張祚津

生活中，大家應(yīng)該都遇到過這樣的情況——你明明清清楚楚地記得一個(gè)人的臉，但就是想不起來這個(gè)人叫什么名字。記得住長相卻想不起人名？研究發(fā)現(xiàn)其實(shí)名字比長相更容易被記住！

1. random /rndm/ adj. 隨機(jī)的

2. visually /vli/ adv. 在視覺上

3. initial /nl/ adj. 最初的;開始的

4. mislead /mslid/ v. 誤導(dǎo);引入歧途;使誤信

You can remember the face， but cant put a name to it. Many of us have been caught in this embarrassing situation. But researchers say it is often easier to remember someones name than what they look like.

Twentyfour volunteers were shown 40 pictures of strangers， paired with random names. They were given time to memorize the faces and names before being tested on which they thought they had seen before.

The participants could remember up to 85 per cent of the names but only 73 per cent of the faces. When they were shown a different picture of the same person， the participants could recall only 64 per cent of faces， according to the study， led by the University of York.

That may be because faces are only recognized visually， while names can be both spoken and written down so appear in our visual and audio memory. When people were shown pictures of famous people， they also remembered their names more accurately than their photographs. Coauthor Dr Rob Jenkins， from the universitys psychology department， said， “Our study suggests that， while many people may be bad at remembering names， they are likely to be even worse at remembering faces.”

This will surprise many people as it is against our initial understanding. Our life experiences with names and faces have misled us about how our minds work. Remembering names gets harder with age， leading to many uncomfortable moments for middleaged people when they run into acquaintances.

But to study whether names are harder to recall than faces， the researchers， whose findings are published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology， used a “fair test”where the participants were presented with strangers names and faces.

1. What can we know according to the research in paragraph 3？

A. It is certain that names are harder to recall than faces.

B. Remembering names is more easily than remembering faces.

C. Most participants can remember the face not the name to it.

D. The participants can recall 73% faces of the same person.

2. Which of the following will the author agree with？

A. Age will weaken the ability to remember names.

B. Unlike faces， names are only recognized visually.

C. Faces can appear in our visual and audio memory.

D. Dr Rob Jenkins has proved people can remember faces better.

3. What can we infer from the last paragraph？

A. People can not remember strangers names and faces.

B. Recalling names is more difficult than remembering names.

C. The researchers use the same method to study another problem.

D. Whether names are harder to recall than faces is further proved.

Difficult sentence

But to study whether names are harder to recall than faces， the researchers， whose findings are published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology， used a “fair test” where the participants were presented with strangers names and faces.

【翻譯】

【點(diǎn)石成金】這是一個(gè)主從復(fù)合句。 whether引導(dǎo)賓語從句;whose和where都引導(dǎo)定語從句。whether names are harder to recall than faces使用了“主語+系動(dòng)詞+形容詞+to do”的結(jié)構(gòu)，在此結(jié)構(gòu)中，當(dāng)主語與動(dòng)詞不定式構(gòu)成被動(dòng)關(guān)系時(shí)，動(dòng)詞不定式要使用主動(dòng)的形式表達(dá)被動(dòng)的含義。