【Dictation】听写科学美国人

什么是刻意练习？

翻遍无数书籍，参加那么多课程，所要寻找的药方只是重复着每天听写而已。

致胜法宝永远是简单到极致的，多余的都是修饰。然而正是那些花哨，才吸引的众人旁观付钱。

把这些练下来，总结出来，继续一个人的坚持吧。

听写错误的：

pit bull

studded collar

conscientious

rule-abiding

Anthrozoos

gave

rated

cocker

spaniels

pit bulls

chose

like

authors

volunteers

prefered the meanest breeds 

stereotyping

delinquent past

who prefered

labs

conscientiousness

personality test

may be more

walking

dog

may be worse 

his

参考原文：

Does Bad Dog MeanBad Owner?

People expressing a preference for aggressive dog breeds scored higher forconscientiousness on a personality test than did those who liked gentler dogs.Christopher Intagliata reports

May29, 2012 

You see a guy walking apit bull with a studded collar. What's your first thought?: tough guy, right?Well, probably. But chances are he's a conscientious, rule-abiding tough guy.So says a study in the journal Anthrozoos.[Vincent Egan and Jason MacKenzie, "Does Personality, Delinquency,or Mating Effort Necessarily Dictate a Preference for an Aggressive Dog?"]

Researchersgave personality tests to 235 subjects—from teens to people in their 60s. Thosesubjects also rated how aggressive they considered different breeds of dogs tobe, from cocker spaniels to pit bulls, and chose which type they'd most like toown.

Asthe authors expected, the most unfriendly study volunteers, and the youngest,preferred the meanest breeds. But the stereotyping ends there. Pit bull loversweren't any more likely to have delinquent past behavior—like carrying weaponsfor fights—than people who preferred friendly Labs.

Infact, pit bull lovers actually scored higher for conscientiousness on thepersonality test. Which means they may be more rule-oriented, careful andorganized—the perfect candidates for dog training classes, the authors say. Sonext time you see someone walking a fearsome dog, that person’s bark may beworse than his bite.

—ChristopherIntagliata

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