SWT一直都是PTE考试的重中之重，由于PTE的交叉打分机制，SWT一定程度上也决定着阅读分数的高低。但因为机经命中率比较高，考生往往忽略了练习的重要性，背一遍机经就去考试了。考试的时候如果纯靠回忆，很容易在高度紧张的时候忘记，而且一旦题目稍有变化将会不知所措，大大影响作文成绩。所以在备考阶段，对每篇SWT真题进行透彻的学习和分析，才是正确的复习方法。

以下是高频考题 Object Recognition 的分析
并附上高分参考答案。

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这是一道信息点比较多的SWT题目，需要我们对重要的信息进行精挑细选，同时放弃掉一些次重点，需要花一些时间在文章内容的理解上。

注意事项

这一道考试高频题今天发在了微信群里，首先非常感谢参与练习的同学们，老师对同学们的答案都进行了逐一批改，发现了大家普遍会出现的问题：

• 很多同学在答案中添加了这个信息：The left hemispheres of the experts’ brains react more quickly than those of the novices

这是一个错误信息，因为这里忽略了上下文，前半句“the researchers had expected to see”说的是研究人员希望观察到的情况，然而根据本段最后一句判断，说这一情况是错误的。

• 在语法上，很多同学对于连词的使用不太熟练，建议去熟悉一些连词如：while/ because/ but的用法。

• 其次，同学们也需要提高写从句的能力，并不是所有的句子后面加一个that就能直接连上一个从句，需要去学习各种从句的写法。

原文及译文：

In a study in the current issue of the journal PLoS One, a team of scientists in Germany showed experts and novices simple geometric objects and simple chess positions and asked the subjects to identify them.
在最新一期PLoS One杂志的一项研究中，德国科学家团队向专家和新手展示了简单的几何物体和简单的国际象棋位置，并要求受试者识别它们。

这里主要说的是研究的手段

Reaction times were measured and brain activity was monitored using functional M.R.I. scans. On the identification of the geometric objects, the subjects performed thesame, showing that the chess experts had no special visualization skills. When the subjects were shown the chess positions, the experts identified them faster.
专家测量了他们的反应时间并使用功能性M.R.I监测脑活动。在识别几何物体时，受试者表现相同，表明国际象棋专家没有特殊的可视化技能。当受试者被显示出国际象棋的位置时，专家们会更快地识别它们。

该段主要说的是研究的结果

Focusing on an element of an earlier study on pattern and object recognition by chess experts, the researchers had expected to see parts of the left hemispheres of the experts’ brains — which are involved in object recognition —react more quickly than those of the novices when they performed the chess tasks. But the reaction times were the same.
根据一个早期关于国际象棋专家对图案和物体识别的研究，研究人员曾期待看到专家大脑左半球的部分 - 参与物体识别这部分 - 比新手的反应更快，在他们下国际象棋时。但实际上反应时间是一样的。

该段在解释之前一个研究的发现

What set the experts apart was that parts of their right brain hemispheres —which are more involved in pattern recognition —also lit up with activity. The experts were processing the information in two places at once.

专家们的不同之处在于，他们的右脑半球部分 - 更多地参与图案识别这部分 - 也显示了活动迹象。专家们在两个脑半球同时处理信息。

该段在解释专家的不同之处

The researchers also found that when the subjects were shown the chess diagrams, the novices looked directly at the pieces to recognize them, while the experts looked on the middle of the boards and took everything in with their peripheral vision.
研究人员还发现，当受试者看到国际象棋图时，新手们直接看着这些棋子来识别它们，而专家们则看着棋盘中间，并用余光观察所有内容。

Also found that在指示另一个信息点

根据标红信息，总结出以下信息点：

In a study, experts and novices were asked to identify simple geometric objects and simple chess positions.  该信息点属于次重点，可以考虑舍弃

On the identification of the geometric objects, chess experts had no special visualization skills, but they identified chess positions faster.

According to an earlier study, the reaction times are the same for experts and novices in the left hemispheres of their brains.

But what set the experts apart is that they process the information in their right brain hemispheres.

novices and experts look at chess diagrams differently

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