臺灣籍旅美老師今天交給我們的句子是:
Mothers had more intense brain activity in the dopamine reward system, than women had never had children. This system is involved in reward learning and its the same that makes us crave certain foods or become addicted to drugs. It motivates us to act in ways that get us closer to the reward - in mother's cases, a baby.
在多巴胺的獎勵系統中,母親的腦部活動比沒有小孩的女性更強烈。這個系統與獎勵學習息息相關,并且也是我們喜愛特定食物或是對毒品上癮的原因。它讓我們竭盡所能地得到獎賞與回饋--對母親來說,就是孩子本身。
學習重點:
1.intense 強烈的
intense (adj.) 強烈的
intensify (v.) 使...更激烈
tense (adj.) 緊繃的
2.reward 報答
reward (n.) 報答
award (n.) 獎勵
3.crave 渴望
crave (v.) 渴望
craving (n.) 渴望
carve (v.) 雕刻
carving (n.) 雕刻
4.addicted 上癮的
addicted (adj.) 上癮的
addiction (n.) 癮
addict (v.) 使成癮
addict (n.) 上癮的人
5.motivate 激發動力
motivate (v.) 激發動力
motivation (n.) 動力