英语四级晨读100篇精华版031_大学英语听力

英语四级晨读100篇精华版031

　　Altogether the volunteers logged 433 unintentional actions that they found themselves doing -- an average of twelve each, There appear to be peak periods in the day when we are at our zaniest . These are two hours some time between eight a.m. and noon, between four and six p.m. with a smaller peak between eight and ten p.m. Among men the peak seems to be when a changeover in brain programmes occurs, for instance between going to and from work. Women on average reported slightly more lapses- 12.5 compared with 10.9 for men probably because they were more reliable reporters.

　　受试者共记录了433件他们自己认为是无意识而做的事情，平均每人12件。研究发现人们在一天中的高峰时段经常会做出荒谬可笑的事情。一天中共有两个这样的时间段，分别出现在早晨8点到中午，下午4点到6点之间，晚上8点到10点之间有个小高峰。对男人来说，高峰时段出现在大脑程序需要切换的时候，比如，上下班的时候。报告还称，平均而言，妇女的差错更低一些男女之比为12.5:10.9-这也许是因为女性是更可靠的记录者。

　　A startling finding of the research is that the absent-minded activity is a hazar(冒险)of doing things in which we are skilled. Normally, you would expect that skill reduces the number of errors we make. But trying to avoid silly lapses by concentrating more could make things a lot worse or even dangerous.