advanced equipment back then. Tu used to test
(medicine) by eating them herself. Her team searched old Chinese medicine books
hand and tested over 2,000 traditional recipes.
Once Tu (return)home after traveling for six months. Her little daughter didn’t recognize her and hid from the “strange woman”. To do research, Tu also had to move around a lot.
Finally, Tu found artemisinin (青蒿素)in sweet wormwood in 1971. She spent the next decades (try) to improve the medicine. According to World Health Organization, about 200 million people suffer
malaria around the world, and about haft a million die each year. Artemisinin is stir the most effective treatment against malaria known today.
Tu never complains about how hard she works. “I feel more rewarded when I see so many cured patients,” she said.
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In the middle of April, if you walk through Jinghong, capital of Xishuangbanna region in Yunnan province,
(chance) are that you'll get very, very wet. The Dai people will be celebrating their water-splashing(泼水)festival from April 15 t0 17, marking the new year for the Dai ethnic minority.
Lonely Planet, one of the world's(large) travel brands, has described what happens: “People race around the streets of Jinghong and the surrounding villages, soaking(浸透)every person
sight with buckets of water.
(tradition), water would be collected and poured only on family members as a
symbolic way(ensure) good luck in the coming year. Dai people believe that the wetter you get, the luckier you will be.
Although water (play)a vital role in the celebration, there is much more to the festival, especially during the first two days
water splashing is comparatively kept under control, according to Lonely Planet. People wear their best clothes, while older women in nearby villages
(dress) in traditional outfits(服装).They gather with their families and visit Dai temples. There, they wash the statues of Buddha(佛教)with water, a practice
(know) as ”Bathing the Buddha".
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The top education official in Cambodia is praising efforts to prevent final-year high school studentscheating on their exams. Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron says he is sure the results will be better.
Cambodia’s 88,000 final-year high school students(take) their exams last month. Many are afraid the government’s “no-cheating” policy may hurt their chances of entering
university.
Some students prayed for success. One unhappy student told a Phnom Penh newspaper she hoped people watching the testing would let the students cheat “in a small way”, her hopes did not come true. The “ no-cheating” policy was firmly enforced.
Some cheaters are caught. As usual, some students tried to cheat on the exams. Hang Chon Naron is the person responsiblethe “no-cheating” policy. It is an important part of his effort to reform education. He thinks the pass rate will be higher this year, partly
students have studied more. “We got a report from the schools that they worked harder.”
The minister hopes that(honest) in the exam-taking will begin correcting the biggest problems facing the education system: high school graduates who are not ready
(fill) jobs. The system has long produced graduates who lack the skills
employers need. Also, there is another program
(aim) at improving education for women. As for the Class of 2015, they will soon find out whether those efforts helped.