考研复试

之前文都考研介绍了《研究生复试英语口语考什么、怎么考》，其中提到短文朗读这个题型，那复试都会考什么领域的短文呢。文都考研今天整理了一篇短文朗读的练习题目，帮你练习考研复试英语口语。

First listen and then repeat it.

So what does it mean that social scientists have been retelling an incorrect version of this story for over fifty years as a paradigmatic example of extreme bystander indifference? Well, among other things, it means that inadvertently we have been perpetuating what could rightly be called a false narrative—a version of events that, while partly true, had been shaped, in this case by a newspaper report, to elicit strong negative emotions like anger, fear, or disgust.

As an investigator of human emotions, I know that even the most negative feelings can be important to our survival. Anger effectively signals that a goal is being blocked. Fear motivates caution and preparation. Disgust moves us away from things that can make us ill.

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那么，为什么五十多年来，社会学家们一直在不断复述这个故事的失实版本，并将其作为旁观者极端冷漠的典型案例?暂且不论其他，这至少意味着，在不经意间，我们已经被“失实表述”混淆了视听。这种“失实表述”虽然部分真实，但已被歪曲，就像上述案件被报道歪曲了一样，因为报纸想激起人们愤慨、恐惧、憎恶等强烈的负面情绪。

作为一名人类情绪的研究者，我知道即使是最负面的感受对我们而言也不可或缺：愤怒能有效地警示在实现目标路上有阻力;恐惧提醒人们谨慎行事并有所准备;憎恶让我们对坏人坏事敬而远之。

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