• 交通噪音损害鸣禽解决问题的能力

    21-04-01 一项对鸣鸟解决问题能力的测试揭示了交通噪音是如何损害这些动物的能力的。科学家们给珍珠鸟设计了一组 觅食任务,分别在有噪音和无噪音的环境下进行。 Rather than studying birds in the wild, these researchers brought recordings of traffic noise from the near...

  • Emma 爱玛 - Chapter 37

    21-03-18 A very little quiet reflection was enough to satisfy Emma as to the nature of her agitation on hearing this news of Frank Churchill. She was soon convinced that it was not for herself she was feeling at all apprehensive or embarrassed; it was for hi...

  • 在咖啡馆工作学习真的高产

    21-01-28 据研究调查表明,咖啡馆所具有的一些特点能够激发我们在办公学习时的创造力(trigger our creativity)。近日,BBC刊登的一篇文章解析了为何人们在咖啡馆会更具创造力。纵观历史,许多名人的杰作就是在咖啡馆里创造出来的。 Pablo Picasso, JK Rowling, Simone de Beau...

  • 疫情封城期间鸟类叫声更低

    20-09-30 San Francisco birds started singing differently in the quiet of the coronavirus lockdown, says a study in Science. 《科学》杂志的一项研究称,旧金山的鸟儿在安静的疫情封锁期间叫声发生了改变。 Before, urban white-crowned sparrows breeding territories w...

  • 人生要活在当下

    20-09-10 The problem is, I think in most of our lives the root suffering is following that brain noise and listening to that brain noise and actually identifying with it as if its who you are. Thats just the noise your brain makes you know and more often tha...

  • 猫咪为什么发出咕噜声?

    20-09-01 Weve all heard cats meow and hiss, but why do they purr? There are a number of theories out there - from the commonly held belief that they are simply happy, to British comedian Eddie Izzards light-hearted suggestion that they are impersonating a dr...

  • pink noise 粉红噪音

    17-05-26 A small new study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience suggests that one easy way for older adults to get deeper sleep and stronger memories is to listen to a certain soothing sound called pink noise -- a mix of high and low frequencies that...

  • 英文如何表达“要疯”

    17-03-07 1. Drive sb up the wall 把某人逼上墙,你可别以为这里有壁咚的意思,它同样表示把人逼得实在受不了了。 例:My flat-mate is driving me up the wall. 跟我合租的人快要把我逼疯了。 2. Drive sb crazy Drive本身有驱使的意味,这个短语表示把某人带向一种疯狂的境地...

  • Scared 担忧类情绪

    16-07-07 初级词汇 confused(困惑的), rejected(拒绝的), helpless(无助的), submissive(顺从的), insecure(不安全的), anxious(焦虑的) 高级词汇 bewildered(不知所措的), discouraged(气馁的), insignificant(无足轻重的), inadequate(不充足的), embarra...

  • 高性能的高尔夫球杆具有烦人的噪音

    16-05-25 In 2007, a new type of golf club hit the market. The distribution of mass in the club head made it less likely to twist, making an off-center hit less likely to send the ball veering off course. It did have one drawback: a loud noise when it struck...