柯灵思英语-英语听力高手10

Color and life,

What is your favorite color?

Do you like yellow? orange? red?

If you do, you must be an optimist¹, a leader, an active person, who enjoys life people and excitement.

Do you perfer grays and blues²? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You turn to be a pessimist³.

At least this is what psychologists⁴ told us. They are professionals⁵ in this field, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference⁶, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings.

They tell us among other facts that we do not choose our favorite color. As we grow up ,we are born with our preference.

If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes or at least as soon as you could see clearly.

Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active. It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or gray.

1 optimist   

n.乐观的人，乐观主义者

参考例句：

• We are optimist and realist.我们是乐观主义者，又是现实主义者。
• Peter,ever the optimist,said things were bound to improve.一向乐观的皮特说，事情必定是会好转的。

2 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

3 pessimist   

n.悲观者；悲观主义者；厌世

参考例句：

• An optimist laughs to forget.A pessimist forgets to laugh.乐观者笑着忘却，悲观者忘记怎样笑。
• The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.悲观者在每个机会中都看到困难，乐观者在每个困难中都看到机会。

4 psychologists   

n.心理学研究者，心理学家( psychologist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• However, psychologists distinguish between'sound" and "noise".'sound" is measured physically in decibels. 然而，心理学家把声音与噪声做了区别，声音实际上可以用分贝来测量，而噪声却不能用同样的方法来测量。 来自中级百科部分
• Using a scientific way, these psychologists set up experiments. 这些心理学家利用科学的方式做了很多实验。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

5 professionals   

n.具有某专业资格的人( professional的名词复数 )；专业人士；内行；专门职业者

参考例句：

• The tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals. 这次锦标赛业余选手和职业选手均可参加。
• a book written for professionals and laymen alike 一本内行外行都可以读的书

6 preference   

n.偏爱，优先，优先权，优先的选择

参考例句：

• What is your preference?你有什么嗜好？
• A teacher should not show preference for any one of his pupils.老师不应偏爱任何一个学生。