女人可以通过声音选男友

 　　A man's voice is an indicator¹ of his body strength, according to a study.

　　研究表明，男人的声音是力量的体现。

　　The study, led by Aaron Sell at the University of California, found that women can accurately² assess a man's body strength based on his voice alone, suggesting that the male voice may have evolved as an indicator of fighting ability.

　　加利福尼亚大学教授艾伦塞尔带领研究的实验表明，女性可以依据男性的声音精确判断其体力，研究人员故而推测：声音或许已经进化成为衡量男人战斗能力的标准。

　　The researchers recorded the voices of more than 200 men from the US, Argentina, Bolivia and Romania, who all repeated a short phrase in their native tongue. Sell's team also put the men through a battery of tests of upper body strength.

　　研究人员记录了来自美国、阿根廷、玻利维亚和罗马尼亚的200名男性受试者不断重复各自方言，同时，研究人员还对他们进行了一系列体能测试。

　　After listening to the recordings³, university female students could accurately predict the strength of the men, based on a seven-point scale. The voice analysis provided just as much information about a speaker's strength as photographs.

　　接下来，研究人员请女大学生只听录音，然后凭感觉给受试者的体力打分，满分为7分。结果发现，她们都能准确评估出受试者的体力，即她们感觉比较强壮(弱小)的男性，在照片上看来也比较强壮(弱小)。

　　What aspects of voice women link with strength remain unknown. The study was published in the journal Proceedings⁴ of the Royal Society.

　　是什么能让女性仅仅依据男性的声音就可判断出其体力仍然是个谜。该研究结果发表在英国《皇家学会生物学分会学报》上面。

1 indicator   

n.指标；指示物，指示者；指示器

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。

2 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。

3 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

4 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼