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素养解读　2017版《普通高中课程标准》首次提出"学科核心素养"。英语学科核心素养由语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力构成。随之而来，以后的英语考试将更加坚持能力立意，突出核心素养的考查。下面这篇文章主要介绍了某些科学家的看法：在赛场上，运动员制服的颜色会影响运动员的表现。但是，很多人对科学家提出的这个说法表示怀疑。由此告诉大家：要形成逻辑性思维、批判性思维以及创新性思维，提升自己分析问题和解决问题的能力。对任何观点都不要全盘接受，要勇于提出自己的疑问，这是科学向前发展的基础和动力。

主题：制服的颜色影响运动员的表现　学科素养：思维品质

　　Did you know that the color of uniforms can influence the performance of an athlete? It may sound strange，but a study suggests this might be true.

　　Two British scientists studied the results of four sports in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where the athletes had been given either a red or a blue uniform.They discovered that when there was a big difference in the score，color had no influence on the result.But if it was a close match，the athlete in a red uniform was more likely to win.Then they looked at the uniforms of the soccer teams at the Euro 2004 tournament.Again，teams wearing red won more games.

　　The two scientists got their idea from earlier studies of wild animals.It had been discovered that when a male shows red on its body，it sends a signal of its power and strength.For example，in many kinds of monkey，the more the male shows off its red scars(伤疤) the more females it can attract.

　　Based on this fact，the British scientists thought that the idea might work for humans，too.According to them，when an athlete sees a competitor in a red uniform，he gets a feeling that his competitor could be stronger than him.And that kind of feeling may have a bad influence on the player's performance in the actual game.

　　Although the idea is interesting，most people don't accept that color signals in the animal world can really be useful to humans in sports.They think that it is unreasonable to develop an idea based on such a small number of examples.Much more research has to be done to prove the influence of uniform colors on the performance of athletes.

语篇解读　本文介绍了一项新的研究结论：在一场势均力敌的比赛中，穿红色队服的运动员更容易获胜。但是人们对这个结论持怀疑态度。