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Section III Translation
46. Directions
Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on the
ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)
Think about driving a route that’s very familiar. It could be your
comminutes to work, a trip into town or the way home. Whichever it is, you know
every twist step turn like the back of your hand. On these steps of trips it’s
easy to lose concentration is that you perceive that the trip has taken less
time than it actually has.
This is the well-travelled road effect. People tend to underestimate the
time it takes to travel a familiar route.
The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. When we travel
down a well-known route, because we don’t have to concentrate much, time seems
to flow more quickly. And afterward, when we come to think back on it, we can’t
remember the journey well because we didn’t pay much attention to it. So we
assume it was shorter.
参考译文
设想一下，你正开车行驶在一条非常熟悉的路线上。可以是你每天上下班、去城里、或者回家的路。不管是什么路，你对每一个拐每一个弯都了如指掌，非常熟悉。在这样的路途中，我们容易在开车的时候心不在焉，对途中的景色也几乎是全然不顾。结果是你觉得路途上所花的时间比实际要少。
这就是所谓的“熟悉路线效应”：人们往往会低估在熟悉的线路上所花费的时间。
这种效应是由于我们注意力分配的方式不同引起的。如果我们行驶在熟悉的路线上，因为不需要太集中精力，会感觉时间流逝较快。以后，一旦回想这段路程，因为注意力没有集中在此，我们就会全然忘记。这样，我们就会觉得路程更短。 |
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发表于 2018-9-1 20:31:32