你最不喜歡一周中的哪一天？哪一天最難熬？ 很多人的回答可能都是 “星期一”。一周的開始意味著快樂的周末已經(jīng)結(jié)束，新一周的工作學(xué)習(xí)也已經(jīng)展開。本文圍繞 “什么讓星期一變得郁悶” 以及這種感覺是否只存在于我們的腦海里展開討論。

詞匯：emotion 情感

Ask most people which day of the week they?dread?the most and the answer is likely to be Monday. The first day of the week can make us?grouchy?and?depressed, which is why the feeling is described as the?Monday blues. But what is it exactly that makes us feel?down?and does it affect everyone?

問大多數(shù)人一周中最害怕哪一天，答案很可能是星期一。一周的第一天會讓我們不高興、沮喪，這就是為什么這種感覺被稱為“周一憂郁癥”。但究竟是什么讓我們感到沮喪，它會影響到每個人嗎?

Apparently, the most depressing day of the year is the third Monday in January, when it’s cold and dark outside. This day was nicknamed ‘Blue Monday’ by?psychologist?Cliff Arnall in 2004. He came up with it after a holiday company asked him for a ‘scientific formula’ for the January blues.

顯然，一年中最令人沮喪的一天是一月份的第三個星期一，那時(shí)候外面又冷又黑。2004年，心理學(xué)家克里夫·阿諾爾將這一天稱為“藍(lán)色星期一”。他是在一家度假公司要求他為“一月憂郁癥”提供一個“科學(xué)公式”后想出這個點(diǎn)子的。

Even if there was little science behind the formula, it’s probably true that the sound of our alarm clock on any Monday morning signals the dawning of a new week and possibly the end of our weekend of fun. Research shows our Monday?mood?can be based on a direct comparison to the day before. It’s what psychologists call?an emotional shift, and no other part of the week has a transition like it.?

即使這個公式背后沒有什么科學(xué)依據(jù)，但在任何一個周一早上，我們的鬧鐘響都可能預(yù)示著新的一周的開始，也可能是我們周末樂趣的結(jié)束。研究表明，我們周一的情緒可以建立在與前一天的直接比較之上。這就是心理學(xué)家所說的情緒轉(zhuǎn)變，一周中沒有其他時(shí)間會有這樣的轉(zhuǎn)變。

Monday means the end of weekend lie-ins – it’s back to the routine and the?realisation?that there are five days ahead of the nine-to-five, and according to the BBC Bitesize website “If you can’t stand your job then the Monday blues can be very real.” And your?miserable?Monday is followed by?trying?Tuesday – the most popular day for sending out job applications.

周一意味著周末睡懶覺的結(jié)束——回歸日常生活，意識到離朝九晚五還有五天。根據(jù)BBC網(wǎng)站Bitesize的說法，“如果你不能忍受你的工作，那么周一憂郁癥可能是真的。”痛苦的周一過后就是周二——求職申請最受歡迎的一天。

But is Monday as bad as we like to think it is? Feeling a bit?low?shouldn’t be confused with more serious?depression, caused by other factors. Writing for the BBC, author and presenter Claudia Hammond, argues that this low feeling might be a myth. She says: “There is a strong cultural idea that we don’t like Mondays.” She mentions an Australian study in 2008 about how people?reflected?on their mood and found the day that scored the lowest was in fact Wednesdays. So, when Monday comes, maybe we should give it a second chance!

但周一真的像我們想象的那么糟糕嗎?感覺有點(diǎn)低落不應(yīng)該與由其他因素引起的更嚴(yán)重的抑郁癥相混淆。作家兼主持人克勞迪婭·哈蒙德(Claudia Hammond)為BBC撰稿，她認(rèn)為這種低落的感覺可能是一個神話。她說:“有一種強(qiáng)烈的文化觀念認(rèn)為，我們不喜歡星期一?！彼岬搅?008年澳大利亞的一項(xiàng)關(guān)于人們?nèi)绾畏此甲约呵榫w的研究，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)得分最低的一天實(shí)際上是周三。所以，當(dāng)周一到來的時(shí)候，也許我們應(yīng)該再給它一次機(jī)會!

詞匯表

dread 擔(dān)憂，害怕
grouchy 滿腹牢騷的，不高興的
depressed 沮喪的
Monday blues 星期一憂郁癥
down 情緒低落的，不高興的
Blue Monday “藍(lán)色星期一”，憂愁的星期一
psychologist 心理學(xué)家
mood 心情，情緒
an emotional shift 情緒的轉(zhuǎn)變
realisation 意識到
miserable 苦不堪言的
trying 令人厭煩的
low 情緒低落的，消沉的
depression 抑郁，憂愁
reflect 認(rèn)真思考，反思

測驗(yàn)與練習(xí)

1.?閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. When is, allegedly, the most depressing day of the year?

2. According to the article, what can you do at weekends that you can’t do on a Monday?

3. True or false??Monday is the most popular day for sending out job application forms.

4. According to an Australian study, which day was considered to be the worst day of the week?

5. Between which two days is there often the biggest ‘emotional shift’?

2.?選擇意思恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞組來完成下列句子。

1. If there’s one thing I _______ the most, it’s end of term exams!

miserable? ? ? ? ? ?grouchy? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?down? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? dread

2. I had a very _______ day at work today.

realisation? ? ? ? ? trying? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?dawning? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?reflected

3. I noticed _______ in my son, once he started going to school.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

an emotion? ? ? ? ?an emotional shift? ? ? ? a realisation? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?miserable

4. The weather has been _______. It hasn’t stopped raining all week.

miserable? ? ? ? ? ?down? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? depressed? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? low

5. Despite the show’s terrible ratings, it deserves _______ to see it can attract a bigger audience.

trying? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? down? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? a second chance? ? ? ? reflect

答案

1.?閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. When is allegedly, the most depressing day of the year?
Apparently, the most depressing day of the year is the third Monday in January.

2. According to the article, what can you do at weekends that you can’t do on a Monday?
Monday means the end of weekend lie-ins.

3. True or false??Monday is the most popular day for sending out job application?forms.
False.?Tuesday is the most popular day for sending out job applications.

4. According to an Australian study, which day was considered to be the worst day of the week?
An Australian study in 2008 about how people reflected on their mood found?the day that scored the lowest was Wednesdays.

5. Between which two days is there often the biggest ‘emotional shift’?
The biggest?emotional shift is between Sunday and Monday?–?no other part of the week has a transition like it.?

2.?選擇意思恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞組來完成下列句子。

1. If there’s one thing I?dread?the most, it’s end of term exams!

2. I had a very?trying?day at work today.

3. I noticed?an?emotional shift?in my son, once he started going to school.

4. The weather has been?miserable. It hasn’t stopped raining all week.

5. Despite the show’s terrible ratings, it deserves?a?second chance?to see it can attract a bigger audience.

文章來源BBC侵權(quán)刪。