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【填空答案】
1. flun. 流感
2. contagiousadj. 感染性的；会蔓延的
3. slumpedadj. 下跌的；倒下的
4. depressedadj. 沮丧的；萧条的；压低的
5. automaticadj. 自动的；无意识的；必然的
【听力原文】
Did you know you can catch a mood? A badmood isn't spread by a virus like the flu is, but it can be contagious. Moodssort of drift from person to person unconsciously --- slight, unintentionalsignals carry the mood.
You've probably experienced it yourself.You're around someone who's feeling down and showing it... slumped shoulders,downcast mouth, subdued voice --- all that sort of thing. Pretty soon you beginto feel depressed too --- of course, good moods are also catching, not just badones.
Moods spread in steps. One person's facialexpression or whatever is observed by another, who then unconsciously begins tomimic. The process is automatic --- a split second mimicry. The
person isn't even aware of the copying. Afull-blown case of mood transfer develops as this copying continues.
Not everyone picks up moods to the samedegree. Those who're most susceptible often have strong physiological responsesto what's going on around them. You know, people who break out in a nervoussweat easily and whose stomachs churn.
People don't all send moods equally welleither. The best mood senders are expressive people because mood contagioncan't happen without signals. If they aren't there --- that is, the persongives no indication of the mood they're in --- nobody will pick up the mood.
