外刊精讀-DAY3 每日閱讀的好處

外刊精讀-DAY3

每日閱讀的好處

Benefits of Reading: Why You Should Read Every Day

When was the last time you read a book, or a

substantial

magazine article? Do your daily reading habits center around tweets, Facebook updates, or the directions on your

instant

oatmeal

packet?

上一次閱讀書籍,閱讀一篇重要的雜誌文章,你還記得是什麼時候嗎?還有,你的日常閱讀是否習慣了僅僅是看看推文,臉書更新,或即食燕麥包裝上的說明呢?

Reading has a

significant

number of benefits, and here‘re some benefits of reading to get you to start reading。

閱讀可謂是益處多多。今天為大家介紹閱讀部分益處,可助你開始閱讀之旅。

1.Mental Stimulation

1.激勵精神

Studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress of (or possibly even prevent)

Alzheimer's and Dementia

, since keeping your brain active and

engaged

prevents it from losing power。

研究表明,維持精神興奮可以減緩(甚至可能阻止)阿爾茨海默氏症和痴呆症的程序,因為保持大腦活躍,全神貫注,可防止大腦逐漸失去思考能力。

Just like any other muscle in the body, the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy, so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly

apt

when it comes to

your mind。

Doing puzzles

and playing games such as chess have also been found to be helpful with

cognitive

stimulation。

如同身上任何部位肌肉一樣,大腦也需要鍛鍊,維持強壯健康。因此,在提到大腦思維時,“若不使用,便棄之“,這一說法便尤為貼切。之後人們也發現,拼圖和象棋遊戲也可幫助刺激思維,提高認知。

2.Memory Improvement

2.改善記憶力

When you read a book, you have to remember an

assortment

of characters, their backgrounds, ambitions, history, and

nuances

, as well as the various

arcs

and

sub-plots

that

weave

their way through every story。

閱讀時,你得記住各式各樣的人物,各自的出生背景,人生理想,故事歷史背景,還有其他細枝末節,同時還有各種故事主線和故事支線,貫穿文章。

That’s

a fair bit

to remember, but brains are

marvellous

things and can remember these things with relative ease。

要記的東西很多,但是大腦非常奇妙,可以一種不費勁的方式記住這些事物。

Amazingly enough, every new memory you create

forges

new

synapses

(brain

pathways

) and strengthens

existing

ones, which assists in short-term memory recall as well as

stabilizing

moods。 How cool is that?

令人驚訝的是,大腦建立的每個新記憶都會形成新的突觸(大腦通路),並增強現有的突觸,從而有助於短期記憶的回憶和穩定情緒。這簡直酷呆了!

3.Improved Focus and Concentration

3.提高關注度

In our internet-crazed world, attention is drawn in a million different directions at once as we

multi-task

through every day。

在當下這個瘋狂的網際網路世界中,隨著每天進行多項任務,隨著任務不斷增多,我們的注意力會立刻吸引到百萬個不同的方向。

When you read a book, all of your attention is focused on the story—the rest of the world just

falls away

, and you can

immerse

yourself in every fine detail you‘re

absorbing

而在閱讀時,所有注意力都集中在閱讀書籍的故事中,好似除此之外的世界在逐漸消失,將自己沉浸在書中每一個細節。

Try reading for 15-20 minutes before work (i。e。 on your morning

commute

, if you take public transit), and you’ll be surprised at how much more focused you are once you get to the office。

可以試試在上班前閱讀15-20分鐘(比如說,若需要乘坐公共交通工具通勤上下班),之後到辦公點開始辦公,你會驚訝的發現,工作專注度比之前高了。

substantial

[səbˈstænʃl]

n。本質; 重要部分

adj。

大量的; 價值巨大的; 重大的

instant

[ˈɪnstənt]adj。

立刻的; 速食的;n。瞬間; 片刻; 某一時刻;

oatmeal

[ˈoʊtmiːl] n

。燕麥粥;

一、

significant

[sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt] adj。

顯著的; 有重大意義的

stimulation [ˌstɪmjəˈleɪʃən]

n。激勵; 興奮(作用);

Alzheimer's

[ˈɔːltshaɪmərz]阿爾茲罕默氏病

Dementia

[dɪˈmenʃə] 痴呆症

engaged

[ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd] adj。忙碌的;;使用中的;訂婚了的

assortment

[əˈsɔːrtmənt] 分類

nuance

[ˈnuːɑːns]n。細微的差別;

arcs

[ɑːrks]n。弧形;弧線

sub-plots

次要情節,故事支線

weave

[wiːv]v。 編織

a fair bit

很多,大量

marvellous

[ˈmɑːrvələs]adj。不可思議的

forges

[ˈfɔːrdʒɪz]v。艱苦幹成; 努力加強

synapses

[ˈsaɪnæps]n。(神經元的)突觸;

pathways[

ˈpæˌθweɪz]n。小路;路徑

existing[

ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ]adj。現有的

Stabilizing

[ˈsteɪbəlaɪzɪŋ]n。穩定,穩固

二、

apt

[æpt] adj。恰當的; 適當的;

when it comes to

當提到···

doing puzzles

做拼圖遊戲

cognitive

[ˈkɑːɡnətɪv] adj。認知的; 感知的; 認識能力的;

三、

Concentration

[ˌkɑːnsnˈtreɪʃn] n。濃度; 集中;

multi-task

多重任務

falls away

, 消失

immerse

[ɪˈmɜːrs]vt。沉浸在; (使)深陷於;

absorbing

[əbˈzɔːrbɪŋ] adj。吸引人的,有趣的;v。吸收

commute

[kəˈmjuːt]v。通勤; 減刑; (乘公共汽車、火車、汽車等)上下班往返;n。上下班路程;