本次听力选自雅思听力Section 4,难度一般,因为语速比较慢

Summary:说话者再次分享了一篇自己读过的文章,讲的是用手习惯对人在音乐和运动领域的表现有何作用及影响。说话者认为,文章作者的研究不仅能帮助运动员发现自己用手习惯上的弱点,并可以据此提出更有效的比赛策略。虽然这些研究成果非常重要,但并没有得到相关领域的关注。说话者提到,文章作者以音乐家为过对猿的研究得出,猿大多是左右手混合使用,而85%的人类习惯于使用右手。最后,说话者提到,文章作者以曲棍球运动为例,说明左右手混合使用是最好的。

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Peter Mattews


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My topic is handedness, whether in different sports it is better to be left, or right-sided or whether a more balanced approach is more successful. I'm left-handed myself and I actually didn't see any relevance to my own life when I happened to start reading an article by a sports psychologist called Peter Mattews. He spent the first part of the article talking about handedness in music instead of sport, which I have to say almost put me off from reading further. But what I soon became struck by was the sheer volume of both observation and investigation he had done in many different sports and I felt persuaded that what he had to say would be of real interest. I think Matthews' findings will be beneficial, not so much in helping sportspeople to work on their weaker side, but more that they can help them identify the most suitable strategies to use in a given game. Although most trainers know how important handedness is, at present they are rather reluctant to make use of the insights scientists like Mattews can give, which I think is rather short-sighted because focusing on individual flexibility is only part of the story.