Make-Your-Brain-Smarter(让大脑更聪明)

1、By Pamela OsmentMake Your Brain Smarter让大脑更聪明Tips for developing an exercise plan for your brainYou know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? 拟定锻炼大脑计划的诀窍你知道恰当的饮

2、食以及充足的运动能让身体健康强壮。但是你可知道让大脑更健康、更聪明也有方法吗？Tips for developing an exercise plan for your brain拟定锻炼大脑计划的诀窍Studies show that when the brain is compelled to do something new, it creates new neural pathways. The more pathways you have, the faster you can thinkand the better memory you will have.研究显示，大脑被迫接触新

3、事物时，会产生新的神经路径。神经路径越多，思考就越快，记忆力也越好。Ten Steps Toward a Smarter BrainTweet发推文Limit Your TV Viewing 看电视要限制Travel旅行Read Often时常阅读Use Your Non-dominant Hand 使用非惯用手段Master A New Subject精通新主题Learn A New Language学习新语言Calculate While You Shop买东西时心算Play Video Games玩电玩Do Puzzles玩益智游戏十个步骤让你的大脑变得更聪明Limit Your TV

4、ViewingWatching an average TV show requires very little brain power and brings the same result as neglecting physical exercise. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do. If you watch TV, choose something educational and informative. 看一般电视节目所花的脑力极少，得到的效果就跟疏忽运动一样，你的大脑会衰弱，就跟肌肉会衰弱一样。如果要看电视，就选

5、择具有教育性或见闻广博的节目。Traveling to a new country forces you to see and do things in a new way, providing stimulation to the brain.Travel到陌生的国家旅行迫使你用不同的眼光和不同的处理方式面对事情，这会带给大脑刺激。Learn a new language学习新语言需要不同的学习方法。学习语言能让大脑敏锐，并且有助于防止晚年出现记忆力问题。Acquiring a new language involves different learning methods. Learnin

6、g a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory problems in later years.Master a new subject每周可选定一种动物，鸟也好，鱼也好，尽可能阅读相关的所有文章。Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.动脑的同时，你也成为该主题的专家。Each week, select an animal, a bird or a fish, and read everything you can about it.Use your

7、 non-dominant handIf you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. 如果你是右撇子，就用左手从事日常活动，反之，如果你是左撇子，使用右手。Doing familiar things in a new way will cause your brain to create new neural networks.用新方式做熟悉的事情，会让大脑产生新的神经网络。As you read, take th

8、e time to look up people or places that arent familiar. Reading expands your vocabulary if you search for words and definitions that you dont know.Read often阅读时，花点时间查询不熟悉的人物或地方。如果你查生字和自己不了解的字义，阅读也有助于扩充你的词汇。Do puzzlesAccording to the Mayo Clinic, doing sudoku and crossword puzzles keeps the brain sha

9、rp into your senior years.梅约医学中心指出，做数独或填字游戏让你年长后仍能保持大脑敏锐。As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the actual total.Calculate while you shop把东西放进购物车时，在脑中计算所有东西价钱的总和，看看你能多接近真正的总价。Play video gamesStudies have found that certain video games force yo

10、u to use critical decision-making skills and can even improve students math scores.研究发现某些电玩游戏会迫使你运用评判的决策技巧，甚至还可提升学生的数学成绩。阅读来自爱好各异的人发出的讯息，然后学习只用一百四十个字来表达你自己（备注：Twitter推特上的推文限制是一百四十个字），这可是一项很棒的大脑挑战！Read messages from people who represent a wide range of interests. And some say that learning to express

11、 yourself in just 140 characters is a great brain challenge!TweetSo get in the habit of challenging your brain,and make yourself smarter!来吧，养成挑战大脑的习惯，让自己变得更聪明！Word Bankcompel (v.)强迫；使不得不When I was in the military, we were compelled to get up early every morning. 当我在部队时，每天早晨我们都必须起得很早。informative(adj.

12、) 见闻广博的I was afraid the speaker would be boring, but he was actually very interesting and informative. 我曾担心发言的人会无聊，但实际上他很风趣并且见闻广博。involve(v.)需要；包含The driving test involves a written and a driving portion. Youll need to pass both. 驾照考试包括书面考试和实际驾驶部分。你需要两者皆通过。sharpen(v.)使敏锐；使敏捷In order to sharpen her w

13、riting skills, Sadie participates in many different types of writing contests. 为了提高她的写作技巧，Sadie参加了许多不同类型的写作竞赛。1Word Banknon-dominant (adj.)不占优势的；非惯用的My left hand is my non-dominant hand, but I can still write with it. 我不是左撇子，但我可以用左手来写字。look up(v.)查询Look up the address before we leave. Then we can tell the cab driver where to take us. 在我们离开前查下地址，这样我们可以告诉出租司机带我们去哪。senior(adj.) 年长的；年纪较大的Lar