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友达英语》礼节美语》 You Are What You Wear

Cathy 早上上班见到同事 Adam.

Cathy: Hi, Adam, nice tie.

Adam: Thanks.

C: By the way, can I ask you a personal question?

A: Ask away!

C: How come you're the only one at the office who wears a tie to work every day? I'm not criticizing your fashion choices, and you don't h*e to answer if you don't want to.

A: No. I'm happy to answer that question! I assume you're like most people: you prefer to wear comfortable clothing whenever *sible, right?

Cathy 问了 Adam 个personal question 私人问题，问Adam 为什么每天上班都西装领带的，而公司的着装标准并不严格，所以其他人一般都是怎么舒服怎么穿。Cathy 还补充说，I'm not criticizing your fashion choices. 意思是说我不是想对你的穿着指手划脚，而是好奇。Cathy 承认，平时如果没事，他就会穿得很随便。

C: Absolutely! If it's a special eve*r a busines*eeting or something, then sure, I'll put on a suit or a nice business dress. But I much prefer to dres*ore casually.

A: I understand that logic. But of course you've heard about 'power-dressing,' no?

C: Yeah....if you wear nicer looking clothes, people take you more seriously, right?

A: That's the idea. I think everybody knows that the clothing we wear affects how others perceive us. But I've also discovered that what I wear affects how I think.

C: Really? That's an interesting idea. What exactly do you mean?

Cathy 说，如果有什么特别活动或是要开会，She'll put on a suit or a nice business dress. 穿西装或套装，否则的话，她还是喜欢穿得随便些，to dres*ore casually. Adam 问 Cathy 有没有听过 power-dressing 的说法，也就是说，如果穿得正式，别人就会更把你当回事。Adam 说，他发现，power-dressing 不仅会影响别人对自己的看法，同时也会对他自己的精神状态产生影响。

A: Well, there's a lot of research out there that says the *ition of our bodies affects our thoughts.

C: I've heard about that. I read an article that said if you sit up straight your thoughts become sharper than if you were slouching.

A: Exactly! But there are some new studies that show what you are wearing can also affect your thoughts.

C: Give me an example.

A: Scientists found that students who were wearing white lab coats performed better on tests than students who were wearing their own clothes.

C: Ah! So because the white lab coat has an association with intelligence, the students' brains actually got more intelligent?

有很多研究显示，一个人身体的姿势，往往会对人的思维产生影响，比如，坐直了就比窝着的时候思维更敏锐。Slouch is spelled s-l-o-u-c-h, slouch 意思是很放松地窝在那里，蜷在那里。Adam 补充说，现在的一些新的研究结果发现，what you are wearing can also affect your thoughts. 一个人的穿着也会对他的思维产生影响。比如说，穿着实验室白大褂的学生，考试往往比穿日常衣服的学生成绩好，因为穿着白大褂，会让学生觉得自己智商更高，因此考试时大脑的表现也就更出色。

友达英语》英文阅读手机控们：勤刷手机拇指会变大

One of the 'trend' recently researchers h*e realized is the thumb size of mobile phone fans. This fact was revealed in a survey conducted a phone manufacturer from the UK, O2 of the 2,000 respondents.

****近，研究者们意识到了一种趋势，那就是手机控们的拇指大小。英国手机制造商O2在对2000名受访者调查之后揭示了这一事实。

Not only that, more and more mobile phone users claim their little finger slightly curved for the same reason. Total one-third of mobile users who recognize the physical changes due to the use of mobile phones.

不仅如此，越来越多的手机用户称他们的小手指有点弯曲，原因是一样的。共有三分之一的手机用户承认，由于使用手机，身体出现了一些变化。

'The muscles of our thumbs are very complex and are located at the base of the thum*ut also connected with the wrist. So as a result of 'thumb swiping' or slide the screen with your thumb can increase muscle strength, as well as it*ass so that the thum*ecomes increasingly bi*er,' explains therapist