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恐高是不是怕死的人（NO28第一次听说吧）科学家说：研究结果表明，心脏会影响大脑对恐怖事件的反应。正常情况下，人的心脏处于收缩和放松的循环/轮回状态，（心脏影响“大脑对恐怖事件的反应”的程度）取决于人的心脏处于收缩还是放松状态周期的哪一个阶段。Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain responds to a fearful event，depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.2 Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment

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1 Fear may be felt in the heart as well as in the head，according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.

研究发现，人的心脏和大脑一样也会感到恐惧！我们的心跳周期和我们感到恐惧的几率（可能性）之间存在着一定的关联。

link联系n/v

2 Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting(收缩) and pumping blood around their bodies，compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed.

对健康志愿者的测试发现：与心跳处于放松阶段相比，人在心脏收缩（向全身泵血）时更易感到恐惧。

pump泵/抽水机/打气筒打气/用抽水机抽n/v

Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain responds to a fearful event，depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.

科学家说：研究结果表明，心脏会影响大脑对恐怖事件的反应。正常情况下，人的心脏处于收缩和放松的循环/轮回状态，（心脏影响“大脑对恐怖事件的反应”的程度）取决于人的心脏处于收缩还是放松状态周期的哪一个阶段。

respond应答/作出反应v， contraction收缩n

3 Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School said：“Our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.”

布莱顿-苏塞克斯医学院的萨拉·加芬克尔曾说过:“我们的研究首次表明，当我们看到恐怖图片时，我们应对恐惧的方法（或对恐惧的反应）是不一样的，怕到什么程度取决于我们看到恐怖图片时，我们的心脏是处于收缩状态，还是处于放松状态。

4 The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces.

这项研究测试了20名健康的志愿者，测试他们在看到恐怖面孔照片时的反应。

reaction反应/感应n

Dr Garfinkel said，“The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don’t see－and guide whether we see fear.”

加芬克尔博士说:“研究表明，心跳加速时，惊恐的表情（比放松时的表情）更容易被注意到。因此，我们的心脏也有可能会影响我们对东西的反应（不管东西看到还是看不到），会强化或减弱（指导）我们的恐惧程度。”

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5 To further understand this relationship，the scientists also used a brain scanner to show how the brain is influenced by the way the heart changes a person’s feeling of fear.

为进一步理解这一关系，科学家们还使用了脑部扫描仪，目的是显示大脑是怎样被影响的（怎样被“心脏改变我们对恐惧的反应”这一现象所影响的）。

6 “We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain ‘speak’ to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear，”Dr Garfinkel said.

加芬克尔博士说:“我们已经发现一个重要机制 -- 心脏和大脑通过‘对话’来改变我们的感受、减少我们的恐惧感。”

mechanism机制/原理/途径/进程/机械装置/技巧 n.

7 “We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced，we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders，and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.”

“我们希望：通过对两个方面的加深了解（一是了解我们是如何应对恐惧的，二是我们怎样才有可能减少恐惧）我们也许能比较成功地发现(研发)治疗焦虑症的疗法，以及针对那些正遭受严重压力障碍的人的疗法。”

anxiety焦虑/渴望/挂念/令人焦虑的事n.，disorder混乱/骚乱/使失调/扰乱n./ vt.

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