Jim安慰Claire说,这是身体对过度压力所做出的反应,就好像原来住在树上的老祖宗,随时随地要watch out for predators警惕捕食者的来袭,虽然现代人压力的来源变了,但是Claire面对压力,身体做出的反应还是一样的,这种反应叫flight or fight response,要在逃跑还是交战之间做出选择。Claire似懂非懂。
C: So a deadline will cause that same reaction?
J: It could. Modern humans actually have more "flight or fight" responses than our ancestors did. They just had a couple of close calls every day, but today, we have dozens or even hundreds!
C: So the life of a cave woman was less stressful than my life?
Jim说,跟生活在树上的老祖宗相比,现代人每天面对的flight or fight的情况更多。他们以前每天可能只有几次遇到危险,close calls,a close call指险些发生的厄运,比如 I was almost run over by a car. It was a close call.(我差点没被车撞到,太悬了)。如果真像Jim说的,现代人比史前人类cave man或是cave woman面对的压力还大了?我们下次继续听。
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