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1、听力课堂,开放式英语学习平台！www.TingClass.net年龄与智慧姜是老的辣?Scienceandtechnology.科技。Ageandwisdom.年龄与智慧。Olderandwiser?姜是老的辣?Americansgetwiserwithage.Japanesearewisefromthestart.美国人年龄越大越聪明。日本人从小就聪明。ONEstereotypeofwisdomisawizenedZen-mastersmilingbenevolentlyattheanticsofhispupils,whilereferrin
2、gtothemaslittlegrasshoppersorsomesuchaffectation,safeintheknowledgethatonedaythey,too,willhavebeensetonthepaththatleadstowizenedmasterhood.Butisittruethatagebringswisdom?AstudytwoyearsagoinNorthAmerica,byIgorGrossmannoftheUniversityofWaterloo,inCanada,suggestedthatitis.Inasm
3、uchasitispossibletoquantifywisdom,DrGrossmannfoundthatelderlyAmericanshadmoreofitthanyoungsters.Hehas,however,nowextendedhisinvestigationtoAsia-thelandofthewizenedZen-master-and,inparticular,toJapan.There,hefound,incontrasttotheWest,thatthegrasshoppersaretheirmasters'equalsa
4、lmostfromthebeginning.提到智慧的时候，人们脑海里总会出现这样一个老套的画面：一个削瘦的禅宗大师面容慈祥的对他的弟子微笑着，一边叫他们"小不点"，心中十分确定他们迟早会走上这条通往智慧的禅宗之道。但是智慧真的与年龄有关吗?两年前，加拿大滑铁卢大学IgorGrossmann博士的研究显示情况的确如此。由于智慧可以标准量化，他发现年长的美国人的确比年轻人要聪明。但是，如今他将调查扩展至整个亚洲——这个拥有禅宗大师的神奇土地——特别是日本。在那里他发现，与西方相比，几乎从一开始，这些弟子与大师在智力方面难分伯仲。DrGrossma
5、nn'sstudy,justpublishedinPsychologicalScience,recruited186Japanesefromvariouswalksoflifeandcomparedthemwith225Americans.Participantswereaskedtoreadaseriesofpretendnewspaperarticles.Halfdescribedconflictbetweengroups,suchasadebatebetweenresidentsofanimpoverishedPacificislando
6、verwhethertoallowforeignoilcompaniestooperatetherefollowingthediscoveryofpetroleum.(Thoseinfavourvieweditasanopportunitytogetrich;thoseagainstfearedthedisruptionofancientwaysandpotentialecologicaldamage.)Theotherhalftooktheformofadvice学英语，练听力，上听力课堂。【免费英语听力下载】www.tingclass.ne
7、t-3-听力课堂,开放式英语学习平台！www.TingClass.netcolumnsthatdealtwithconflictsbetweenindividuals:siblings,friendsandspouses.Afterreadingeacharticle,participantswereasked"Whatdoyouthinkwillhappenafterthat?"and"Whydoyouthinkitwillhappenthisway?"Theirresponseswererecordedandtranscribed.Gros
8、smann博士研究结果刚发表在《心理科学》。他招募了186个来自各行各业的日本人并且与225个美国人做对比研究。他要求参与者阅读一些假装在报纸上发表的
