外刊精读：The psychology of voting: Flagging up bias

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★ Part01 外刊原文 ★

　　The conclusion, which Dr Ferguson reports in a paper in Psychological Science, was that participants’ voting intentions were, indeed, affected by seeing the flag. The possible average scores on presidential voting intentions ranged from -10 (definitely voting for Mr. Obama, definitely not voting for Mr. McCain) to +10 (definitely voting for Mr. McCain, definitely not voting for Mr. Obama). The actual scores of those subsequently assigned to the two groups did not differ significantly the first time round. The second time, though, those who had been shown the flag were more weakly pro-Obama and more strongly pro-McCain, with a score of -3.0, than those who had not been shown the flag, who averaged -4.8.

★ Part02 英语提升角度外刊解读 ★

◆1.单词解读

　　psychological / ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkl / adj.心理的， 精神上的

　　subsequently / ˈsʌbsɪkwəntli / adv.随后，后来

◆2.短语句式解读

　　be affected by 被…影响; 受…的影响

◆3.写作句型解读

　　原句：The conclusion, which Dr Ferguson reports in a paper in Psychological Science, was that participants’ voting intentions were, indeed, affected by seeing the flag.

　　句型：… is that … [表语从句]

　　例子：What the chart clearly shows is that more people are affected by air pollution.

★ Part03 参考译文 ★

　　弗格森博士在《心理科学》杂志上发表的论文提到了该实验结果，即参与者的投票意向确实会因为看见了国旗而受影响。总统选举投票意向的平均分规定在-10分(代表了肯定会选奥巴马先生，且绝对不会选麦凯恩先生这种情况)到+10分(代表了肯定会选麦凯恩先生，且绝对不会选奥巴马先生这种情况)之间波动。在第一次实验中，后来被归为两组的参与者的实际分数并没有太大差别。然而，在第二次调查中，那些看到国旗的人给出的平均分是-3.0，没有看到国旗的人给出的平均分是-4.8，这表明，国旗减弱了人们对奥巴马的支持，而增强了对麦凯恩的支持。