托福阅读机经：女人化妆更美丽.doc

托福阅读机经：女人化妆更美丽 小马过河为大家准备了“托福阅读机经：女人化妆更美丽”，供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 　　Wear make-up and look more competent - but too much and youll seem dishonest 　　As many women can testify, theres a fine line between pretty and scary when it comes to make-up. 　　化妆是漂亮还是吓人就在一线之间，这一点许多女人都能证实。 　　Now, scientists have shown that not only does the right amount of cosmetics make all the difference when it comes to beauty, but it also affects judgements of competence and trustworthiness. 　　如今，科学家指出，化妆浓淡不仅能影响美丑，还能影响人们对能力和可信赖性的判断。 　　For all of their positive effects on looking and feeling good, large amounts of make-up soon start to negatively impact on the way people perceive an individuals honesty. 　　化妆能让人看起来更漂亮，使人自我感觉良好，但化浓妆则会让人们质疑一个人的正直。 　　In the study, funded by Procter Gamble, scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston University and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute asked participants to rate various looks in terms of competence, likeability, attractiveness and trustworthiness. 　　在保洁公司出资赞助的这一研究中，来自麻省总医院、哈佛医学院、波士顿大学和达纳法伯癌症研究所的科学家们让参与者对不同的形象在能力、可亲度、吸引力和可信赖性方面做出评价。 　　Pictures of women wearing no make-up, and looking natural, professional, and glamorous, were shown to volunteers for different lengths of time. 　　研究人员让参与者在不同长度的时间内分别观看了素颜女人、妆容自然的女人、职业妆女人和妆容美艳的女人的照片。 　　When shown the images for just 250milliseconds, all ratings went up with the amount of make-up, says the report, published by P. 　　公共科学图书馆综合研究机构发布的这一研究报告称，当参与者观看这些照片的时间为250毫秒时，随着妆容的加重，人们的评价也全面上升。 　　However, when study participants were allowed to take in the picturesat length, the results changed significantly. 　　然而，当参与者可以细细观看这些照片时，评价结果却发生了重大改变。 　　Nancy Etcoff, the studys lead author and associate researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital told ABC news that we found that when faces were shown very quickly, all ratings went up with cosmetics in all different looks. 　　该研究的首席作者、麻省总医院的副研究员南希?埃特考夫告诉美国广播公司新闻网说：“我们发现，当我们快速地展示这几张脸时，人们对于相貌不同的人的评价都是随着妆容的加重而上升。” 　　The women were