【听力文摘】我们为何要接吻-普特英语听力.docVIP

掌握英语，从听开始 — 中国最受欢迎英语学习网站 欢迎登陆普特英语听力网网站（ HYPERLINK / /）获取更多免费学习资源。听力文摘更新地址 HYPERLINK /html/listening/digest/ /html/listening/digest/ 【听力文摘】我们为何要接吻 People kiss for the simple reason that it feels good. Our lips are full of sensitive nerve endings, which activate sensory areas in the brain. Kissing boosts the levels of neurotransmitter substances such as dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin. Dopamine triggers craving and desire, serotonin elevates a person’s mood, and oxytocin is involved in forming emotional attachments. Besides humans, the only animals that scientists have ever seen kissing are our closest ape relatives, chimpanzees, and bonobos, and even then it is a rare occurrence. So scientist think there must be a better explanation for it. Kiss and Tell Some scientists have theorized that kissing might help us assess a partner’s immune system. When people kiss, they come close enough to sample the scent of each other’s bodies. And that scent may contain clues to immune system compatibility. Parents with complementary immune systems have children with a stronger ability to resist disease. Children that are better at resisting disease are more likely to survive to have their own children. Evolution will favor those who choose partners with compatible immune systems over those who don’t, even if they don’t even know that they are doing it. Exchanging saliva may provide other chemical clues to genetic compatibility too. So, kissing really is all about chemistry! PS：牛津大学的拉斐尔·乌洛达斯基（Rafael Wlodarski）指出：接吻几乎存在于世界上的所有文化环境之中。在包括印度教的吠陀和古埃及壁画在内的人类最古老的记录中，都有对接吻的描绘。乌洛达斯基说：“鉴于接吻这么常见，它也许是为了完成某种目的而形成的。”他在研究中发现，相较于男性，女性对恋爱关系更为挑剔，也更加注重恋爱初期的亲吻行为——接吻也许能够帮助她们淘汰掉不中用的对象。此外，接近排卵期的女性对接吻的重要性尤其敏感。 为什么接吻那么重要？有三种假说给出了不同的解释。 一些人相信接吻是为了对潜在伴侣进行评估，这种评估过程可能通过信息素或化学信号的传递完成。这些化学信号也许包含着对方的健康或免疫能力方面的信息。乌洛达斯基说：“也许接吻只是个借口，好让两个互有好感的人接近得能够闻到对方。”目前，还没有任何一种化合物被确认为人类信息素。不过，的确有证据表明我们的气味中携带着信息。一项今年4月发表的研究就指出，女性更喜欢睾酮水平更高的男性所散发的气味。 另外两种理论分别认为接吻是为了让情侣保持亲密、或是为了增加性爱前的性唤起而演化出的行为。为了检验这些理论，乌洛达斯基和他的同事们召集了902位来自美国和英国的成