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Left-Handers' Day　舉起你的左手來──國際左撇子日


                                            全民英檢101年施測日程表




　　


　　Which hand do you use to throw a ball? If it is your left, then you are left-handed, along with 13 percent of the world's population. Left-handers have to live in reverse from most people. Many of the things in our daily lives are made to be used with the right hand, such as subway turnstiles, computer mice, cameras, and scissors. However, on August 13, lefties can raise their left hands in pride because it is Left-Handers' Day, the one day when right is wrong.
 


Whether you are left-handed or not, visit the Left-Hander's Day website and learn how to participate in this unique holiday. The site offers posters that can be printed and hung up to support left-handedness. The one thing it cannot do is explain what causes left-handedness. Even though no one really knows how this trait comes about, researchers believe that it is genetic since it seems to run in families.


Each side of the body is connected to the opposite side of the brain. Right-handers favor the left side of the brain, the part which is used for writing, science, math, and logic. Lefties favor the right side of the brain, which controls creativity, imagination, emotions, and spatial awareness. No wonder left-handedness is more common in artists, architects, and athletes.









Words & Phrases




  1. in reverse　　相反地；反向地
    reverse n. 相反；反向（的事物）
    The teacher was quite upset because her students did the reverse of what she said.
    那位老師很不開心，因為她學生做的與她所吩咐的恰恰相反。
  2. hang up.../hang...up　　懸掛……
    Jerry stood on a chair to hang the picture up on his living room wall.
    傑瑞站在椅子上，好把那幅畫掛在他客廳的牆上。
    3. trait n. 特性；特徵
    The trait Debbie got from her mother is her beautiful blue eyes.
    黛比的母親遺傳給她的特徵就是那雙美麗的藍眼睛。
  3. come about　　產生，發生
    Through research, the scientist was able to determine how the disease came about.
    透過研究，科學家得以確認該疾病是怎麼發生的。
  4. run in families/run in the family　　家族遺傳
    Some reports say that cancer may run in families, but it is still unproven.
    某些報導指出癌症可能起因於家族遺傳，但這項說法仍未經證實。
  5. be connected to...　　與……連接
    Experts in geography have shown that America used to be connected to Asia.
    地理學家指出美洲和亞洲以前是相連的。
  6. opposite a. 相反的，相對的
    I thought this medicine would help me sleep, but it had the opposite effect.
    我以為這種藥會助我入眠，但效果卻完全相反。
  7. favor vt. 偏好
    Most children usually favor junk food over healthy vegetables.
    多數孩童通常會偏好垃圾食物，而不是健康的蔬菜。







Extra Words


  1. left-handed a. 左撇子的
    left-hander n. 左撇子
    lefty n.（暱稱）左撇子
    left-handedness n. 慣用左手的習慣
     
  2. turnstile n. 十字旋轉門
     
  3. genetic a. 遺傳（上）的，基因（上）的
     
  4. spatial a. 空間的
     
  5. architect n. 建築師






中文翻譯

　　您丟球是用哪一隻手呢？若您用的是左手，那麼您就是左撇子，跟全世界百分之十三的人口一樣。左撇子必須與多數人過著相反的生活。我們日常生活中有許多事物都是為慣用右手的人所設計，像是地下鐵的十字轉門、電腦滑鼠、相機和剪刀等等。然而在八月十三日這一天，左撇子們終於可以驕傲地舉起他們的左手，因為這天就是打破右撇為正統的左撇子日。

 


無論您是不是左撇子，請登入國際左撇子日的網站來瞭解如何參與這個特別的節日。這個網站上有許多支持左撇子的海報供大家列印出來張貼。不過網站無法做的一件事就是解釋左撇子這個現象的成因。雖然沒人確切知道這項特質是如何產生的，但是研究人員認為它與基因有關，因為這似乎是種家族遺傳。


身體的左右側分別與大腦的另一邊相連。右撇子偏好用負責控制書寫、科學、數學和邏輯能力的左腦思考。左撇子則偏好使用掌管創意、想像力、情緒和空間感的右腦。難怪藝術家、建築師和運動員當中有許多都是左撇子。


引用自：長春藤英語  http://www.ivy.com.tw/



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