每日一听 60-second-science 《听写营》

ashlie888

23.这篇很有趣，偏简单！~~
If you’re like me, somewhere in your closet, or maybe in a drawer, you probably have a pair of pants you hope to someday fit into. Again.But staying on a diet and finding time to exercise—it’s no walk in thepark.
But wait! Before youswear off the spaghetti,scientists at the State University of New York in Stony Brook have stumbledonto a new way to slenderize使苗条. They found that mice that spend 15 minutes a day standing on avibrating platform are leaner than mice who juststand still. Their results appear in the current online edition of theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
All the animals in the experiment wereallowed to eat their fill. After 15weeks, the shaken mice didn’t actually weigh any less. But compared to the micewho hung out on a stationary platform, they had about 30 percent less fataround their middles.
The SUNY scientists think that the jiggling颤抖 kept fat cells fromforming. Whether it would do the same for people, you never know. And here youthought New Yorkers were lean and mean because they’re always in a hurryrushing here and there. Maybe it’s because they spend so much time standing onvibrating subway platforms, waiting for the uptown 住宅区express.

-- by 会员 ashlie888 (2011/11/1 23:00:43)

昨天听了这篇,我也觉得比之前的较简单些.

几个习惯用语查了下字典

A WALK IN THE PARK: something that is very easy to do or accomplish

swear off (informal): promise to abstain from

( stumble across/on/upon) find or encounter by chance

-- by 会员 selfmotivated (2011/11/3 8:38:52)

原来a walk in the park是个短语呀。。。。受教了。。。

ashlie888

25. Brain Chemical Makes Good Glue

At the right pH, the hormone and neurotransmitter dopamine turns out to be a really good adhesive. Karen Hopkin reports.

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Dopamine. It’s a crucial brain chemical, involved in problem solving and feeling pleasure.  Now it’s gotten scientists into a sticky situation—because they used dopamine to make a biologically based superglue.  The research appeared in the October 19th issue of the journal Science.


Engineers at Northwestern University were looking to produce a glue as strong and versatile as the cement made by mussels—which can cling to rocks, ship hulls, and even each other. Mussel glue is made of protein, which can be tricky to produce in bulk. So the scientists turned to dopamine, because it has some of the same chemical components found in the gummy protein.

Sure enough, when the engineers mixed up a vat of dopamine, and adjusted the pH to match that of seawater, they found that it sticks to pretty much everything.
All you have to do is dip the item of interest and it’s instantly coated with dopa-glue.

Best of all, you can then get other stuff to stick to the dopamine coat. Say you want to remove lead from your drinking water—just let it wash over the sticky dopamine and the toxic metal stays.  Fascinating that the dopamine in the researchers’ brains probably helped them solve the problem of creating
dopamine that sticks like mussels. 最后一句话啥意思呀？木有读懂。。。@猴子和@ROSE姐


这篇有点专业！ 听得不太懂！~

daisyの小夢想

我来加入小A的训练营啦啦!!~
自己也断断续续练过大概8、9篇。最近开始每天坚持耶~
今天跟小A做。这篇文章大意真的听不出来，好像句子都在脑海里飘着，但是不知道意思。
嗯。好好查了一下单词:

Dopamine(多巴胺). It’s a crucial brain chemical, involved in problem solving and feeling pleasure. Now it’s gotten scientists into a sticky situation—because they used dopamine to make a biologically based superglue(强力胶;超效粘合剂). The research appeared in the October 19th issue of the journal Science.

Engineers at Northwestern University were looking to produce a glue as strong and versatile(can be used for many different purposes) as the cement made by mussels(珠蚌,河蚌)—which can cling to rocks, ship hulls(外壳), and even each other. Mussel glue is made of protein, which can be tricky to produce in bulk(in large quantities). So the scientists turned to dopamine, because it has some of the same chemical components found in the gummy(sticky) protein.

Sure enough, when the engineers mixed up a vat(A vat is a large barrel or tank in which liquids can be stored) of dopamine, and adjusted the pH to match that of seawater, they found that it sticks to pretty much everything. All you have to do is dip(浸泡) the item of interest and it’s instantly coated with dopa-glue.

Best of all, you can then get other stuff to stick to the dopamine coat. Say you want to remove lead(a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element) from your drinking water—just let it wash over the sticky dopamine and the toxic metal stays. Fascinating that the dopamine in the researchers’ brains probably helped them solve the problem of creating dopamine that sticks like mussels.

最后这句我认为意思是 作者认为这个研究过程很惊人，在研究者眼中的Dopamine很可能有助于他们解决发明能像mussels那样粘合的dopamine的问题。(daisy中文表达有点不好，呵呵)

selfmotivated

25. Brain Chemical Makes Good Glue

At the right pH, the hormone and neurotransmitter dopamine turns out to be a really good adhesive. Karen Hopkin reports.

------------

Dopamine. It’s a crucial brain chemical, involved in problem solving and feeling pleasure.  Now it’s gotten scientists into a sticky situation—because they used dopamine to make a biologically based superglue.  The research appeared in the October 19th issue of the journal Science.


Engineers at Northwestern University were looking to produce a glue as strong and versatile as the cement made by mussels—which can cling to rocks, ship hulls, and even each other. Mussel glue is made of protein, which can be tricky to produce in bulk. So the scientists turned to dopamine, because it has some of the same chemical components found in the gummy protein.

Sure enough, when the engineers mixed up a vat of dopamine, and adjusted the pH to match that of seawater, they found that it sticks to pretty much everything.
All you have to do is dip the item of interest and it’s instantly coated with dopa-glue.

Best of all, you can then get other stuff to stick to the dopamine coat. Say you want to remove lead from your drinking water—just let it wash over the sticky dopamine and the toxic metal stays.  Fascinating that the dopamine in the researchers’ brains probably helped them solve the problem of creating
dopamine that sticks like mussels. 最后一句话啥意思呀？木有读懂。。。@猴子和@ROSE姐


这篇有点专业！ 听得不太懂！~

-- by 会员 ashlie888 (2011/11/4 13:48:45)

我把mussel听成了muscle,所以有点糊涂.听完2遍的时候,只知道是用brain里的D做成一种glue. a vat of dopamine, and adjusted the pH to match that of seawater,  the item of interest and it’s instantly coated with dopa-glue. 没听出来.

Fascinating that thedopamine in the researchers’ brains probably helped them solve the problem of creating
dopamine that sticks likemussels.我的理解是:研究人员大脑里的D可能帮助他们解决这个问题,也就是造出象蚌一样粘的D,这太神奇了.

selfmotivated

连续几天听了60 sec,觉得对听力还是有帮助的,今天又听了下OG的听力,觉得语速比较慢了.我相信坚持听,一定会有收获.大家一起加油!

抓抓sandra

小A,抓来看你一下~~抓没有乖乖坚持SSS,掩面~你坚持下来一定能成听力大牛的啊!!

铁板神猴

顶LS
LS说的太对了 小A加油  哈哈~

铁板神猴

小A我这两天去听网上的SSS了 明天回来听25~ 研究一下那个句子
@这招太有劲了哈哈

窃以为小A现在SSS可以只听不写了，省下的时间专攻TPO听写，更有效率！小A 11.26爆发吧~~！

ashlie888

我来加入小A的训练营啦啦!!~
自己也断断续续练过大概8、9篇。最近开始每天坚持耶~
今天跟小A做。这篇文章大意真的听不出来，好像句子都在脑海里飘着，但是不知道意思。
嗯。好好查了一下单词:

Dopamine(多巴胺). It’s a crucial brain chemical, involved in problem solving and feeling pleasure. Now it’s gotten scientists into a sticky situation—because they used dopamine to make a biologically based superglue(强力胶;超效粘合剂). The research appeared in the October 19th issue of the journal Science.

Engineers at Northwestern University were looking to produce a glue as strong and versatile(can be used for many different purposes) as the cement made by mussels(珠蚌,河蚌)—which can cling to rocks, ship hulls(外壳), and even each other. Mussel glue is made of protein, which can be tricky to produce in bulk(in large quantities). So the scientists turned to dopamine, because it has some of the same chemical components found in the gummy(sticky) protein.

Sure enough, when the engineers mixed up a vat(A vat is a large barrel or tank in which liquids can be stored) of dopamine, and adjusted the pH to match that of seawater, they found that it sticks to pretty much everything. All you have to do is dip(浸泡) the item of interest and it’s instantly coated with dopa-glue.

Best of all, you can then get other stuff to stick to the dopamine coat. Say you want to remove lead(a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element) from your drinking water—just let it wash over the sticky dopamine and the toxic metal stays. Fascinating that the dopamine in the researchers’ brains probably helped them solve the problem of creating dopamine that sticks like mussels.

最后这句我认为意思是 作者认为这个研究过程很惊人，在研究者眼中的Dopamine很可能有助于他们解决发明能像mussels那样粘合的dopamine的问题。(daisy中文表达有点不好，呵呵)

-- by 会员 daisyの小夢想 (2011/11/5 15:28:36)

荣幸呀，daisy斑斑也来啦！~~撒花欢迎！~翻译的挺好的
我补充一点the dopamine in the researchers’ brains，有点一语双关的意思，文章开头说了 It’s a crucial brain chemical。。。open to discuss

ashlie888

25. Brain Chemical Makes Good Glue

At the right pH, the hormone and neurotransmitter dopamine turns out to be a really good adhesive. Karen Hopkin reports.

------------

Dopamine. It’s a crucial brain chemical, involved in problem solving and feeling pleasure.  Now it’s gotten scientists into a sticky situation—because they used dopamine to make a biologically based superglue.  The research appeared in the October 19th issue of the journal Science.


Engineers at Northwestern University were looking to produce a glue as strong and versatile as the cement made by mussels—which can cling to rocks, ship hulls, and even each other. Mussel glue is made of protein, which can be tricky to produce in bulk. So the scientists turned to dopamine, because it has some of the same chemical components found in the gummy protein.

Sure enough, when the engineers mixed up a vat of dopamine, and adjusted the pH to match that of seawater, they found that it sticks to pretty much everything.
All you have to do is dip the item of interest and it’s instantly coated with dopa-glue.

Best of all, you can then get other stuff to stick to the dopamine coat. Say you want to remove lead from your drinking water—just let it wash over the sticky dopamine and the toxic metal stays.  Fascinating that the dopamine in the researchers’ brains probably helped them solve the problem of creating
dopamine that sticks like mussels. 最后一句话啥意思呀？木有读懂。。。@猴子和@ROSE姐


这篇有点专业！ 听得不太懂！~

-- by 会员 ashlie888 (2011/11/4 13:48:45)

我把mussel听成了muscle,所以有点糊涂.听完2遍的时候,只知道是用brain里的D做成一种glue. a vat of dopamine, and adjusted the pH to match that of seawater,  the item of interest and it’s instantly coated with dopa-glue. 没听出来.

Fascinating that thedopamine in the researchers’ brains probably helped them solve the problem of creating
dopamine that sticks likemussels.我的理解是:研究人员大脑里的D可能帮助他们解决这个问题,也就是造出象蚌一样粘的D,这太神奇了.

-- by 会员 selfmotivated (2011/11/6 8:33:46)

恩恩，理解了！！！THX