一、 心情好時，攸關記憶力是否會受到影響。 二、 內文: Scientists researching the relationship between mood and the memory have found being in a good mood decreases your ability to retain information. Researchers gauged participants' mood before and after showing them a video clip. Some were shown a segment of a stand-up comedy routine, while others watched an instructional video on how to install flooring, according to a Missouri statement. After watching the videos, both groups completed a memory test. Those who watched the comedy routine and were in a better mood performed significantly worse on the task. 'Being in a good mood has been shown to increase creative problem-solving skills and other aspects of thinking.'“ Other studies have found that you have more creativity when you’re in a good mood,” says the study’s lead author, Elizabeth A. Martin, a doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri. “We may have found something that a good mood is bad for.” 三、 多益英檢文法整理 1. mood(N):心情，decrease(V):減少，retain(V):保留，gauge(V):量、評估 ，participant(N):參加者，clip(N): (影片)片段，segment(N):片段，stand-up:獨角戲 ，increase(V):增加，doctoral candidate:博士候選人。 2. candidate(N): 候選人或申請人與可能發生某事之意，被提名人則為 nominee，申請人則為applicant，例如: A. an Oscar nominee (獲得奧斯卡提名的人) B. a presidential candidate (總統候選人) C. a candidate for the master degree(碩士學位候選人) D. Regular smoker is an obvious candidate for a heart attack. (常抽菸 者顯然是容易患心臟病的人。) E. There were over 500 applicants for the job. (有 500 多人申請這份工 作。) 更多見 http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/raymondchuang-toeic/ --

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