(单词翻译:单击)
Passage 2
短文2
In 2014, one in sixteen Americans visited the hospital emergency room for home injuries.
2014年，每16个美国人里就有一个因家庭事故受伤而到医院急诊室就诊。
One of the main causes of these accidents? A wandering mind!
这些事故的主要原因之一是什么？不安定的思维！
By one estimate, people daydream through nearly half of their waking hours.
据估计，人们在醒着的一半时间里都在做白日梦。
Psychologists have recently focused on the tendency to think about something other than the task one is doing.
近期心理学家注意到，人们更愿意去想一些其它的事情，而不是关注自己正在做的事情。
For one experiment, researchers developed an app to analyze the relationship between daydreaming and happiness.
在一项实验里，研究人员开发了一款应用来分析白日梦和幸福之间的关系。
They found that the average person's mind wandered most frequently about 65% of the time during personal activities, such as brushing their teeth and combing their hair.
他们发现，正常人在做像刷牙和梳头这种个人活动时最容易走神，有大约65%的时间处于走神状态。
Respondents' minds tended to wander more when they felt upset rather than happy.
被调查者在感到沮丧时也更容易走神。
They were more likely to wander toward pleasant topics than unpleasant ones.
他们在走神时更有可能想到愉快的话题，而不是悲伤的话题。
How do daydreams affect daydreamers? A wandering mind leaves us vulnerable when driving.
白日梦是如何影响做白日梦的人的呢？人们在开车的时候走神更容易发生交通事故。
In one study, researchers interview 955 people involved in traffic accidents, the majority of them reported having daydream just before the accident.
在一项研究中，研究人员采访了955名与交通事故相关的人，其中大多数被采访者称自己在事故发生前做了白日梦。
Yet other research suggests that daydreaming has benefits.
然而，还有一些研究表明，做白日梦也有益处。
Researches have found that it gives us a chance to think about our goals and it also seems to increase creativity.
研究发现，白日梦给了我们一个机会来思考自己的目标，同时也增加了我们的创造力。
In one experiment, 145 undergraduates completed four unusual uses tasks, each requiring them to list as many uses as possible for everyday object.
在一项实验中，145名大学生完成了四项特别的“使用任务”，每项任务要求他们尽可能多地列出日常用品的用法。
After the first pair of tasks was completed, one group of participants was assigned an undemanding activity intended to cause their minds to wander.
在第一组任务完成之后，一组参与者被分配了一项简单的活动，目的是让他们走神。
When all the participants proceeded to the second pair of tasks, the daydreamers performed 40% better than the others.
当所有参与者继续进行第二组任务时，“白日梦者”的表现比其他人要优秀40%。
12. What does the passage say about people's mind?
12. 关于人们的思维，该文章讲了什么？
13. For what purpose did the researchers develop the new app?
13. 研究人员开发新的应用的目的是什么？
14: How does daydreaming benefit people according to some researchers?
14. 根据一些研究人员的说法，白日梦对人们有什么好处？
15. What was the finding of the experiment with 145 undergraduates?
15. 对145名大学生进行的实验有什么发现？
