笑声或能开启一段新关系_BEC初级作文

笑声或能开启一段新关系

To investigate the role and influence of laughter in this disclosure process, Gray and his colleagues gathered 112 students from Oxford University in England, into groups of four.

为了调查笑声在自我表露过程中扮演的角色和产生的影响，格雷和他的同事从英国牛津大学（Oxford University）召集了112个学生，并把他们分为四组。

The students did not know one another. The groups watched a 10-minute video together, without chatting to one another.

学生们彼此都不认识。每组会坐在一起看一个10分钟的视频，期间并无交谈。

The videos differed in the amount of laughter they invoked, and the amount of positive feelings or emotions they elicited.

视频的区别在于，引人发笑的频率和传达积极情绪或情感的效力各有不同。

One featured a stand-up comedy routine by Michael McIntyre, another a straightforward golf instruction video, and the third a pleasant nature excerpt from the “Jungles” episode of the BBC’s Planet Earth series.

一个视频是迈克尔•麦金太尔（Michael McIntyre）的单人喜剧秀，一个是简短的高尔夫教学片，第三个是从《BBC行星地球系列》（BBC’s Planet Earth series）“丛林”（Jungles）一集里节选的一个令人愉悦的自然片段。

The levels of laughter and the participants’ emotional state after watching the video was then measured. Each group member also had to write a message to another participant to help them get to know each other better.