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2011年笔译练习:新闻英语(3)

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【英文原文】
Is mental focus a key to success? Maybe so. But a new study suggests that it might also be a key to happiness.

If only we could get our minds to stop wandering.

Unlike animals' minds, the human brain seems hard-wired to wander, according to the study. It found that people spend 47 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they are doing.

A human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind. Just what sorts of places does the mind wander? Reminiscing (and ruing) past events, looking forward to (or fearing) things that might happen in the future.

Not surprisingly, people were happiest when making love. But they also enjoyed exercising and engaging in conversation.They were least happy when working, resting, or using a home computer.

【参考译文】

精神关注开启成功之门?也许是这样的吧。而一项新的研究表明这或许也是快乐之门的钥匙。

只要我们不再胡思乱想就好。

研究表明:和动物不懂,人类的脑子好像就是喜欢瞎想。人们会把47%的清醒时间用于考虑手头工作以外的事情。

人类大脑喜思考,思考大脑不开心。大脑都在想些什么事情呢?追忆过往(悔恨曾经),期盼未知(恐惧将来)。

人们OOXX的时候最快乐,这一点也不奇怪。不过他们也在运动和倾谈中得以享受。工作、休息、在家玩电脑的时候则最不爽。

Tips:hard-wired 给大家一些例句自己感知一下吧。

Feeling lucky"must be hard-wired into the human psyche.

“觉得幸运”一定扎根于人类灵魂深处。

Instinct is a hard-wired response that involves no conscious thought.

本能是不需要意识参与的固有反映,直觉比本能更高一点。

The problem is you are hard-wired by evolution to need to do things for people.

问题就在这,由于人类进化的原因,你和社会已经绑在一起了,你需要为他人做些服务。

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unhappy [ʌn'hæpi]

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adj. 不快乐的,不高兴的

 
conversation [.kɔnvə'seiʃən]

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n. 会话,谈话

联想记忆
response [ri'spɔns]

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n. 回答,响应,反应,答复
n. [宗

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engaging [in'geidʒiŋ]

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adj. 动人的,迷人的,有魅力的

联想记忆
mental ['mentl]

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adj. 精神的,脑力的,精神错乱的
n. 精

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instinct ['instiŋkt]

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adj. 充满的
n. 本能,天性,直觉

联想记忆
evolution [.i:və'lu:ʃən]

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n. 进化,发展,演变

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wander ['wɔndə]

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vi. 徘徊,漫步,闲逛,迷路,蜿蜒
vt.

 
conscious ['kɔnʃəs]

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adj. 神志清醒的,意识到的,自觉的,有意的

联想记忆


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