SDcamps•演辩营全国英语演讲与辩论赛
In a recent mimicking study at the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France, subjects were asked to determine whether a smile was real or fake while holding a pencil in their mouth to repress smiling muscles. 法国克莱蒙费朗大学近期的一项模拟研究要求研究对象通过微笑肌肉把一支铅笔含在嘴上，以此判断微笑的真假。 Without the pencil, subjects were excellent judges, but with...
Wait — The same study found that smiling is as stimulating as receiving up to 16,000 pounds sterling in cash. 不仅如此，这项研究还发现微笑带来的刺激还相当于16000英镑现金产生的刺激。 That’s like 25 grand a smile. It’s not bad. And think about it this way: 25,000 times 400 — quite a few kids out there feel like Mark Zuckerberg every day. 每笑...
Another aha! moment came from a 2010 Wayne State University research project that looked into pre-1950s baseball cards of Major League players. 另一项令人顿悟的研究是由2010年韦恩州立大学进行的，这个项目研究了二十世纪五十年代前美国职业棒球联盟球员卡。 The researchers found that the span of a player’s smile could actually predict the span of his life. 这些研究...