2016考研英语阅读每日精选：听音乐的6个好处

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　　Scientists Find 15 Amazing Benefits Of Listening To Music

　　If you love listening to music, you’re in good company. Charles Darwin once remarked, “If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.” Albert Einstein declared, “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician.” Jimi Hendrix called music his “religion.”

　　如果你喜欢听音乐,那是很好的陪伴。查尔斯•达尔文曾说:“如果我可以一次又一次的拥有自己的生活,我会规定自己每周至少一次读一些诗歌和听一些音乐。爱因斯坦宣称:“如果我不是物理学家,我可能会成为一个音乐家。吉米·亨德里克斯称音乐为他的“宗教”。

　　I’ve always been in awe of people who can sing and play guitar. As a young girl, I secretly listened to singer-songwriter music in my bedroom into the wee hours. As a rebellious teenager, I cranked rock ‘n’ roll in the house whenever I had to do chores. I always felt great afterwards – now I know why.

　　我一直敬畏的人能唱歌和弹吉他。作为一个年轻的女孩,我偷偷在我的卧室里听创作歌手的音乐,持续到凌晨一两点。作为一个叛逆的少年,每当我在房子里不得不做家务的时候我就会放一些摇滚音乐。之前我总是感觉很棒,现在我知道为什么了。

　　Recent research shows that listening to music improves our mental well-being and boosts our physical health in surprising and astonishing ways. If we take a music lesson or two, that musical training can help raise our IQs and even keep us sharp in old age. Here are 6 amazing scientifically-proven benefits of being hooked on music.

　　最近的研究表明,听音乐可以提高我们的心理健康,用令人惊讶的和惊人的方式促进我们的身体健康。如果我们上一门或两门音乐课程,这样的音乐训练可以帮助提高我们的智商,甚至同样可以在我们晚年的时候。这里有6个科学家已经证明迷上音乐的神奇的好处。

　　1. Music Makes You Happier

　　1、音乐让你更快乐

　　“I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.” – William James

　　“我不唱歌,因为我快乐,我快乐因为我唱歌。”——威廉·詹姆斯

　　Research proves that when you listen to music you like, your brain releases dopamine, a “feel-good” neurotransmitter. Valorie Salimpoor, a neuroscientist at McGill University, injected eight music-lovers with a radioactive substance that binds to dopamine receptors after they listened to their favorite music. A PET scan showed that large amounts of dopamine were released, which biologically caused the participants to feel emotions like happiness, excitement, and joy.

　　研究证明,当你听你喜欢的音乐时你的大脑释放多巴胺,一个“自我感觉良好”的神经递质。瓦莱丽.萨林波尔,麦吉尔大学的神经学家,在八位音乐爱好者听完自己喜欢的音乐之后注射放射性物质到多巴胺感受器。PET扫描显示,大量的多巴胺释放,这会在生物学上使参与者感到幸福,兴奋,和快乐的情绪。

　　So the next time you need an emotional boost, listen to your favorite tunes for 15 minutes. That’s all it takes to get a natural high!

　　所以下次你需要一个情感刺激,听你最喜欢的曲调15分钟。那会把你带到一个自然的高度!

　　2. Music Enhances Running Performance

　　2、音乐可以提高运行性能

　　“If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.” – Eminem

　　“如果人们从我的音乐中得到任何东西,那应该是知道一切皆有可能,只要你继续努力不要放弃的动力。”——阿姆

　　Marcelo Bigliassi and his colleagues found that runners who listened tofast or slow motivational music completed the first 800 meters of their run faster than runners who listened to calm music or ran without music. If you want to take your running up a notch, listen to songs that inspire you.

　　马塞洛比格利时和他的同事们发现,跑步者听欢快或缓慢的励志音乐去完成他们的第一次800米跑比听平静的音乐或没有音乐的跑步者更快。如果你想在跑步中取得胜利,就听歌曲来激发你。

　　3. Music Lowers Stress and Improves Health

　　3、音乐可以减少压力,改善健康

　　“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from.” – Billy Joel

　　“我认为音乐本身就是治疗。这是一个爆炸性的表达。我们都感动了。不管我们来自于怎样的文化背景下。”——比利·乔

　　Listening to music you enjoy decreases levels of the stress hormone cortisol in your body, which counteracts the effects of chronic stress. This is an important finding since stress causes 60% of all our illnesses and disease. One study showed that if people actively participated in making music by playing various percussion instruments and singing, their immune system was boosted even more than if they passively listened.

　　你喜欢听音来减少体内应激激素皮质醇的水平,这抵消了慢性压力的影响。这是一个重要的发现因为压力会导致我们的60%的疾病。一项研究显示,如果人们积极参与创作音乐,各种打击乐器和唱歌,它们的免疫系统甚至比他们被动地听着提高得更多。

　　To stay calm and healthy during a stressful day, turn on the radio. Be sure to sing along and tap your feet to the beat to get the maximum healing benefit.

　　在紧张的一天中保持冷静和健康,打开收音机。一定要一起唱,用脚去打败来获得最大的有益成分。

　　4. Music Helps You Sleep Better

　　4、音乐可以帮助你睡得更好

　　“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Berthold Auerbach

　　“音乐洗净灵魂和日常生活中的灰尘。“贝特-奥尔巴赫

　　Over 30% of Americans suffer from insomnia. A study showed that students who listened to relaxing classical music for 45 minutes before turning in slept significantly better than students who listened to an audiobook or did nothing different from their normal routine. If you’re having trouble sleeping, try listening to a little Bach or Mozart before bedtime to catch some Zs.

　　超过30%的美国人患有失眠症。一项研究表明,学生在睡觉前听轻松的古典音乐45分钟明显比听有声读物或根本没有听的学生在日常工作中做得更好。如果你睡不着,尝试睡前听一个小巴赫和莫扎特小曲。

　　5. Music Reduces Depression

　　5、音乐可以减少抑郁

　　“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” – Maya Angelou

　　“音乐是我的避难所。我可以爬进音符之间的空间,卷曲身体回到孤独。”——玛雅 安杰卢

　　More than 350 million people suffer from depression around the world. A whopping 90% of them also experience insomnia. The sleep research above found that symptoms of depression decreased significantly in the group that listened to classical music before bedtime, but not in the other two groups. Another study by Hans Joachim Trappe in Germany also demonstrated that music can benefit patients with depressive symptoms, depending on the type of music. Meditative sounds and classical musiclifted people up, but techno and heavy metal brought people down even more.

　　全世界有超过3.5亿人患有抑郁症。他们中高达90%的人也经历失眠。上面的睡眠研究发现在睡前听古典音乐的组抑郁症的症状显著降低,但是其他两个小组却不是这样。另一项由汉斯约阿希姆特拉佩在德国的研究也表明,根据音乐的类型，可以给患有抑郁症的病人带来不同程度的好处,。冥想的声音和古典音乐可以使人更快乐,但技术和重金属使人们感觉很低落，甚至更不好。

　　The next time you feel low, put on some classical or meditative music to lift your spirits.

　　下次你感到低落时,放一些古典或冥想音乐这会使你心情变好。

　　6. Music Helps You Eat Less

　　6、音乐可以帮助你少吃

　　“There’s a friendly tie of some sort between music and eating.” – Thomas Hardy

　　“在音乐和吃之间有某种友好的联系。”——托马斯·哈代

　　Research at Georgia Tech University showed that softening the lighting and music while people ate led them to consume fewer calories and enjoy their meals more. If you’re looking for ways to curb your appetite, try dimming the lights and listening to soft music the next time you sit down for a meal.

　　乔治亚理工大学的研究表明在人们进食时软化灯光和音乐会让他们消耗更少的热量,更享受他们的食物。如果你正在寻找方法来抑制你的食欲,在你下次坐下来吃饭的时候试着调光灯和听轻音乐。