研究显示:你学的专业透露你的性格!

 　　What did you study at university?

　　你在大学学习的是什么专业？

　　If it was something along the lines of law or business, you might want to look away now.

　　如果是和法律或者金融相关的专业，你大概不太想继续看下去。

　　That's because according to new research, which has found a link between our university subjects and our personalities¹, you have selfish, uncooperative tendencies and are not very in touch with your feelings.

　　因为最新研究显示，专业与我们的个性之间具有一定的联系。学习法律或者金融的你可能有自私不合作的倾向，而且难有感同身受的体会。

　　On the plus side, you're probably the life and soul of a party, the findings suggest.

　　但从积极的一方面说，你又可能是社交场合的活跃分子。

　　Researchers analysed data from more than 13,000 university students who were involved in 12 separate studies.

　　研究人员对来自12个不同专业的13000多名大学生进行了研究分析。

　　From this, they discovered a correlation² between the 'Big Five' major personality traits and the subjects they were enrolled³ on.

　　通过分析他们发现，大五类人格特征（注：严谨性、外向性、开放性、宜人性与神经质人格特质）与学生所学的专业之间存在一定联系。

　　For example, those studying law, economics, political science and medicine tended to be much more extroverted⁴ than those taking other subjects, the study found.

　　举例来说，研究发现，学习法律、经济、政治学和医学的学生要比学习其他学科的学生性格更加外向。

　　But when it came to 'agreeableness' - the tendency towards being helpful, generous and considerate - the lawyers scored particularly low, as did business and economics students.

　　但从乐于助人和宽容友善的宜人性特质方面来看，学习法律、商务和经济的学生的表现不尽人意。

　　Arts and humanities students, as well as those studying psychology⁵ and politics scored highly for openness, meaning they were curious, imaginative and in touch with their inner feelings.

　　艺术学与人文学的学生，同那些学习心理学和政治学的学生一样，在开放性方面得分较高。这意味着他们好奇心强、想象丰富，并且善于表达自我情感。

　　While economists⁷, engineers, lawyers and scientists scored comparatively low.

　　相比之下，学习经济、工程、法律和科学的学生在开放性上得分较低。

　　However, the arts and humanities students also tended to be less conscientiousness⁸ and more neurotic⁹, typically exhibiting signs of anxiety and moodiness¹⁰.

　　然而，艺术学与人文学的学生严谨性低，神经质特性明显，这尤其体现在他们的焦虑不安与喜怒无常上。

　　Psychology students were not far behind arts and humanities students for these traits.

　　心理学学生在这些特质上和他们差不多。

　　Study author Anna Vedel, from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, said she was surprised by the magnitude of the results.

　　此项研究的作者安娜·韦德尔来自丹麦奥尔胡斯大学，她表示对这次的研究发现感到吃惊。

　　'The effect sizes show that the differences found are not trivial, far from,' she said.

　　她表示：“通过效应量的计算我们发现，不同专业的特质差异是十分明显的。”

　　'On the more humorous side they do confirm our more or less prejudicial stereotypes¹¹ of the disturbed psychologist, the withdrawn¹² natural scientist, the cynical¹³ economist⁶.'

　　“有趣的是，这些不同也证实了我们对不同专业那些或多或少的偏见，比如精神错乱的心理学家、沉默寡言的自然科学家以及见利忘义的经济学家。”

　　And she said that the findings could help those school pupils who currently have no idea what to study at university, as well as helping¹⁴ academics to plan their lectures.

　　但同时她也认为这次的研究发现可以帮助那些对专业拿不定主意的学生做出选择，也可以帮助老师合理安排自己的课程。

　　'I'm not arguing that these results should play a major role in either guidance or selection, but it might provide some inspiration for students that are in doubt about study choices and want to make a choice based on more than abilities, for example,' said Dr Vedel.

　　“我并不是说这个研究结果对于指导和选择有多么重要，但它对于有专业选择困难症，或者不想只根据能力来选择专业的学生来说，确实有着启发的作用。”韦德尔博士表示。

　　'Or teachers might better understand their student population and may be able to tailor their structure to it.'

　　“老师也可以有更好的机会来了解学生并因材施教。”

1 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

2 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

3 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 extroverted   

a.性格外向的

参考例句：

• Do you think you are introverted or extroverted? 你认为你性格内向还是外向？
• Are you introverted or extroverted? 你个性内向还是外向？ 来自轻松英语会话---联想2000词(上)

5 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

6 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

7 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 conscientiousness   

责任心

参考例句：

• Conscientiousness is expected of a student. 学生要诚实。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Only has the conscientiousness, diligently works, can make a more splendid result! 只有脚踏实地，努力工作，才能做出更出色的成绩！ 来自互联网

9 neurotic   

adj.神经病的，神经过敏的；n.神经过敏者，神经病患者

参考例句：

• Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss. 没有什么比神经过敏的老板更恼人的了。
• There are also unpleasant brain effects such as anxiety and neurotic behaviour.也会对大脑产生不良影响，如焦虑和神经质的行为。

10 moodiness   

n.喜怒无常；喜怒无常，闷闷不乐；情绪

参考例句：

• Common symptoms can include anxiety, moodiness and problems with sleep. 常见的症状包括焦虑、闷闷不乐和睡眠问题。 来自互联网

11 stereotypes   

n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

13 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。

14 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。