1、笔译实务 3 级配套训练 第十五单元 英译汉（二）1 / 3英语笔译实务 3 级配套训练 第十五单元 英译汉（二）Taxi Drivers Knowledge Helps Their Brains GrowSatellite navigation systems can stunt your brain, preventing it from developing, according to scientists. They have discovered that taxi drivers have actually grown more brain cells because of all
2、 the knowledge they keep in their heads.When the scientists compared the brains of taxi drivers with those of other drivers, they found the taxi drivers had more grey matter in the area of the brain associated with memory.They believe that this part of the brain, the mid-posterior hippocampus, is wh
3、ere cab drivers store a mental map of London, including up to 25,000 street names and the location of all the major tourist attractions.The research is the first to show that the brains of adults can grow in response to specialist use. It has been known that area of childrens brains can grow when th
4、ey learn music or a language.The scientists warn that increasingly widespread use of satellite navigation expected to be one of the biggest-selling gifts this Christmas could change all that. “GPS (Global Positioning System) may have a big effect,” says Dr. Eleanor Maguire, who led the research at U
5、niversity College Unit 15 EN-CH (II) Taxi Drivers Knowledge Helps Their Brains Grow2 / 3London.“We very much hope they dont start using it. We believe this area of the brain increased in grey matter volume because of the huge amount or data they have to memorize. If they all start using GPS, that ma
6、y affect their brain.”Dr. Maguire said, “We are now looking at the brains of taxi drivers before they start training, and at those of retired taxi-drivers to see whether that area of the brain gets smaller when it is not used.” 课文词汇stunt 阻碍生长grey matter 脑灰质GPS (Global Positioning System) 中后海马区Eleano
7、r Maguire 卫星导航系统University College London 伦敦大学学院 参考译文出租车司机所掌握的知识让他们的大脑更发达科学家认为，卫星导航系统会让人的大脑变得迟钝，阻碍其发展。他们发现，由于出租车司机要记住大量的道路信息，他们脑细胞的数量比普通人要多。笔译实务 3 级配套训练 第十五单元 英译汉（二）3 / 3科学家在对比出租车司机和其他驾驶员的脑部结构后发现，出租车司机脑部与记忆力有关的区域存在更多的脑灰质。科学家认为，这部分大脑叫中后海马区，是出租车司机储存伦敦地图的地方，这幅地图上包括 2.5 万个街道名称和所有重要的旅游景点的位置。这一研究首次表明，成年人的大脑会因特殊的使用而生长发育。此前人们就知道，儿童学习音乐或语言会促进他们的脑部发育。科学家警告说，卫星导航系统日益普及，有望成为这次圣诞节最畅销的礼品之一，可能会改变这一切。这项研究的负责人，伦敦大学学院的埃莉诺马奎尔说：“全球定位系统可能会对脑部产生重大影响。 ”我们很希望他们还要开始使用卫星导航系统。我们相信，由于出租车司机必须记住大量的数据资料，大脑那个区域的灰色特制的容积将增大。如果他们都开始保用 GPS，这可能会影响他们的大脑。马奎尔博士说：“我们正在观察出租车司机在受训之前的脑部结构，以及退休的出租车司机的脑部结构，看看在不使用脑部的那个区域以后，它是否会缩小。 ”
