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听力文本
Researchers at the Harvard Business School claim that people who do not follow "normal fashion" get more respect from others. Doctoral student Silvia Bellezza and two of her colleagues examined how we view the social status and competence of people who do not conform to "normal" ways of dressing. They discovered thatthe more outlandishly people dress, the more respect they get. Participants in the research considered others who had a "weirder" fashion to be more unique. Researchers said that rather than think badly of someone scruffily dressed, many people believe that dressing down is a sign of confidence. Ms Bellezza said: "Ifyou're willing to deviate, there are upsides."
Bellezza conducted a number of experiments to test how people reacted to non-conformity. In one, people indifferent types of clothes shopped at expensive boutiques in Milan. One group wore casual sports clothes, while the other donned expensive-looking outfits. The sales assistants assumed the ones in the sports gearwere the bigger spenders. In another test, students rated an unshaven, T-shirt-clad professor above an academic wearing a suit and tie. Bellezza says high-profile entrepreneurs who dress down may be responsible for changing our perceptions. In particular, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's wearing of hoodies and the lateSteve Jobs' trademark jeans, sneakers and polo neck tops.
中文翻译
哈弗商学院的研究员称那些不循规蹈矩的人更能够赢得人们的尊重
。正在攻读博士的西尔维娅·蓓蕾和她的两名同事向我们展示了人们是如何看待社会地位,以及那些穿着异样人群的办事能力 。他们发现人们的穿着越独特,他们越会赢得人们的尊重 。研究对象认为人们的打扮越怪异,他就会更加不一样 。研究人员称人们不会瞧不起那些穿着邋遢的人,相反,他们相信那是自信的表现 。蓓蕾女士称:“如果你愿意与众不同,那也是一件好事 。”蓓蕾曾经就人们的不走寻常路进行过许多实验
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重点讲解
1.social status 社会地位
That her social status would procure love from these people. And that she would never be alone.
通过她的社会地位,她可以从这些人中获得爱,那么她将永远不会孤单
。2.expensive-looking 看上去昂贵
Wear expensive-looking clothes and keep your hair simple and flowing.
穿着看上去昂贵的衣服,保持发型简洁飘逸
。3.be responsible for 是……的原因
If this will be a business partnership, discuss which areas he will be responsible for and the things you will be deciding on as a team.
如果你们的工作关系是生意上的合伙人,要跟他商量好哪些是他要负责的领域,哪些是你做决定的事情,就像一个团队那样
。4.high-profile 备受瞩目的
A second element will be public diplomacy that includes regular and high-profile deployments and exercisesby US forces in the region.
还有一方面就是公众外交了,包括美国军队在亚洲地区定期的高调的军事调度和演习
。听力题目
1.Where do the researchers who conducted this survey work?
a) Stanford
b) Harvard
c) Yale
d) Oxford
2.What kind of student is Silvia Bellezza?
a) a grade-A student
b) a promising one
c) a disruptive one
d) a doctoral student
3.What do more outlandishly-dressed people get?
a) more respect
b) more looks
c) more hassle
d) more money
4.What did people think about others with a "weirder" fashion?
a) they should conform
b) they need to go back to school
c) they are more unique
d) they are too weird
5.What is dressing down a sign of?
a) having no fashion sense
b) confidence
c) laziness
d) being poor
6.What did researchers test people's reactions to?
a) a new fashion brand
b) expensive boutiques
c) non-conformity
d) shopping
7.Who thought people dressed in sportswear were bigger spenders?
a) nine celebrities
b) sports coaches
c) the researchers
d) sales assistants
8.What did an unshaven professor wear?
a) a T-shirt
b) a five-o'clock shadow
c) nothing
d) a designer suit
9.Who might be responsible for changing our perceptions?
a) well-known business leaders
b) our friends
c) researchers
d) fashion designers
10.What did the article say Mark Zuckerberg wore?
a) pyjamas (UK) / pajamas (USA)
b) hoodies
c) orange
d) ties
听力答案
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.c
5.b
6.c
7.d
8.a
9.a
10.b