美国人更喜欢高个子领导1托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 美国人更喜欢高个子领导一托福阅读机经背景   Americans, like ancient humans, prefer taller leaders: study  There may be a reason Mitt Romney is a front-runner in the Republican presidential nomination race that has nothing to do with his stance on immigration or Social Security, according to a study published on Tuesday.  周二发布的一项研究指出，米特?罗姆尼在美国共和党总统候选人提名的角逐中领先也许有一个原因，而且这一原因与他在 移民 或社保问题上的立场毫无关系。  Its his height.  这个原因就是他的身高。  Americans, whether they know it or not, prefer taller leaders, a preference that dates back to the dawn of the human race, said Texas Tech University political science professor Gregg R. Murray.  德州理工大学的政治学教授格雷格?R?穆雷说，不管美国人是否意识到了这一点，但美国人确实更喜欢高个子的领导人，这一喜好可以追溯到早期人类社会。  If Romney, who stands 6-feet 2-inches tall, becomes his partys nominee, he may have a secret advantage over the 6-feet 1-inch Barack Obama going into the 2012 election, just like Obama had over the 5-feet 8-inches John McCain in 2008, Murray said.  穆雷说，如果身高达6英尺2英寸的罗姆尼成为共和党的总统候选人，他也许在2012大选中对战6英尺1英寸的贝拉克?奥巴马时会有一个秘密优势，正如奥巴马2008年对战5英尺8英寸的约翰?麦凯恩的优势一样。  In evolutionary times, when people traveled in small groups and people competed for resources, the argument was that, when the leader of the other group was a big guy, the feeling of the group was, Hey, maybe we dont want to compete with these people for resources, Murray told the reporters on Tuesday.  穆雷周二告诉记者说：“在人类进化时期，当人们以小队行进、抢夺资源时，如果另一队的领头人是一个大个子，这个队的人就会觉得，‘嘿，也许我们不该和这些人抢夺资源。’这就是人们喜欢高个子领导的理由。”  He said that even though this is an irrational response for 21st-century leadership selection, there is a vestige of evolutionary history involved in political decisions.  他说，尽管这在21世纪的领导人选拔中是一个“非理性的反应”，但这是有“进化史遗风”的政治决策。  Recent presidents have been taller than the average American man (now 5-feet 9-inches), according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush are both 6-feet 2-inches, and Ronald