时差N小时 你可以预测未来吗?(上)

It’s impossible to know the future. We can guess, but no one has actual knowledge of what’s going to happen down the road.

未来难以预测。我们可以猜测，但是没人真正知道将来会发生什么。

But if you’re someone who trusts her feelings, you’re more likely to accurately¹ predict future events than people who don’t trust their feelings as much.

但是如果你相信自己的直觉，那么你比那些不相信直觉的人更容易准确预测出未来事件。

That’s the conclusion of a recent study done by researchers at Columbia Business School.

这是哥伦比亚商学院研究人员在最近一项研究中得出的结论。

Through a series of eight studies they found that subjects who had a high amount of trust in their feelings were generally better able to predict things like the outcomes² of presidential elections, football games, the winner of American Idol³, and even the weather.

通过8项的一系列研究，研究人员发现，那些高度信任自己直觉的人通常会更好地预测出总统选举、足球比赛、美国偶像胜出者甚至天气等情况。

1 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。

2 outcomes   

结果( outcome的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The two scenarios provide illustrations of consistent set of outcomes for range of possible policies. 这两个方案说明某一套可能采取的政策将会产生的一系列后果。
• We analyzed all the possible outcomes of your mission, Commander. 我们分析过所有可能的结果，指挥官。

3 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。