TheHiddenDangerofSeatBeltsmembers:刘进贤沈海月姜静丹张雪菲毕川1、Theriskisnotasetnumber.2、Eachindividualhashisorherowninternalcomfortlevelwithrisk-taking.3、TheexamplesofAdams.4、TallyupAllthesefactorsandarriveatastatisticalprediction.ayoungmandriveat3:00a.m.SundaysomeonewithapersonalitydisordersomeoneisdruckcontentIneverydaylife,riskisamovingtarget,notaset(固定的)numberasstatisticsmightsuggest.日常生活中,风险是不断移动的靶子,而并不像统计数据那样是个固定数字。Inadditiontoexternalfactors,eachindividualhashisorherowninternalcomfortlevelwithrisk-taking(冒险).Somearedaringwhileothersarecautious(谨慎的)bynature.Andstillothersarefatalists(宿命论者)whomaybelievethatahigherpowerdevisesmortality(死亡率)schedulesthatfixapredetermined(预先确定)timewhenournumberisup.Consequently,anysinglemeasurementassignedtotheriskofdrivingacarisboundtobeonlytheroughest(粗略的)sortofbenchmark.除了外部因素外,每个人对于冒险都有自己内在的安全尺度。有些人天生大胆而有些人天生谨慎,还有些人是宿命论者,他们会认为,有一种更强大的力量设计了死亡时间表,预先确定了我们的死期。因此,对驾车风险做任何单一的测算所得到的肯定只是最粗略的基准数据。assignvt.A指派、委派B分配C把…归因于D指定1、Thoseroomshavebeenassignedtous.2、Shewasassignedthejobofcheckingthesalefigures.3、Theteacherassignedtenproblemsfortoday.4、Atlastweassignedrevengeasthemotiveforthecrime.BADcbeboundto很有可能,肯定会e.g.Heisboundtofailtheexamifhedoesnotdoanyrevision.boundvi.跳,vt.给…划界,限制;使弹回,使跳跃;n.界限,限制;跃起;(球等的)反跳adj.用带子绑住的;有义务的;装订的,有封面的;[化,物]结合的1、Onceapersonismarried,theyareboundtostaymarriedtillonedies.2、Duringtherecentcrisis,centralbankshitthezerointerestratebound.benchmarkn.基准e.g.Thevaluationbecomesabenchmarkagainstwhichtojudgeotherprices.亚当斯引用了这样的统计事实作例子:青年男子发生严重撞车事故的可能性比中年妇女高100倍。同样,在星期天凌晨3点钟驾车的人比同一天上午10点钟驾车的人死亡风险高出100多倍,有人格障碍的人比一般人死亡风险高10倍。Adamscites(引用),asanexamplethestatisticalfactthatayoungmanis100timesmorelikelytobeinvolvedinasevere(剧烈的)crashthanisamiddle-agedwoman.Similarly,someonedrivingat3:00a.m.Sundayismorethan100timesmorelikelytodiethansomeonedrivingat10:00a.m.Sunday.Someonewithapersonalitydisorderis10timesmorelikelytodie.亚当斯说,假如这个人还喝醉了,汇总所有这些因素并分别加以考虑,就会得到一个具有统计性的预测:一位心理失常又喝醉酒的青年男子在午夜驾车,7个小时后一位头脑清醒的中年妇女驾车去教堂,前者发生严重交通事故的概率比后者高270万倍。Andlet'ssayhe'salsodrunk.TallyupAllthesefactorsandconsiderthemindependentlysaysAdams,andyoucouldarriveatastatisticalprediction/thatadisturbed,drunkenyoungmandrivinginthemiddleofthenight/is2.7milliontimesmorelikelytobeinvolvedinaseriousaccident/thanwouldasober(清醒的),middle-agedwomandrivingtochurchsevenhourslater.disterbedadj.扰乱的;混乱的骚动的;忧虑的有精神病的disterbvt./vi.打扰妨碍vt.使焦虑;使恼怒Tallyup计算(得分,总数等)e.g.Ifthegameisover,Iwilltallyupthescore.soberadjA未醉的B适度的、有节制的C(颜色等)素淡的、暗淡的)vt1、使变得清醒2、使变得冷静;使严肃e.g.1.Themandrinksalotbutalwaysseemssoder.2.Thecolourofthispaintingissoder.3.Themenissoderinhishabits.ACBIneverydaylife,riskisamovingtarget,notasetnumberasstatisticsmightsuggest.A.Ineverydaylife,risksvariesandisnotalwaysquantifiable(可以计量的).B.Asstatisticsmightsuggest,thereareriskswheneveryoumoveinyoureverydaylife.Andstillothersarefatalistswhomaybelievethatahigherpowerdevisesmortalityschedulesthatfixapredeterminedtimewhenournumberisup.A.Somepeoplebelievethatluckymembersmaypredeterminewhetherwewilldieornotinacaraccidents.B.Therearepeoplewhobelieveeverythingincludingdeathispreordained.Consequently,anysinglemeasurementassignedtotheriskofdrivingacarisboundtobeonlytheroughestsortofbenchmark.A.Consequently,allmeasurementsusedtoavoidtheriskofdrivingacararerestrictedbyroughmanufacturingquality.B.Thereforetheriskofdrivingacarcannotbeclearlyquantified.Theend,thankyou!