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浙江省宁波市鄞州区2023-2024学年七年级下学期4月期中英语试题（音频暂未更新）
In a small village, there is a house with 1,000 mirrors.
A little dog learns about this place and wants to visit it one day. When he gets there, he is very happy and goes into the house. He looks into the mirrors with his ears up high and his tail wagging（摇摆尾巴）as fast as it can. It is strange（奇怪） for him to see 1,000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiles(微笑) and 1,000 great smiles smile back to him, they are warm and nice. As he goes away from the house, he thinks to himself, "This is a good place. I will come back and visit it often."
In the same village, there is another little dog who often gets angry. The dog wants to visit the house too. He goes into the house with his head down. When he sees 1,000 angry dogs looking back at him, he growls（低沉咆哮）at them and is afraid to see 1,000 little dogs growling back at him. As he leaves, he thinks to himself: " ▲ I will never go back there again."
Mirrors can't change（改变）, but faces can. What kind of face do you have today?
A theory of emotion Two scientists called Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer developed the two-factor theory of emotion in 1962. They said that emotions are formed in two parts. First, the body has a physical response to a threat and then the mind considers the physical response as an emotion, which is then felt by the person. For example, imagine you are walking through a forest and you see a bear. Seeing it would probably start a physical response, such as your heart beating very fast and sweat breaking out. Your mind then decides that this is fear, which you feel as an emotion. |
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A new study has suggested that the key to reducing feelings of anger is not venting (letting the angry emotions out) but doing calming activities such as yoga or meditation.
The study was published in March by Sophie Kjaervik and Brad Bushman from Ohio State University in the US. They wanted to explore the popular theory that venting (expressing) anger is a good way of reducing it. Examples of venting anger include shouting or hitting something like a cushion, so that you let go of the emotion and therefore don't feel it any more. The pair looked at 154 other studies on anger. These involved 10, 189 people, and included a variety of ages and backgrounds. In their study, Kjaervik and Bushman define anger as "an emotional response (反应) to a real or imagined threat (威胁)". They used a theory of emotion (情绪假说) that says emotions are partly felt in your body and partly in your mind.
The scientists looked at the other studies to see how different activities influenced anger. They found that activities such as running or boxing—which are often thought to be good for dealing with anger—weren't very good at reducing it. In fact, some of these activities actually made it worse because they increased physical responses in the body that are linked to feeling angry. For example, they made people's hearts beat faster. However, activities that decreased physical responses in the body did help to reduce feelings of anger. These included activities that slow the heart rate, such as deep breathing, meditation and yoga. Bushman says activities that increase physical responses may be good for heart health but are "definitely not the best way to reduce anger".
The team found jogging was most likely to increase anger. However, some heart-rate increasing activities—like ball games and team sports—could reduce anger.
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