科學(xué)研究證明男性方向感更強

　　For many men, the idea that they have a better sense of direction than women was never in doubt, but now a scientific study has proved it.

　　很多男性都堅信自己的方向感要比女性的強，而現(xiàn)在更有科學(xué)研究證實了該說法。

　　Researchers from Norway scanned the brains of volunteers as they completed navigation tasks to discover men are more adept at finding their way because they use a separate part of their brain.

　　Adding fuel to the fire, when women had testosterone dropped onto their tongues, their navigational skills improved.

　　Using 3D goggles and a joystick, a total of 36 participants - 18 men and 18 women - had to orient themselves in a large virtual maze while functional images of their brains were continuously recorded.

　　In the MRI scanner, they were given 30 seconds for each of the 45 navigation tasks. One of the tasks, for example, was to 'find the yellow car' from different starting points.

　　The men solved 50 per cent more of the tasks than the women.

　　According to lead researcher Dr Carl Pintzka from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), women and men have different navigational strategies.

　　Men use cardinal directions – the use of north, south, east and west - during navigation to a greater degree.

　　'Men's sense of direction was more effective. They quite simply got to their destination faster,' he said.

　　'If they're going to the Student Society building in Trondheim, for example, men usually go in the general direction where it's located,' Dr Pintzka explained.

　　'Women usually orient themselves along a route to get there, for example, "go past the hairdresser and then up the street and turn right after the store."'

　　The study shows that using cardinal directions is more efficient because it is a more flexible strategy.

　　1 adept

　　adj.老練的，精通的

　　參考例句：

　　When it comes to photography,I'm not an adept.要說照相，我不是內(nèi)行。

　　He was highly adept at avoiding trouble.他十分善于避開麻煩。

　　2 goggles

　　n.護目鏡

　　參考例句：

　　Skiers wear goggles to protect their eyes from the sun.滑雪者都戴上護目鏡使眼睛不受陽光傷害。

　　My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can't see.我的護目鏡一直有水霧，所以我看不見。

　　3 maze

　　n.迷宮，八陣圖，混亂，迷惑

　　參考例句：

　　He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.他穿過了迷宮一樣的走廊。

　　She was lost in the maze for several hours.一連幾小時，她的頭腦處于一片糊涂狀態(tài)。

　　4 functional

　　adj.為實用而設(shè)計的，具備功能的，起作用的

　　參考例句：

　　The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.電話剛才壞了，但現(xiàn)在可以用了。

　　The furniture is not fancy,just functional.這些家具不是擺著好看的，只是為了實用。

　　5 cardinal

　　n.(天主教的)紅衣主教;adj.首要的，基本的

　　參考例句：

　　This is a matter of cardinal significance.這是非常重要的事。

　　The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 紅衣主教感到惱火，臉漲得通紅。