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Passage Three
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Perhaps because of traditional beliefs that men are tougher than women,
受“男人要比女人堅強”的傳統(tǒng)觀念影響，
it's common for British people these days to joke about men's weaknesses.
英國人會嘲笑那些沒有男子氣概的男性。
A man who complains he's ill with a cold might be told he just has "man flu".
如果男士向人們抱怨自己得了感冒，人們會笑話他患了“男士感冒”。
The implication is a woman keeps working when she has a cold,
這一詞暗示著，就連女士感冒都會帶病工作，
while a man exaggerates its effects, in order to get some sympathy and get out of doing any work.
而男士為了博取別人同情，不想上班而故意夸大自己的病情。
According to the British saying, such a man is being "a big girl's blouse",
在英國，這樣的男士被稱為“扭扭捏捏”，
a jokey way of saying he's not as manly and brave as he could be.
這一俗語是指沒有男子氣概，不夠勇敢。
But now it seems maybe men aren't such big girl's blouses after all.
但是男性并非像人們所說的那樣軟弱。
Researchers at Leeds Metropolitan University in England imposed pain on 200 Libyan and British students,
英國利茲都會大學(xué)的研究人員對200名利比亞人和英國學(xué)生做了一次疼痛忍耐力的試驗，
and studied how they responded.
之后記錄了他們各自的反應(yīng)。
They found that although there was no difference in the unpleasantness of the pain,
他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，雖然大家都對疼痛產(chǎn)生抵觸心理，
the men were much more tolerant about it.
但是男性對疼痛的耐受力更強。
The women showed more sensitivity.
而女性更為敏感。
They tolerated less pain, and were happier to admit it hurt.
女性對疼痛的耐受力較弱，而且愿意承認這種痛苦。
So why did the men put up with more pain than women?
為什么男性對疼痛的耐受力比女性強？
Gender stereotypes seem to be playing a part,
性別劃分似乎發(fā)揮著作用，
with women expected to be sensitive and men feeling the pressure to show they've manhood.
女性就應(yīng)該是敏感的，而男性則透過所承受的壓力表現(xiàn)自己的男子氣概。
The research found that these gender differences were stronger in the Libyan students than the British ones.
實驗發(fā)現(xiàn)，這種性別差異在利比亞人和英國人之間更為明顯。
The Libyan men also had a higher pain threshold than British men.
利比亞的男性比英國的男性更能夠忍受疼痛。
This suggests that cultural differences also play a part in how people cope with pain.
這意味著文化背景是他們面對疼痛表現(xiàn)迥異的主要原因。
Research into pain is important, because it could help scientists develop better pain relief,
關(guān)于疼痛的研究十分重要，因為它可以幫科學(xué)家研究更好的止疼方案，
and help people who live with chronic pain.
幫助那些飽受慢性疼痛困擾的病人。
Most pain killers are tested on men.
大部分止痛藥都是選擇男性進行測試的。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題23至問題25是基于你剛剛聽到的這篇文章
Question 23. How do British people think about a man who has "man flu"?
問題23. 英國人是如何評價患“男士感冒”的男性的？
Question 24. What did researchers at Leeds Metropolitan University find?
問題24. 利茲都會大學(xué)的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)了什么？
Question 25. What makes Libyan men more tolerant about pain than British men?
問題25. 利比亞人比英國人更能忍受疼痛的原因是什么？
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