Have you ever felt a strong emotion (情緒), but not been able to find the right word to describe it? Maybe there is a word for it, but you just don’t know it yet. One man is trying to help fix this problem. University of East London psychology researcher Tim Lomas is making a list of words from different languages around the world. The words have no exact equivalent(對等的) words or phrases in the English language. Perhaps the most famous example is “schadenfreude”, the German word describing pleasure at the bad luck of others.

Borrowing from as many languages as he could, Lomas searched for “untranslatable” experiences and published them in The Journal of Positive Psychology last year. His study is called the Positive Lexicography Project. Lomas has focused mostly on happy moments. He hopes that learning these words will enrich (使豐富) people’s lives. So now, thanks to the Portuguese(葡萄牙語), when you run your fingers through a loved one’s hair you can call it “cafune”. Or you can use the Spanish word “estrenar” to describe the feeling when you wear or use something for the first time. The Germans describe the good mood at the end of a working day as “feierabend”, while the Norwegians describe the feeling of sitting around a warm fireplace as “peiskos”.

“The limits of our language are said to define the boundaries of our world,” Lomas wrote for The Conversation. “If we lack (缺乏) a word for a particular positive emotion, we are far less likely to experience it.”

1.What is psychology researcher Tim Lomas working on?

A. He is studying people’s strong emotions.

B. He is improving the old English dictionaries.

C. He is making a list of words to describe people’s emotions.

D. He is trying to explain the differences between languages in the world.

2.What does the underlined word “schadenfreude” in the first paragraph mean in Chinese?

A. 樂極生悲 B. 幸災(zāi)樂禍 C. 苦盡甘來 D. 火上澆油

3.Which of the following is NOT true about Lomas’ study?

A. He borrowed from many languages for his study.

B. His studied “untranslatable” experiences.

C. His study is called the Positive Lexicography Project.

D. His study focused on sad moments in people’s daily life.

4.The word “peiskos” describes the feeling _____.

A. when you push your fingers through a loved one’s hair

B. when you wear or use something for the first time

C. when a long working day comes to an end

D. when you’re sitting around a warm fireplace

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.D 【解析】試題這是一篇說明文,文章主要對心理學(xué)研究者洛馬斯對“不可譯”的詞匯創(chuàng)造的表達方式進行闡述,說明我們應(yīng)該找一個詞來表達一種特殊的積極情緒。 1.題意:心理學(xué)研究者Tim Lomas在做什么?考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)University of East London psychology researcher Tim Lomas is ...
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