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外刊阅读练习 熟悉四六级阅读理解题型的同学应该都了解，英语四六级考试阅读理解材料大多选自《时代》《卫报》《科学美国人》等外刊。要想阅读理解这部分拿到高分，必须在平常多阅读，掌握新词汇，锻炼阅读速度。 本篇阅读材料女性比男性更容易心碎选自《时代》（原文标题：Why Are Women More Vulnerable to Broken Hearts? 2011.11.21），如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步^^ Women are a lot more likely to suffer a broken heart than men, researchers say. The good news is that it probably wont kill you. In the first national study of its kind, researchers at the University of Arkansas looked at rates of broken heart syndromewhen a sudden shock or prolonged stress causes heart attack-like symptoms or heart failureand found that it overwhelmingly affects women. syndrome n. 1. 并发症状，综合症，同时存在的事物 2. 典型意见，典型表现 overwhelmingly ad. 压倒性地；不可抵抗地；（感情）极其强烈地 Women are at least seven times more likely than men to suffer the syndrome, and older women are at greater risk than younger ones, according to data presented Wednesday at the American Heart Association conference in Orlando. | 
