高考英语阅读素材：阅读经典名著能锻炼大脑_高考阅读理解

高考英语阅读素材：阅读经典名著能锻炼大脑

　　根据《星期日电讯报》的报导，这个实验还表明：比起那些平淡的版本，散文和诗作更具有挑战性，脑电活动也活跃得多。

　　The research also found poetry, in particular, increased activity in the right hemisphere of the brain, an area concerned with autobiographical memory, which helped the reader to reflect on and reappraise their own experiences in light of what they had read. Theacademics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.

　　研究也发现，诗作尤其能够增加人右脑的活动，而右脑和自传式记忆有关，能够让读者根据读到的内容回想到他们自己的经历，并且对之重新评价。学者说这就意味着经典作品比励志图书更有用。

　　The brain responses of 30 volunteers was monitored in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in its original and modern form.

　　实验的第一部分中，30名志愿者阅读了莎比士亚作品的原版和现代版，与此同时研究者们监测了他们大脑的反应。

　　In one example, volunteers read a line from King Lear, A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded, before reading the simpler. A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged.

　　其中一个例子是志愿者阅读《李尔王》中的一句台词，A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded接下来他们又阅读了一句简单一点的版本，A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged。(小编注：此句译文为：这样一位父亲，这样一位仁慈的老人家，你们却把他激成了疯狂!)