考研英語美文賞讀（25）：研究發(fā)現：每天吃早餐，成績會更好

　　摘要：考研英語作為一門考研公共課，雖然大家都學了英語十幾年，卻仍經常有總分過線掛在英語上的情況，因此英語復習不單單是單詞、做題。閱讀作為考研英語的大頭，僅僅做考研真題或許沒法滿足你的閱讀量，因此幫幫之后會不定時推出一篇英文美文，這些文章都與考研英語閱讀同源，多讀必有好處。

　　?Chinese researchers have analyzed big data to find that university students with better academic performance are more likely to eat breakfast in the cafeteria， especially on cold days， according to their findings published in a British journal.

　　中國研究人員在英國期刊上發(fā)表的一份研究結果表明，他們通過分析大量數據發(fā)現，學習成績好的大學生更有可能按時在食堂吃早餐，尤其是在寒冷的季節(jié)。

　　Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface， they concluded there is a significant positive correlation between college students’ academic performance and the regularity of campus daily life， in which having meals and taking a shower on time are two measuring factors.

　　他們在《英國皇家學會雜志》上發(fā)表文章稱，大學生的學習成績與校園日常生活的規(guī)律性之間存在顯著的正相關關系，其中按時吃飯和洗澡是兩個重要的衡量因素。

　　In contrast to Western countries， teachers and administrators in most Asian countries often ask students to be self-disciplined both in and out of class. "Do routines in life help a student get a better academic performance？ We hope to answer this question，" said Zhou Tao， one of the researchers.

　　與西方國家不同的是，大多數亞洲國家的老師和管理者經常要求學生在課堂內外都要自律。參與這項研究的人員周濤表示，“日常生活是否有助于學生取得更好的學習成績？我們希望能回答這個問題。”

　　Researchers from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu， Southwest China’s Sichuan province， collected about 30 million digital behavioral records of 18，960 UESTC undergraduate students in three years from 2012 to 2015.

　　中國西南部四川省成都市電子科技大學(UESTC)的研究人員在2012年至2015年的三年時間里，收集了約3000萬份學生電子行為記錄，涉及18960名本科生。

　　The behavioral records were on their campus smart cards， covering when they entered the library， took a shower， washed clothes， paid for meals in the cafeteria and other components of daily routines， The Beijing News reported on Monday.

　　據《新京報》周一報道，這些行為記錄在他們的一卡通上，包括他們進入圖書館、洗澡、洗衣服、在自助餐廳吃飯以及日常生活等內容。

　　In most Chinese universities， every student owns a campus smart card with real-name registration， which can be used for student identification and serves as a payment medium on campus.

　　在中國的大多數大學里，每個學生都擁有一張實名制的校園智能卡，可以用來識別學生身份，并作為校園內的支付媒介。

　　We applied the well-known Spearman rank correlation coefficient to quantify the correlation strength. The coefficient lies in the range of negative one to positive one and the larger the absolute value is， the higher the correlation is， said Cao Yi， who also participated the study.

　　參與研究的人員曹毅說：“我們用著名的斯皮爾曼等級相關系數來量化相關強度。該系數在負1到正1之間，絕對值越大，相關性越高。”

　　The correlation coefficient for GPA and having a meal regularly is 0.128 and that for taking shower regularly is 0.157， Cao said. Both suggest a strong positive correlation between academic performance and regularity of campus daily life.

　　曹毅說：“GPA和吃飯的相關系數是0.128，和洗澡的相關系數是0.157。”兩者均表明學業(yè)成績與校園日常生活規(guī)律性之間存在很強的正相關關系。

　　The students with better performance are prone to overcome difficulties and stick to their routine even on chilly mornings. The less the students are affected by weather conditions in keeping life routines， the more self-disciplined they are and the better grades they can get， said Gao Jian， another researcher on the study.

　　“表現好的學生更容易克服困難，即使在寒冷的早晨也會堅持自己的習慣。”另一名研究人員高建說，“在日常生活中受到天氣影響越小的學生，他們就越自律，成績也越好。”

　　We are not aiming to ask all the students to live according to a same timetable， but to help school administrators detect undesirable， abnormal behavior and give them proper intervention in time. For example， students who are addicted to online games often have an irregular lifestyle and those who always live alone are prone to depression， Zhou added.

　　周濤說：“我們的目標不是讓所有的學生都按照同樣的習慣生活，而是幫助學校管理者發(fā)現不良的、不正常的行為，及時給予適當的干預。例如，沉迷于網絡游戲的學生往往生活方式不規(guī)律，獨自生活的學生更容易抑郁。”

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