你是天生的大英雄吗?_BEC初级作文

你是天生的大英雄吗?

当然，身体强健也会起到促进作用。研究人员曾在1981年对32名出手帮助过袭击、抢劫或其他严重犯罪行为的受害者的人进行了研究。他们发现，与10年来未干预过犯罪行为或危急情况的对照组中的研究对象相比，这些勇士身高更高、身材也更魁梧，而且更有可能接受过救护或应对危急情况方面的训练。

But heroism is far more complex than that. Some heroes have qualities that enable them to blast through obstacles, recent research shows. Empathy, or care or concern for others, runs high in people with heroic tendencies, according to a 2009 study led by Sara Staats, a professor emeritus of psychology at Ohio State University in Newark.

然而，英雄行为远远不止这么简单。最近一些研究表明，某些勇士具备的品质可以帮助他们冲破障碍。俄亥俄州立大学纽瓦克分校心理学荣誉退休教授萨拉•斯塔茨(Sara Staats)在2009年主持的一项研究发现，具有英雄主义倾向的人与他人有较高程度的情感共鸣，即对他人的关爱或担心。

Ms. Eldridge was an unlikely hero. She had no rescue training. At 5-foot-8 and 115 pounds, she was outweighed by the woman she saved. The biggest surprise to Ms. Eldridge, a single mother of two teenage boys, was that she was able to run at all. Until the day of the rescue, she hadn't run for 10 years because of a disabling back injury.