2016年託福閲讀備考練習素材
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素材一：瞭解我們的頭髮
A human hair consists mainly of a protein called Keratin. It also contains some moisture and the trace metals and minerals found in the rest of the body.
人類的頭髮主要由一種叫角朊的蛋白質組成，並含有水分及在身體其他部分也可找到的微量金屬和礦物質。
● The only living part of hair is underneath the scalp--when the hair had grown through the scalp it is dead tissue.
頭髮唯一有生命的部分是在頭皮下面，當它長出頭皮時便成為無生命組織。
● Hair’s natural shine is supplied by its own conditioner, sebum, an oil composed of waxes and fats and also containing a natural antiseptic that helps fight infection. Too much sebum results in greasy hair and conversely, too little sebum makes dry hair.
頭髮的自然光澤來自它自身的護髮素：油脂，它含有蠟和脂肪，還含有抗感染的.自然抗菌劑。油脂含量過多會導致油性發質，相反，油脂含量過少則會導致乾性髮質。
● Hair grows about 12 mm per month. If a person never has his hair cut, it would grow to a length of about 108 cm before falling out. Hair grows faster in the summer and during sleep. A single strand lives for up to seven years.
頭髮每個月可長12毫米，如果一個人從不剪髮，頭髮會長至108釐米才開始脱落。在夏天和睡覺的時候頭髮生長得較快。一根頭髮的壽命可長達7年。
● Healthy hair is highly elastic and can stretch 20 or 30 per cent before snapping. A human hair is stronger than copper wire of the same thickness. A combined strength of a headful of human hair is capable of supporting a weight equivalent to that of 99 people.
健康的頭髮非常富有彈性，可拉長20%或30%而不斷。一根頭髮比同等粗細的銅絲還要結實。滿頭頭髮合在一起的力量可經得起99個人的重量。
● Scandinavians normally have thin, straight, baby-fine hair, and mid Europeans hair that is neither too fine nor too coarse. People native to the Indian subcontinent have coarse textured tresses while Middle Eastern populations have strong hair. The hair of Chinese and Japanese people is very straight; that of Latin-speaking and North African peoples can be very frizzy and thick.
斯堪的納維亞人的頭髮又細又直，像嬰兒的頭髮一樣;中部歐洲人的頭髮不細不粗;印度次大陸人的頭髮粗且打綹;中東人的頭髮都很結實;中國人和日本人的頭髮非常直順;而拉丁語國家及北非地區的人頭髮捲曲而濃密。
Notes:
scalp [skælp] n. 頭皮;戰利品
conditioner: 護髮素
antiseptic [,ænti’septik] adj. 防腐的，抗菌的;非常整潔的n. 防腐劑，抗菌劑
copper wire : 銅線
Scandinavian [,skændi’neiviən; -vjən] n. 斯堪的納維亞人
coarse texture粗結構
素材二：如何在冬天快樂起牀
The slower you build up energy in the morning, the more painful waking up will be. What's better, spending thirty minutes wrestling with the snooze button followed by an hour ramp up to normal mental functioning or quickly starting the day with energy?
Here are a few things to reduce the transition period from being asleep to becoming fully alert. Not only does speeding up this wake-up process save time, it makes waking up less of a struggle.
1. Light
Your body's natural clock is tuned to the amount of light. Turn on all the lights in your room right after waking up. Getting bright lights can help trick your body into thinking it is time to get out of bed.
2. Exercise
Put something physical right at the start of your morning. In the summer, I did a quick morning run and found it helpful in shaking off any sleepiness. Considering the outside temperature hovers around -30 C, I've stuck to doing a few pushups in my room. The exercise gets your heart pumping and snaps you out of a groggy state.
3. The 10-Minute Rule
If you want to stick with a consistent wake-up time, practice the ten-minute rule. This means you commit to staying awake for at least the next ten minutes. Once you get over that initial period, the temptation to go back to bed is usually gone.
4. Active Work
Start your day with work that actively uses your mind. Creative activities like writing, drawing, programming or designing work better than passive activities like reading. By focusing your mind early you can stay focused and brush off any unwanted drowsiness.
5. Don't Skip Breakfast
Wake up early enough to get something to eat. Skipping meals throw your metabolism out of balance, causing you to gain fat and lose energy. Skipping breakfast also means your blood sugar will be low in the morning and energy levels down.
6. Commit to a Sleep
Schedule The obvious solution to combat sleepiness is to get more rest at night. Carrying a sleep debt throughout the week with the hopes of paying it off on the weekend is a bad strategy. Instead, compress your work into the morning hours so you can get the 6-8 hours you need each night.
