02.Sleeping Position Reveals Personality Traits

　　Whether it's curled up in the fetal position, flat on the stomach or stretched out across the bed, theway people sleep reveals their personality, a British sleep expert said. The expert has identified sixcommon sleeping positions and what they mean. "We are all aware of our body language when weare awake but this is the first time we have been able to see what our subconscious says about us,"he said. Crouched in the fetal position is the most popular sleep pattern and favored by 51 percentof women, according to the results of the study he conducted for a large hotel group. Fetal sleeperstend to be shy and sensitive while people who assume the soldier position, flat on their back witharms at their sides, are quiet and reserved. Sleeping on one's side with legs outstretched and armsdown in what he refers to as the log, indicates a social, easygoing personality. But if the arms areoutstretched in the yearning position, the person tends to be more suspicious. The free fall, flat onthe tummy with the hands at the sides of the head, is the most unusual position. Only 6. 5 percentof people prefer it and they are usually brash and gregarious. Unassuming, good listeners usuallyadopt the starfish position — on the back with outstretched arms and legs. The expert, whoidentified the positions by comparing personality traits of people.

　　Ⅰ. There a re some adjectives describing people's persona lity in the a rticle and please match themwith phrases :( brash, unassuming, reserved, easygoing, suspicious, gregarious)

　　1. relaxed in manner and easy to deal with———

　　2. preferring to be with others rather than alone———

　　3. thinking that someone might be guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest, without beingsure ———

　　4. confident in a rude or aggressive way———

　　5. showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment———

　　6. quiet and unwilling to express your emotions or talk about your problems———

　?、? Answer the following question:

　　How many sleeping positions have the expert identified and what are they?

　　參考答案

　?、? 1. easygoing 2. gregarious 3. suspicious 4. brash 5. unassuming 6. reserved

　?、? There are six positions, they are fetal position, soldier position, log position, yearning position,free fall position and starfish position.

　　參考譯文

　　睡姿揭示人的性格

　　一 位英國睡眠專家曾說過: 無論你是像胎兒一樣蜷縮著睡覺, 或是趴在床上睡, 還是四肢伸開平躺著睡, 睡覺的姿勢揭示了你的性格。該專家歸納了六種常見睡覺姿勢, 以及這些姿勢的含義。“ 醒著的時候, 我們都知道自己的肢體語言, 但這是我們第一次知道自己的潛意識在說些什么, ”他說。他對一家大型酒店集團所做的研究結果表明: 像胎兒一樣蜷縮著睡覺是最流行的睡覺姿勢, 有51% 的婦女喜歡這種姿勢。采用胎兒式睡姿的人往往比較害羞, 也很敏感; 而采用仰臥、雙臂放在身體兩側的士兵式睡姿的人則比較安靜, 也不愿說話。側臥、兩腿伸直、雙臂自然下垂的睡姿稱為原木式睡姿。采用這種睡姿的人喜歡社交活動, 容易相處。但是如果雙臂伸出, 呈渴望狀, 這種人往往比較多疑。自由式, 即俯臥, 雙手放在頭的兩側, 這是最特別的睡姿。只有6 . 5% 的人喜歡這樣睡, 他們通常性情急躁, 愛社交。謙虛忠實的聽眾通常選擇仰臥且四肢伸展的海星式睡姿。該專家通過比較人物性格特征、他們喜歡的睡姿和最常見的睡姿歸納出以上這些睡姿。他說人們一旦采用了某種睡姿就很難再改變。

　　閱讀導評

　　如今, 很多年輕人談戀愛的時候, 總想知道對方的性格到底如何, 以檢驗與自己是否般配。對此, 不同的人有不同的方法, 有的人算姓名筆畫和生辰八字, 有的看星座、生肖和血型, 其實我們也不妨留意一下對方的睡姿。“江山易改, 睡姿難移”, 大多數人一生中不大可能改變睡眠姿勢, 因而睡姿也給我們提供了一個了解自己和他人的很好方式。

　　閱讀講解：

　　1. 意識理論。他把人類的心理結構分為三層, 即意識( conscious) 、前意識( preconscious)

　　和無意識( 即潛意識) 。他認為意識處于大腦表層, 是一個人所直接感知到的內容; 前意

　　識主要是在意識與無意識之間起警戒作用, 阻止無意識的本能欲望進入意識之中; 無意

　　識處于大腦底層, 毫無理性, 是決定人的行為和愿望的內在動力。

　　2. 這里的once 不是“ 一次”或“ 曾經”的意思, 不是副詞, 而是連詞, 意為“ 一旦, 一……就……”, 如: Once printed,this dictionary will be very popular! ( 一旦出版, 這本詞典將會非常暢銷! )