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托福阅读素材2018托福阅读素材精选托福是由美国教育测验服务社举办的英语能力考试，全名为“检定非英语为母语者的英语能力考试”，一起来看看托福阅读素材，仅供大家参考！谢谢！托福阅读素材1Thehiddenpowerofsmiling0:11WhenIwasachild,Ialwayswantedtobeasuperhero.Iwantedtosavetheworldandmakeeveryonehappy.ButIknewthatI'dneedsuperpowerstomakemydreamscometrue.SoIusedtoembarkontheseimaginaryjourneystofindintergalacticobjectsfromplanetKrypton,whichwasalotoffun,butdidn'tyieldmuchresult.WhenIgrewupandrealizedthatsciencefictionwasnotagoodsourceforsuperpowers,Idecidedinsteadtoembarkonajourneyofrealscience,tofindamoreusefultruth.0:41IstartedmyjourneyinCalifornia,withaUCBerkeley30-yearlongitudinalstudythatexaminedthephotosofstudentsinanoldyearbook,andtriedtomeasuretheirsuccessandwell-beingthroughouttheirlife.Bymeasuringthestudents'smiles,researcherswereabletopredicthowfulfillingandlong-lastingasubject'smarriagewouldbe,1:03(Laughter)1:04howwellshewouldscoreonstandardizedtestsofwell-being,andhowinspiringshewouldbetoothers.Inanotheryearbook,IstumbleduponBarryObama'spicture.WhenIfirstsawhispicture,Ithoughtthathissuperpowerscamefromhissupercollar.1:20(Laughter)1:21ButnowIknowitwasallinhissmile.1:24Anotheraha!momentcamefroma2010WayneStateUniversityresearchprojectthatlookedintopre-1950sbaseballcardsofMajorLeagueplayers.Theresearchersfoundthatthespanofaplayer'ssmilecouldactuallypredictthespanofhislife.Playerswhodidn'tsmileintheirpictureslivedanaverageofonly72.9years,whereplayerswithbeamingsmileslivedanaverageofalmost80years.1:52(Laughter)1:54Thegoodnewsisthatwe'reactuallybornsmiling.Using3Dultrasoundtechnology,wecannowseethatdevelopingbabiesappeartosmile,eveninthewomb.Whenthey'reborn,babiescontinuetosmile--initially,mostlyintheirsleep.Andevenblindbabiessmiletothesoundofthehumanvoice.Smilingisoneofthemostbasic,biologicallyuniformexpressionsofallhumans.2:20InstudiesconductedinPapuaNewGuinea,PaulEkman,theworld'smostrenownedresearcheronfacialexpressions,foundthatevenmembersoftheForetribe,whowerecompletelydisconnectedfromWesternculture,andalsoknownfo