闻者流泪：有声书比电影更能调动你的情绪

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海词积累

1.auditoryadj.听的；听觉的

2.tumultuousadj.嘈杂的；喧嚣的

3.depictionn.描绘；描写

4.intensityn.强度

5.physiologicaladj.生理的；生理学的

6.consistentadj.一致的

7.psychologyn.心理学

8.anticipatev.预料；预计

UCL(UniversityCollegeLondon)study backed by Audible finds unconscious responses to the same book scenes,witnessed in adaptations across differentmedia,are strongest in theauditoryformat.

AsAryaStarkwatchesfromthecrowd,tearsstreaming,KingJoffreytoyswithherfatherNedStarkbeforeexecutinghiminfront ofatumultuouscrowd.This scene fromGame ofThronesis extremely upsetting in any medium—but a new study by UCL has found that audiobooksaremore “emotionally engaging” than film and television adaptations.

UCL,in collaboration with audiobook giant Audible,measured the physical reactions of 102 participants aged between 18 and 67 to audio and videodepictionsof scenes from books includingGameofThrones,TheGirlontheTrainandGreatExpectations.The sceneswere chosen based on their“emotionalintensity”,and forhaving tiny differences between the audio and video adaptations.

According to the study,while the participants reported that the videoswere“more engaging”than the audiobooks by about 15%on average,theirphysiologicalresponses told a different story,with heart rates higher by about two beats aminute,and body temperatures raised by roughly two degrees when they listened to audiobooks.The evidence wasconsistentacross different stories and different participant ages.

Dr Joseph Devlin,head of experimentalpsychologyat UCL and lead researcher on the project,said,“You're hearing the story butmentally you're doing all the work,whereas when you're watching it,it'smore of a passive experience.The director's imagination has brought it to life.We'danticipatedwemight see something in the physiology but we didn't expect the results to be as clear as they were.”

——FromTheGuardian

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Decideifthefollowingstatementsare true（T） or false （F）.

（ ）1.Audiobooks tend to involve the readers to a larger extent in emotion.

（ ）2.The experimentwas conducted by UCL and audiobook giant Audible.

（ ）3.There were obvious differences between the audio and video adaptations in the experiment.

（ ）4.The participants'physiological responses and psychology responses kept the same in the experiment.

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独立主格结构用作状语

As Arya Stark watches from the crowd,tears streaming,King Joffrey toyswith her father Ned Stark before executing him in front of a tumultuous crowd.艾莉亚·史塔克站在人群中，泪眼模糊地看着国王乔佛里在喧嚣的人潮前戏弄她的父亲奈德·史塔克，然后处决了后者。

句中的tears streaming是一个独立主格结构。独立主格结构主要用于描绘性文字中，其作用相当于一个状语从句，常用来表示时间、原因、条件、方式或伴随情况等。例如：

The meeting being over,all of us went home.开完会后我们都回家了。（表时间）

The condition being favourable,he may succeed.如果条件有利，他或许能成功。（表条件）

There being no taxis,we had to walk.没有出租车，我们只好步行。（表原因）

Almost allmetals are good conductors,silver being the best of all.几乎所有的金属都是良导体，而银则是最好的导体。 (表伴随情况)

【仿写】他躺在草地上，将两手交叉枕在脑后。

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闻者流泪：有声书比电影更能调动你的情绪

Audible公司支持的伦敦大学学院研究发现，人们在看过不同媒体对同一本书中场景的改编后，他们发现有声格式的书带来的无意识反应最强。

艾莉亚·史塔克站在人群中，泪眼模糊地看着国王乔佛里在喧嚣的人潮前戏弄她的父亲奈德·史塔克，然后处决了后者。《权力的游戏》中的这一场景通过任何视听手段呈现都是令人心恸的。但伦敦大学学院的一项新研究发现，相较于电影和电视的改编，有声书在让人投入情感上更胜一筹。

伦敦大学学院和有声读物公司Audible合作，测试了年龄在18～67岁的102名受试者在观看《权力的游戏》《火车上的女孩》和《远大前程》中特定场景的有声书和视频后的反应。这些场景是基于受试者的情感强度选取的，而且这些场景中的有声书和改编版的视频内容差别很小。

根据该研究，尽管参与者反馈，在“参与感更强”一项上，视频比有声书平均高出15%，但他们的生理反应给出了不一样的答案。听有声书时，参与者的心率每分钟会增加两次，体温升高近两度。且当面对不同的故事和年龄段不同的参与者时，该体征具有一致性。

约瑟夫·德弗林博士是伦敦大学学院实验心理学系主任，也是这个项目的首席研究员。他说：“你虽然只是在听故事，但你的大脑在完成所有的工作。相比之下，当你观看视频的时候，则更像一个被动的经历，因为导演已经用自己的想象力把故事展现出来了。我们有预感会看到一些生理学上的反应，但没想到结果会这么直观明了。”