پادکست انگلیسی BBC – ویروس خمیازه

تا حالا از خودت پرسیدی چرا دیدن یه نفر که داره خمیازه میکشه باعث میشه تو هم خمیازه بکشی؟ چی توی خمیازه هست که بقیه رو هم به خمیازه میندازه؟ یه جور ویروسه؟ به گفته ی محققان، اینکه خودت رو مثل فردی که خمیازه رو شروع کرده در نظر بگیری یه فرق هایی ایجاد میکنه. در پادکست انگلیسی BBC – ویروس خمیازه می شنویم که جوجینا Georgina و راب Rob درباره ی خمیازه کشیدن حرف می زنن و در طول مسیر هم کلمات جالب کاربردی جدیدی آموزش میدن.

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سوال پادکست انگلیسی BBC – ویروس خمیازه:

What biological function does yawning have?

a: To take in more oxygen

b: To get rid of carbon dioxide from our body

c: No one really knows

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واژگان کلیدی پادکست انگلیسی BBC - ویروس خمیازه

معنی به فارسی	معنی به انگلیسی	واژه
خمیازه/ خمیازه کشیدن	breathe in and out with our mouth stretched open	a yawn / to yawn
واگیردار، مسری	can be spread from one person to another	contagious
رفتار	an action, often automatic, in response to a particular situation	a behaviour
شناختی ، وابسته به دانش یا آگاهی	connected to mental processes and the way our minds work	cognitive
احساس نزدیکی یا احساس تعلق به گروهی خاص	to feel close to and have a sense of belonging to (a group)	to identify with (a group)
نشان دادن رفتار	do, show a behaviour	exhibit a behaviour

BBC 6 minute English - Why does seeing someone yawn make you yawn

متن پادکست انگلیسی BBC - ویروس خمیازه

Georgina
Hello. This is 6 Minute English, I'm Georgina.

Rob
And I'm Rob.

Georgina
What do you do when you’re tired, Rob?

Rob
Mm, I go to bed.

Georgina
Before that?

Rob
Erm, I clean my teeth?

Georgina
But what does your body do to tell you you’re tired?

Rob
Right, well these days I just kind of fall asleep in front of the TV.

Georgina
Yes, but, OK – what am I doing now?

Rob
Oh yes, hang on – yes, you’ve set me off - yawning, yes yawning is a sign that we are tired! Or bored!

Georgina
Are you tired or bored now?

Rob
No, not particularly.

Georgina
So, why did you just yawn?

Rob
Well, because you did! That’s the thing about yawns. They are contagious – they can spread from one person to another.

Georgina
And that’s what we’re looking at in this programme. But first, today’s question. What biological function does yawning have? Essentially, why do we yawn? Is it:

A: To take in more oxygen
B: To get rid of carbon dioxide from our body
C: No one really knows

What do you think, Rob?

Rob
Ah – I know this. We yawn to take in more oxygen. I’m pretty sure that’s it.

Georgina
OK. We’ll see if you’re correct at the end of the programme. John Drury is a researcher from Sussex University. On the BBC Radio 4 series All in The Mind he spoke about yawning and why it is contagious. Which animal does he mention will also catch a yawn from its owner?

John Drury
Yawning is actually a difficult case when it comes to these contagious behaviours. It is the most contagious behaviour – it’s meant to be automatic, it’s something that you can’t stop. Dogs yawn when their owners yawn, animals yawn to each other. It happens whether you want to or not. These kind of effects have been found for other kinds of behaviour, so really, we were trying to push it as far as we could and see if there is a cognitive element to this influence behaviour.

Georgina
Which animal might yawn when its owner does?

Rob
Dogs! Dogs can catch a yawn from their owners.

Georgina
Yes, yawning is a very contagious behaviour. The use of the word behaviour here is interesting. Normally it is an uncountable noun to describe the way we act – either in a good or a bad way. We talk about, for example, dogs' or children’s behaviour being good or bad.

Rob
But it’s also used as an uncountable noun when we are talking about a particular action that, for example, an animal makes in particular situations. These behaviours are often not conscious, but are an automatic response to a situation.

Georgina
And the researchers were looking to see if there was a cognitive side to the behaviour. Which means they are looking at the mental process – what is happening in the mind to make us yawn, particularly when someone else yawns. Let’s listen again

John Drury
Yawning is actually a difficult case when it comes to these contagious behaviours. It is the most contagious behaviour – it’s meant to be auto matic, it’s something that you can’t stop. Dogs yawn when their owners yawn, animals yawn to each other. It happens whether you want to or not. These kinds of effects have been found for other kinds of behaviour, so really, we were trying to push it as far as we could and see if there is a cognitive element to this influence behaviour.

Georgina
The research discovered that contagious yawning is connected with our social group and how close we feel to the people in it. Here’s John Drury again.

John Drury
So, the more that you identify with the in-group target, the more likely you are to copy their behaviour. What we do when we see a behaviour is that at some level, we are making a judgement about whether the person exhibiting that behaviour, whether it’s an emotion, or a scratching behaviour, or anything, is relevant. Does their behaviour indicate to us how we should behave?

Georgina
So, essentially, yawning is more contagious if we identify with the person who yawns first. If we feel close to, and belong in, the same group as the person who exhibits the behaviour – the person who does the yawning – we are likely to yawn too.

Rob
So, you are less likely to yawn if a stranger yawns than if someone in your close family or circle of friends yawns.

Georgina
Let’s listen again.

John Drury
So, the more that you identify with the in-group target, the more likely you are to copy their behaviour. What we do when we see a behaviour is that at some level, we are making a judgement about whether the person exhibiting that behaviour, whether it’s an emotion, or a scratching behaviour, or anything, is relevant. Does their behaviour indicate to us how we should behave?

Georgina
Right, before we review the vocabulary, let’s have the answer to our quiz. Why do we yawn? Is it:

A: To take in more oxygen
B: To get rid of carbon dioxide from our body
C: No one really knows

Rob, what did you say?

Rob
Well, I was pretty sure it’s A - to take in more oxygen.

Georgina
There is, in fact, no clear biological reason for yawning that is agreed upon. So no one really knows.

Rob
We’ve been talking about yawning. The action of opening our mouths wide open and stretching our eardrums when tired or bored.

Georgina
Yawning can also be contagious. This means it can pass from one person to another.

Rob
And a yawn can be described as a behaviour – a particular kind of automatic action in response to a particular situation.

Georgina
The word cognitive is related to our mental processes - the way our minds work.

Rob
If you identify with a particular group – you feel close to that group and feel that you belong in that group.

Georgina
And finally, to exhibit a behaviour is to actually do that particular behaviour. And before we all start yawning, it’s time for us to go. Do join us again soon and you can always find us online, on social media and on the BBC Learning English app. Bye for now.

Rob
Bye!

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