1、计算机能够洞察人的性格第 1 页：听力文本第 2 页：词汇解释第 3 页：内容解析第 4 页：参考译文Computers can be better at predicting ourpersonality than our friends and family. Thats theconclusion scientists in Cambridge have drawnfrom an experiment with tens of thousands ofvolunteers. Julie Peacock has more details.Facebook was a social medi
2、a researchers use to see how well computers could judgepeoples personalities.It studied the likes of more than 80,000 people to discover theirbroad personality traits. And it did so with great success. After analyzing just ten likes, thecomputer was more accurate at judging someones personality than
3、 their work colleagues.After 150 likes, it knew people better than their own mothers. And it only took 300 likes tobe more accurate than a persons spouse. One of the researchers David Sitwell saysinformation could be used to target advertizing to suit personality types.Lets say, Im viewing a charity
4、 website. And I want to find out about the charity. If Immore of an emotional person, then the charity could give me more pictures and moremessages sort of from the people that Im trying to help.He concedes that some people may find the idea creepy and believes that social mediawebsites would haveto
5、 be upfront with users if they adopt the technology. Other possibleapplications would be on dating websites or in recruitment. But researchers see there is alot that computer cant judge, such as whether or not someone is interesting.That report by Julie Peacock.Most of us celebrated the new year two
6、 weeks ago. Some though use the Juliancalendar. And for them, Tuesday was New Years Day. And among them are some EasternOrthodox Churches and one small village in Wales.To be honest with you, we also celebrate the other new years by now.Thats a bit cheeky. So what happens on New Years Day in the Jul
7、ian calendar asopposed to the Gregorian calendar?What happens is that the children that live in the valley all go round from house to housesinging. They sing a special song in the doors. And they are given permission to have dayoff from school.And am I right in thinking that youve got some of your p
8、upils with you right now?Yes, but they are not my pupils any more cuz they moved on to secondary school. Theyare my family. Ive got my nephews and nieces and my sons here with me.Are they? It was wonderful. What were they singing? What were they singing in the song?All right, Im going back into the
9、other room now.1.Gregorian adj.罗马教皇格利高里的This calendar is based on the Gregoriancalendar, but the week starts on Monday insteadof Sunday.这个日历基于罗马日历，但是每周的开始是星期一而不是星期日。2.application n.申请Did you send up my application?我的申请你给交上去了吗?3.creepy adj.令人毛骨悚然的As soon as you get them, you get loads of creepy guys.
10、一旦你得到她们，你就得到许多令人毛骨悚然的家伙。4.concede v.承认I concede that they may be hard to detect in the beginning, but like a concave bowl,with everything gathered together in the middle that you can only understand when youcome out.我承认，人们开始可能很难察觉，然而它们就像一只凹形的碗一样，所有的东西都集中在中间，你只有出来的时候才能了解。1.And among them are some Eas
11、tern Orthodox Churches and one small village in Wales.Orthodox Churches 东正教堂Today, in the Greek and Russian orthodox churches, Christmas is celebrated 13 days after the 25th, which is also referred to as the Epiphany or Three Kings Day.今天，在希腊和俄罗斯的东正教中，圣诞节在 25 日后的 13 天后庆祝，也被称为“主显节”或“三王节” 。Crossing th
12、e heart goes back to the religious tradition of crossing oneself, which still exists in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.在胸口画十字这一手势可追溯到画十字这一宗教传统。此刻罗马天主教和东正教的教会里模仿仍是在沿用这一传统。Thats the conclusion scientists in Cambridge have drawn from an experiment with tens of thousands of volunteers.draw fro
13、m 从 中得到So what conclusions can we draw from the composition of the 10% of outliers?所以我们可以从那 10% 的异常值中得出什么结论呢？“If there is any lesson to draw from these past few weeks, it is that we are not doomed to endless gridlock,“ said Obama.他在白宫对记者说：“如果说可以从过去几个星期汲取什么教训的话，那就是我们并不是注定会有无休止的僵局。译文相比亲朋好友，计算机更擅长推测我们的
14、性格。这是剑桥大学科学家在成千上万的志愿者身上做实验后得出的结论。朱莉皮考克详细报道。研究人员用社交媒体“脸书” 探究计算机在判断人的个性方面的能力，该实验研究了 8 万多人的爱好，广泛挖掘他们的个性，并且大获成功。计算机在分析 7 个爱好之后就能比当事人的同事更精准地判断他的个性；分析 150 个爱好后，这种能力就高于他的母亲；分析 300 个爱好，就能比配偶的判断更精准。研究员大卫希特维尔称，可以利用有效信息制作定向广告，以迎合不同的性格类型。比方说，我正在浏览一个慈善网站，想寻找一些慈善信息。如果我这个人比较情绪化，那么慈善宣传可以向我展示更多我想帮助的人的照片和信息。他也坦言一些人会觉
15、得这个想法令人不舒服，他认为社交媒体网站如果采用了这种技术，就必须对用户坦诚。该技术还可应用于交友网站或用于招聘。但研究人员也清楚，许多事情是计算机判断不了的，比如某人是否有趣。朱莉皮考克报道。我们大多数人在两周前庆祝了新年，但有些人使用的却是罗马儒略历。对他们来说，周二才是新年第一天。他们中有的来自东正教会，有的则来自于威尔士的一个小村庄。实话跟你说，我们现在也过其他新年。这有点任性啊。那么与格里高里历相比，罗马儒略历新年有什么特点？新年那天，住在山谷里的孩子们唱着歌走街串巷，他们在村民的门口唱着特别的歌曲。而且这一天放假，不用上学。你家的小学生们现在正跟你在一起，我猜对了吗？没错，但他们不再是小学生了，都已经上中学了。他们是我的家人。我的侄子、侄女还有我的儿子们陪在我身边。是吗？太好听了，他们唱的什么？歌词什么意思？好吧，我得回那个屋了。
