Study on sleep, world's ugliest dog 睡眠不足对大脑影响的研究、世界最丑的狗狗_BBC

Study on sleep, world's ugliest dog 睡眠不足对大脑影响的研究、世界最丑的狗狗

This Neapolitan mastiff called Martha has been crowned as the World's Ugliest Dog 2017 in California. Martha and her owner Shirley Zindler picked up the $1, 500 prize. The big-jowled crowd-pleaser will now be flown to New York for media appearances. It's the 29th year of the competition, which typically includes lots of dogs that have been rescued from shelters. The contest aims to raise awareness of the adoption of dogs. The animals are loving companions and seem to enjoy the adoration of the fans.

这只叫玛莎的那不勒斯獒在美国加州“2017世界最丑狗大赛”中摘得桂冠。玛莎和她的主人雪莉·辛德勒共同赢得了1500美元的奖金。这只下颌垂满赘肉的开心果将会被飞去纽约，好在众多媒体前亮相。该比赛在今年迎来了第29届，参赛选手中很多只狗都曾来自宠物收容中心。举办这项比赛的目的是提高人们收养狗的意识。这些狗不仅是人类的知心良伴，它们也似乎很享受粉丝们的仰慕。

词汇 brainpower

脑力，智力

crowd-pleaser

令众人高兴的人，开心果

练习请从以下词汇中选择适当的答案来完成句子。注意：你可能需要改变单词的时态来完成句子。

brainpower / crowd-pleaser

1. The appearance of Beyoncé in the music festival was a real ______.

2. Learning a second language can boost ______, scientists believe. The US researchers from Northwestern University say bilingualism is a form of brain training – a mental "work out" that fine-tunes the mind.