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英文原文
Passage 2
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One 60-minute run can add seven hours to your life. This was a claim made by The Times last week. The claim was based on a new review of studies about the effects of running. The review concluded that, on average, runners live three years longer than non-runners, and that running does more to extend life than any other form of exercise. But there is more to running than its health benefits.
一次60分鐘的跑步可以為你的生命增加七個小時。這是《泰晤士報》上周提出的一個觀點。這個觀點基于一項關(guān)于跑步效果的新研究綜述。該綜述得出結(jié)論，平均而言，跑步者比不跑步者多活三年，而且跑步在延長壽命方面比其他任何形式的鍛煉都更有效。但跑步的好處不僅僅體現(xiàn)在健康方面。
Research published in recent years has shown that running changes your brain and mind in some fascinating ways, from increasing your brain function to regulating your emotions. However, the precise effects vary according to whether you engage in short, fast running or long-distance running.
近年來發(fā)表的研究表明，跑步以一些迷人的方式改變你的大腦和思維，從增強大腦功能到調(diào)節(jié)情緒。然而，具體效果會根據(jù)你是進行短跑、快跑還是長跑而有所不同。
For example, in one study, researchers compared participants' ability to learn new words after several minutes of intense running and after 40 minutes of gentle running. Participants were able to learn 20% faster after the intense running, and they showed a superior memory when tested again a week later.
例如，在一項研究中，研究人員比較了參與者在幾分鐘的劇烈運動后和40分鐘的輕松跑步后學習新單詞的能力。參與者在劇烈運動后學習速度提高了20%，并且在一周后再次測試時，他們的記憶力也更強。
In another study, researchers asked volunteers to jog for 30 minutes and then show them clips from a sad movie. Participants who usually struggled to handle negative emotions were more intensely affected by the sad clips, just as you expect. But crucially, this was less so if they had completed the 30-minute jog.
在另一項研究中，研究人員讓志愿者慢跑30分鐘，然后給他們看悲傷電影的片段。通常難以處理負面情緒的參與者正如預(yù)期那樣，受到了悲傷片段的強烈影響。但關(guān)鍵的是，如果他們完成了30分鐘的慢跑，這種影響就會減弱。
The researchers said moderate exercise appears to have helped those participants to be less vulnerable to the impact of the sad movie.
研究人員表示，適度運動似乎有助于這些參與者減少受悲傷電影影響的程度。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題19至21基于您剛剛聽到的文章。
Question 19: What did the new review of studies claim?
問題19：新的研究綜述聲稱了什么？
Question 20: What is one effect that running has on people according to recent research?
問題20：根據(jù)最近的研究，跑步對人體有什么效果？
Question 21: What did another study find about the participants after they had a 30-minute jog?
問題21：另一項研究在參與者進行30分鐘慢跑后發(fā)現(xiàn)了什么？
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