时差N小时 手势

You know, radio is a great thing.

要知道，收音机是伟大的发明。

Here I am! Flying high abovethe earth, but my voice is coming across just as if I were sitting in front of you.

现在，我在演播厅，可是，我的声音让你觉得我就在你面前。

Communicating by voice alone has its drawbacks¹, though.

但是，光凭声音沟通是有缺点的。

For example, I can't use hand gestures to clarify² what I mean.

比如，我现在无法用手势来表达自己。

And, as it turns out, that makes a big difference.

这说明手势对沟通很重要。

Researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand wanted to know how much a relevant³ hand gesture helps to communicate an idea.

新西兰奥塔拉大学的研究，想知道相关的手势对表达想法有多少帮助。

They had volunteers watch video clips⁴ of a woman saying different simple phrases, such as “the square box,” or “peel the banana.”

志愿者被要求观看视频短片，短片中有个女人在说各种简单短语，比如，“方盒子”、“剥香蕉”。

In some, she simply said the phrase without moving her hands.

第一组志愿观看的视频中，她只是说出来，而不做任何手势。

Peel the banana. In others, shemade the kind of hand gesture most of us would make when saying that-a sort of banana-peeling mime⁵ that matches the content of the phrase.

但是，第二组志愿观看的视频中，她模仿默剧，做剥香蕉手势。

In a third group, she made gestures with her hands that were unrelated to what she was saying.

在第三组志愿观看的视频中，她做了一些和剥香蕉毫不相干的手势。

The results?

结果是什么呢？

People who got the matching content hand gestures remembered those phrasesmore effectively than folks who got just the words alone.

第二组志愿者比第一组记得更好；而第一组比第三组记得更好！

What does this show us?

这说明什么呢？

We already knew that all the hand-waving we do when we speak isn'tjust nervous energy; it serves various functions.

我们在说话时所做的手势，除了情绪表达还有更多其它用处。

Apparently⁶, one of them is to help the listener remember what you've said.

很显然，手势有助于听者记忆。

1 drawbacks   

缺点，不利条件，障碍( drawback的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The house had many drawbacks, most notably its price. 这房子有很多缺陷，尤其是它的价格。
• This method has quite a few drawbacks. 这种做法弊病不少。

2 clarify   

v.澄清，阐明，使变得清晰；净化

参考例句：

• I am happy to clarify any points that are still unclear.我愿意说明任何仍然不清楚的地方。
• Can you clarify this long sentence?你能把这个长句子解释清楚吗？

3 relevant   

adj.有关的，贴切的

参考例句：

• I don't think his remarks are relevant to our discussion.我认为他的话不切我们的议题。
• These materials are relevant to the case.这些材料与这案件有关。

4 clips   

n.剪（ clip的名词复数 ）；剪短；剪报；（塑料或金属的） 夹子v.用别针别在某物上，用夹子夹在某物上（ clip的第三人称单数 ）；剪掉；缩短；给…剪毛（或发）

参考例句：

• toe clips on a bicycle 自行车上的踏脚夹套
• Use the crocodile clips to attach the cables to the battery. 用鳄鱼嘴夹把电缆接到蓄电池上。

5 mime   

n.指手画脚，做手势，哑剧演员，哑剧；vi./vt.指手画脚的表演，用哑剧的形式表演

参考例句：

• Several French mime artists will give some lectures this afternoon.几位法国哑剧表演艺术家将在今天下午做几场讲座。
• I couldn't speak Chinese,but I showed in mime that I wanted a drink.我不会讲汉语，但我作摹拟动作表示要一杯饮料。

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。