The authors note that there may be physiological reasons why high altitude may contribute to suicides; low barometric pressure in mountainous regions, for example, causes the body to become less efficient in transporting oxygen from the air, and these changes can affect brain functioning. In addition, they note, its only suicides, and not other deaths that are positively associated with higher altitudes. While the results still need to be replicated, they at least suggest that achieving the mountain high may come at a dangerous price.
【内容简介】
本篇文章开篇介绍了导致自杀的一般原因,如收入低,有抑郁症病史,感到孤独等,并由此引出一个新发现自杀还与海拔有关。
接着,文章开始介绍这项研究的相关数据和过程,这其中还涉及到其他因素,如种族、年龄、密集程度等。
最后一段,文章从海拔对人生理的影响进行剖析,说明海拔通过影响人的生理,进而影响人的大脑功能,导致人们想不开而寻短见。
【词汇短语讲解】
①correlation 相互关系,相关,关联
e.g. Do you know the correlation between ones character and life?
你知道人的性格和生活的相互关系吗?
②prompt v. 提示,激起,促进 adj. 敏捷的,立刻的,迅速的
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