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1、BBCLearningEnglish6MinuteEnglish20March2013Themalebrain,thefemalebrainNB:Thisisnotaword-for-wordtranscriptFinn:Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglishfromBBCLearningEnglish.I’mFinnandwithmeisRob.HiRob.Rob:HiFinn.Finn:Rob,Ihaveaquestionforyou.Areyougoodatreadingmaps?Rob:Ihavetosay,Iam,Ireallyenjo
2、yreadingmapsandIunderstandthemwell.Finn:That'sinteresting.Andtodaywe'retalkingaboutnewresearchintothedifferencesbetweenmen'sandwomen'sbrains,andlookingatsomevocabularyaboutbrainsandthinking.Now,thisresearchsaysthatmenarebetteratsomethings,likereadingmaps.Rob:Yes,well,I'mgoodatreadingmaps
3、andevenmywifewouldagree.Shemakesmedoallthemapreadinginthecar.Finn:Butwomenarebetteratotherthings–likerememberingfaces.That'saccordingtothisresearch.Andbeforewelookatit,Ihaveaquestionaboutthisincredibleandmysteriousthing–thehumanbrain.Rob,you'reabrainy–thatis,anintelligentguy,buthowmuchdo
4、estheaveragehumanbrainweigh?Isit:a)1.4kgb)2.2kgc)3.6kgRob:I'llhavetousemybrainforthis.I'mreallyrackingmybrains-thatmeanstothinkveryhard.Right,well,Ithink:c)3.6kg.Finn:OKwe'llfindoutifyou'rerightlateron.NowthisresearchwasbyateamfromtheUniversityofPennsylvaniaintheUS.Theylookedatthebrainso
5、fnearly1,000menandwomenandfoundtheyare'wireddifferently'.Rob:Yes–sotheyareconnectedindifferentways.Finn:Let'slistentoDrRubenGurtalkingabouttheconnectionsineachhemisphere-eachhalforeachside-ofthebrain.What'sthedifferencebetweenmenandwomen?DrRubenGur,UniversityofPennsylvania:Whatwefoundwas
6、thatinmales,thestrongerconnectionsrunwithineachhemisphere,withineachhalfofthebrain.Inwomenthestrongerconnectionsarebetweenthetwosidesofthebrain.6MinuteEnglish©BritishBroadcastingCorporation2014Page1of4bbclearningenglish.comFinn:So:menhavebetterlinks–that'sstrongerconnections-insideeachha
7、lfofthebrain.Sotheconnectionsinsidetherighthemispherearegood,andtheconnectionsinsidethelefthemispherearegoodtoo.Rob:Butwomenhavestrongerconnectionsbetweeneachside–thelinksarebettergoingfromonesidetotheother,fromlefttoright.Butwhatdoesthatmean?Finn:Well,theysaythesediffere