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| Ginger whingers NB: This is not an accurate （精确的）word-for-word transcript6 Minute English ? Dima: Hi, welcome to 6 Minute English with me, Dima KostenkoRebecca: and me, Rebecca Byrne. Hi. Dima: Rebecca, can I begin by asking you a very very simple question? How would you describe yourself? Rebecca: Responds. Dima: Sounds like a pretty accurate description to me - but it's not your height,weight, or built that we're going to talk about today. Rebecca: What then? Dima: Your hair colour! Rebecca: Responds (what IS it about my hair colour that's worth talking about?) + shortexchange with Dima. Dima: … today we'll be talking about how your natural looks - and in particular yourhair colour - can tell others what kind of person you are - or at least revealsome of your qualities. Rebecca: Responds (sounds interesting - but shall I go through some of today's keyvocabulary first?)Dima: Yes, and I would like you to begin with the expression 'ginger whingeing'. Rebecca: I haven't heard it before but I guess it refers to the observation that some of uswho are redheads, also known as ginger heads, complain about things moreoften than others. There will be the phrase 'fiery temper'. If you have a fierytemper, you get very angry, or extremely excited quite easily. We'll hear theterm 'scientific backing', which means that something has been proved orconfirmed by a scientific study. And finally the verb 'to avoid', meaning tomanage not to do something, to stay away from something or someone. Dima: So that's 'to avoid', 'scientific backing', 'fiery temper' and 'ginger whingeing'. Rebecca: Yes, that's right. Listen now to our correspondent Matt McGrath, a redheadhimself. And as you're listening, try to catch today's key vocabulary. Also, seeif after listening you can answer this question: during the study, who or whatdid the group of redheads try to avoid? Dima: Let's listen to find out: Clip 1 0'19"We redheads are well known for our fiery tempers. Now it seems there is scientific backingfor our ginger whingeing as well. Scientists in the United States studied a group of 144 dentalpatients, almost half of whom had red hair. They found that the red hair group were moresensitive to pain and as a result were twice as likely to avoid visiting the dentist. Rebecca: Matt McGrath says that redheads, including himself, are well known for theirfiery tempers. They have a reputation for complaining a lot, or as our reporterput it, for their ginger whingeing. And, because it can sometimes hurt, theyeven try to avoid visiting dentists! However, it looks like not all of this is downto temper alone. There is a newly discovered scientific reason. Dima: In a moment we'll hear from Professor Daniel Sessler, one of the authors of thestudy at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States. But before that Rebecca, Ineed you to explain two more terms for us. One is 'anaesthetic (麻醉)requirement'. Rebecca: Someone's 'anaesthetic requirement' is how many painkillers they need beforesurgery, such as dental treatment, can be performed on them. Dima: And secondly, the word 'phenotype'. Rebecca: This is a scientific term. It describes how a certain quality of yours shows inyour physical appearance. Dima: Thanks Rebecca. OK, now, armed with all this knowledge, shall we have a goat this week's question? Rebecca: RespondsDima: Imagine seeing a couple of people walking along the street. Do you think it'spossible to tell which one in each pair is likely to be more sensitive to pain? Isita) an older person as opposed to a younger personb) a man as opposed to a woman, orc) a red haired person as opposed to someone with a differently coloured hair? What do you think Rebecca? Rebecca: GuessesDima: We'll check your answer in a minute but first, here's Professor Daniel Sesslerwith his explanation: Clip 2 0'29"Red hair is the first phenotype for anaesthetic requirement in humans. And what I mean byphenotype is external characteristic. So let's say you're walking down the street, and you seesomebody who's a little older and [somebody who's] a little younger - that tells you nothingabout their anaesthetic requirement. You see a man and a woman - that tells you nothingabout their anaesthetic requirement. But you see a redhead - aha! You know that person isgoing to require 20% more general anaesthesia. Dima: OK Rebecca, did you manage to hear the answer to this week's question? Rebecca: Well it sounds like the first two comparisons don't really tell you anything. Awoman can suffer from pain to no lesser extent than a man, and a youngerperson, just as much as an older one. However, if you're a ginger head, you'remore sensitive to pain - which means that my earlier guess was right/wrong. Dima: Responds - and of course you can find out more about this story by simplyfollowing the links from our website, bbclearningenglish.com. You can alsofind out what people in the Learning English team look like by clicking onMeet the team. Rebecca: Comments. Dima: I'm afraid that's all we have time for. Until next week. Both: Goodbye!(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑) |
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