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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Love songs improve men’s dating chances﹙情歌增進男人約會機會﹚
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A team of French researchers has found that women who listen to music with romantic lyrics are more likely to agree to date a man who asks them out.
法國一個研究團隊發現，女性聽有浪漫歌詞的音樂，比較可能同意男人的約會邀請。
The study, published this month in the journal Psychology of Music, involved 87 undergraduate female students who told researchers they were single.
本月發表在「音樂心理學」期刊的這項研究，以87名告知研究員自己是單身的女大學生為對象。
The women sat alone in a waiting room while one of two French songs played - one which had romantic lyrics, the other which had neutral lyrics.
這些女性在一間等候室獨坐時，室內播放兩首法國歌曲其中之一，一首有浪漫歌詞，另一首則是中性歌詞。
After three minutes of listening to the music, each woman was invited to sit with a 20-year-old man, who other young women had judged as having "average" physical attractiveness.
聆聽音樂3分鐘後，每位女性受邀與一名20歲男人同坐，這名男性被其他年輕女性評為外在吸引力「平凡」。
The pair then compared two varieties of biscuit. Following the discussion, the man asked the woman for her phone number and invited her out for a drink.
這對男女接著比較兩種類型的小麵包。經過一番討論後，該名男子向這名女性要電話，並邀她外出喝飲料。
Of the women who had been listening to romantic lyrics, 52.2 per cent provided the man with their phone number. But only 27.9 per cent of women who had been listening to the neutral lyrics agreed to his request.
在聽了浪漫歌詞的女性中，有52.2％給了該名男子電話。不過，聆聽中性歌詞的女性中，只有27.9％答應該名男子的請求。
The psychologists say other studies have shown background music can affect pro-social and consumer behavior, but their study is the first to link it to "more intimate affects".
這些心理學家表示，其他研究已顯示，背景音樂能夠影響利社會及消費者行為，但他們的研究則首度將它與「更親密的效應」連結在一起。
新聞辭典
undergraduate：形容詞，大學（或肄業）。也可當名詞，指在學大學生、 大學肄業生（以別於graduate研究生）。例句：She read history as an undergraduate.（她在大學攻讀歷史。）
neutral：形容詞，中性的；中立的；中立國的。
intimate：形容詞，密切、親切。例句：He has an intimate knowledge of American literature.（他精通美國文學。）
