當提及六級聽力時,尤其是英語六級真題聽力,我們不禁會想起那些考驗英語學習者聽力理解能力的挑戰。作為英語六級考試的重要組成部分,六級聽力部分不僅要求考生能夠捕捉和識別出基本的語言信息,更需要他們在有限的時間內對復雜的語境進行準確理解,并快速作出反應。小編為大家整理了2024年12月英語六級真題聽力第二套Recording 3的內容,希望能對您有所幫助!
英文原文
Recording 3
錄音3
We all know that the sense of smell is powerful. The delicious scent of bread, for example, can act like a time machine. One sniff can bring back a memory from many years ago. Indeed, scent particles in general can revive memories that have been long forgotten. But why do smells sometimes trigger powerful memories, especially emotional ones?
我們都知道嗅覺很強大。例如,面包的誘人香氣能像時光機一樣。聞一下就能喚起多年前的記憶。的確,一般來說,氣味顆粒能喚起早已遺忘的記憶。但為什么氣味有時會觸發強烈的記憶,尤其是情感記憶呢?
The short answer is that the brain regions that handle smells, memories, and emotions are linked. A scent is a chemical particle that floats in through the nose and into the region of the brain responsible for smell, where the sensation is first processed into a form that the brain can read. Brain cells then carry that information to the area of the brain where emotions are processed, and then to an adjacent area of the brain where learning and memory formation take place. Scent are the only sensations that travel such a direct path to the emotional and memory centers of the brain. That results in an intimate connection between emotions, memories, and scent, which is why memories triggered by scent are experienced as more emotional than those triggered by sight or sound.
簡單來說,是因為處理氣味、記憶和情感的大腦區域是相互關聯的。氣味是一種化學顆粒,它通過鼻子飄入大腦中負責嗅覺的區域,在那里,這種感覺首先被處理成大腦能讀取的形式。然后,腦細胞將這些信息傳遞到大腦中處理情感的區域,再傳遞到大腦中負責學習和記憶形成的相鄰區域。氣味是唯一能如此直接地通向大腦情感和記憶中心的感覺。這就導致了情感、記憶和氣味之間的緊密聯系,這就是為什么由氣味觸發的記憶比由視覺或聽覺觸發的記憶更具情感色彩。
Let's take a closer look at how those memories are activated. Usually, when a person smells something that's connected to a meaningful event in their past, they'll first have an emotional response to the sensation, and then a memory might follow. But sometimes the memory doesn't come to the surface. The person might feel the emotion of something that happened in the past but won't remember what they experienced.
讓我們更仔細地看看這些記憶是如何被激活的。通常,當一個人聞到與他們過去有意義的事件相關的東西時,他們首先會對這種感覺產生情感反應,然后可能會回憶起相關記憶。但有時記憶并不會浮現出來。這個人可能會感受到過去發生的事情的情感,但想不起具體經歷了什么。
What causes this baffling phenomenon? The explanation is context. Imagine this: a person is walking down the street, smelling a scent that they first encountered decades ago, which activates an emotional response. If the person had first come across that smell in a very different context, it will be much more difficult to recover the associated memory because the brain uses the context to give meaning to the information and find that memory.
是什么導致了這種令人困惑的現象?解釋是情境。想象一下:一個人走在街上,聞到一種他們幾十年前第一次遇到的氣味,這引發了情感反應。如果這個人最初是在一個完全不同的情境下遇到這種氣味的,那么回憶起相關記憶就會困難得多,因為大腦利用情境來賦予信息意義并找到那段記憶。
The special nature of memories brought back by scent notwithstanding, they have the same drawbacks as other memories. They aren't always accurate, and they can change over time. In fact, each time we remember something, that memory can become distorted. But because of the strong emotional associations, these memories of scent, people who remember something due to a scent are often convinced that the memories are accurate, even when they aren't.
盡管由氣味喚起的記憶具有特殊性,但它們和其他記憶一樣存在缺點。它們并不總是準確的,而且會隨著時間而改變。事實上,每次我們回憶起某件事時,那段記憶都可能變得扭曲。但由于強烈的情感聯系,那些因氣味而回憶起某事的人往往堅信自己的記憶是準確的,即使事實并非如此。
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
問題22至25基于你剛剛聽到的錄音。
Question 22: What question does the speaker try to answer in this talk?
問題22: 演講者在這場演講中試圖回答什么問題?
Question 23: What is said to result in an intimate connection between emotions, memories, and scent?
問題23: 是什么導致了情感、記憶和氣味之間的緊密聯系?
Question 24: What does the brain use to give meaning to information and find a memory?
問題24: 大腦利用什么來賦予信息意義并找到一段記憶?
Question 25: What drawback do memories of scent share with other memories?
問題25: 由氣味喚起的記憶和其他記憶有什么共同的缺點?
2024年12月英語六級真題聽力第二套Recording 3的發布,為考生提供了寶貴的備考資料,助力他們提升聽力成績,順利通過考試。