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News Report 1
新闻报道1
Have you noticed how similar you are to your friends?
你有没有注意到你和你的朋友有多相似？
It may be because your brains operate in harmony with each other.
这可能是因为你们的大脑相互协调地运作。
We know that friends are more likely to be the same age, gender and ethnic background as each other.
我们知道，朋友之间更可能有相同的年龄、性别和种族背景。
Now it seems their brains are alike, too.
现在看来，大脑也很相似。
Researchers at the University of California scanned the brains of 42 classmates while they watched videos intended to provoke varying responses.
加州大学的研究人员扫描了42位同学的大脑，同时让他们观看旨在引起不同反应的视频。
Some people might find a romantic scene touching, for instance, while others would feel it was embarrassing.
例如，有些人可能会觉得浪漫的场景很感人，而另一些人则会觉得尴尬。
The activity of friends' brains was more similar than that of people who didn't know each other, particularly in regions involved in attention, emotion and language.
朋友之间的大脑活动比不认识的人更相似，尤其是在涉及注意力、情感和语言的区域。
This similarity was strong enough that it could be used to predict whether two people were already friends or not.
这种相似性非常强，可以用来预测两个人是否已经是朋友。
The relationship probably goes two ways.
朋友关系可能是双向的。
We are drawn to people who think like us; we then influence their thoughts over time, which may push their brain activity into more closely resembling our own.
我们会被和我们想法相似的人吸引；随着时间的推移，我们也会影响他们的想法，这可能会使他们的大脑活动更接近我们自己的大脑活动。
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报道回答1 - 2题。
Question 1. What may be the reason that friends are similar to each other according to the recent research?
问题1.根据最新研究，朋友之间彼此相似的原因可能是什么？
Question 2. What does the news report say about the relationship between friends?
问题2.关于朋友间的关系，新闻报道说了什么？
