译注 >> 这篇文章,作者本是写给英文读者的,因此下面的大脑训练,需要一定的英文知识储备。一开始的单词都比较简单,属于我国义务教育义务教育范围。但接下来的一些题目,要玩地六,可能对英文水平有更大的考验。我们欢迎、也鼓励你尝试一下,你也可以跳过特别困难的题目。这篇文章的些重点是提供锻炼大脑的参考方法,希望能激发你的兴趣、也给你一些启发。
注:以下 10 题的答案都能在文末找到
>> Beginner exercises 新手练习
1. Right brain exercise: counting squares
右脑练习:数方块
Count up the number of squares in the figure below. Hint: Be sure to count the squares within the squares.
数一数下图中的方块数。提示:记得要计算方块里面的方块。
2. Left brain: changing words
左脑:换字母,变出新单词
Begin with the word WALL and change a letter at a time until you get the word FIRM. Each change must be a proper word.
从单词WALL开始,每次换一个字母,直到单词FIRM。每一次变化得出的新单词都必须有实际意义。
WALL
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
FIRM
3. Right brain: numbering toothpicks
右脑:用牙签摆数字
Arrange three toothpicks into the number 9 (without breaking or bending them).
用三根牙签摆出数字9(不能把牙签折断或弯曲)。
4. Left brain: letter scramble ①
左脑:字母重组①
Come up with as many words as you can from the following letters. Use each letter only once in each word.
从下列混合的字母中挑出字母并组成尽可能多的单词,每个新单词中的字母不可重复。
IRNAB
比如:I “我”,in “里面”,rain “雨”
5. Right brain: jigsaw brain break
右脑:拼图
Which piece fits in the puzzle?
哪一块可以放在拼图中?
>> Intermediate exercises 中阶练习
6. Right brain: continuous line
右脑:连续线
Enhances visual-spatial skills and your frontal lobe's ability to split your attention between mental tasks.
提高视觉空间技能和你的额叶能力,将注意力分散到不同的任务中。
In the figure below, draw a continuous line that connects the number 1 to the letter A, then A to 2, then 2 to B, then B to 3 and so on until you can longer continue the numerical or the alphabetical sequence.
在下图中,画一条连续的线,把数字 1 和字母 A 连接起来,然后 A 和 2 连接,然后 2 和 B 连接,然后 B 和 3 连接起来,直到你无法再按照数字或者字母的先后顺序进行连接。
7. Left brain: finding colours
左脑:找颜色
Rearrange all the letters to find the four colours mixed up below. Hint: Only one is a primary colour.
重新排列所有字母,找出下面混合的四种颜色。提示:只有一种是红黄蓝三原色之一。
RAIGET
ENOLYL
OVGOEN
LEWRE
8. Left brain: proverb
左脑:谚语
All the vowels have been removed from the following proverb, and the remaining letters have been clustered into groups of three or four letters each. Replace the vowels and reveal the proverb.
所有的元音都从下面的谚语中去掉了,剩下的字母被缩成三四个字母为一组的组合。请加入元音,还原谚语。
TWH
DSRB
TTRT
HNN
>> Advanced exercises 进阶练习
You’re now warmed up enough to start using your entire brain (both the right and left hemispheres) to try to solve these brainteasers.
现在你已经热身完毕,可以开始使用你的整个大脑(左右半球)来尝试解决这些脑筋急转弯。
9. Letter scramble ②
左脑:字母重组②
Try to come up with as many words as you can (two or more letters) from the following:
试着从下面的字母中,找出两个或两个以上的字母组成新的单词,每个新单词中的字母不可重复。
OGEUNRY
Extra credit: A seven-letter word from this letter scramble and a five-letter word from letter scramble No1 will remind you of the title of my book.
额外提示:在字母重组②中,有一个 7 个字母的单词;在上面的字母重组①中,有一个 5 个字母的单词;它们可以使你想起我的书的标题。
10. Finicky Frank
挑剔的弗兰克
Frank has very eccentric tastes. He’s a fan of football but hates rugby; loves beer but hates ale; drives a Ferrari but wouldn’t be caught dead in a Lamborghini. Based on Frank’s finicky tastes, would he prefer skiing or cycling?
弗兰克的品味很古怪。他是个足球(football)迷,但讨厌橄榄球(rugby);爱喝啤酒(beer),讨厌麦芽啤酒(ale);开法拉利(Ferrari),却死也不开兰博基尼(Lamborghini)。根据弗兰克挑剔的品味,他更喜欢滑雪(skiing)还是骑自行车(cycling)?
Answer key / 正确答案:
1. 共有 21 个方块。
2. WALL, WILL, FILL, FILM, FIRM.
3. IX (罗马数字)。
4. I, In, Ran,Rib,Rain, Nab, A, An, Air, Ban, Bar, Bin, Barn, Bran, Brain.
5. B.
6. Star shape 星的形状。
7. Green(绿色), Orange(橙色), Violet(紫罗兰色), Yellow(黄色:三原色之一)。
8. Two heads are better than one.(中文意译为:三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮。)
9. On, Or, One, Ore, Oner; Go, Gun, Guy, Gone, Gore, Grey, Goner; Rue, Run, Rug, Rung, Rouge; You, Young, Younger(在字幕重组②中,7 个字母的单词是Younger;而在字母重组 ① 中,5个字母的单词是 Brain)。
10. Skiing(滑雪)。因为挑剔的弗兰克只喜欢有两个相同字母连接在一起的单词。
作者简介:Gary Small 博士是精神病学和衰老学教授,也是美国加州大学洛杉矶分校塞梅尔神经科学和人类行为研究所长寿中心的主任。文中内容引自 Small 博士的著作《两周还你一个更年轻的大脑(2 Weeks to a Younger Brain)》。
译者简介:文卿 Psyche,壹心理翻译社 | 译员。啊哦,此人与psycho貌似只有一字之差!