你能读懂我的眼泪吗？

短语讲解：

1. Laboratory research has already shown that people react differently to photographs when tears are edited out, or superimposed.

react to对…作出反应〔评价, 应答〕
例句：The eye reacts to the light.
眼睛会对光作出反应。
edit out删去，删除，删节，去掉
例句：All references to the scandal were edited out of the tape.
所有涉及这件丑闻的内容都从录音带中删去了。

2. Women taking part in the study are isolated and shown sad films to make them cry, at which point their tears are collected.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

3. For the purposes of comparison, researchers also trickle saline down the women's cheeks and collect these too.

for the purpose of为了,因…起见
例句：We club together for the purpose of raising funds for the front.
我们协力捐款支援前线。

4. The chemo-signal we identified appears to reduce sexual arousal in men, due to a chemo-signal that is present in women's tears, and when men sniff this they can't smell anything perceptible but it lowers their sexual arousal.

due to由于
例句：Due to the extreme cold, we were unable to plant the trees.
由于天气很冷, 所以我们无法去植树。

5. It lowers the arousal that is attributed to pictures of faces, it lowers their levels of salivary testosterone, it lowers their levels of physiological arousal and it lowers the levels of brain activity in the substrates of sexual arousal.

attribute to把某事归因于某人〔某事〕
例句：He attributes his success to working hard.
他认为他的成功是艰苦工作的结果。

6. Sobel insists the only reason they haven't previously tested men's tears is because they haven't been able to find any men able turn on the waterworks.

turn on打开
例句：Please turn the light on for me; it's getting dark.
天要黑了, 请把灯给我打开。

7. So hopefully, they'll be able to discover whether women really are attracted to men who are more in touch with their feelings.

in touch with同…有联系
例句：We shall get in touch with them somehow.
我们应该设法与他们联系。