關(guān)于左撇子的13個(gè)冷知識(shí)

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　　Left-handed Facts and Statistics

　　左撇子的事實(shí)和數(shù)據(jù)：

　　1. According to Scientific American, 15% of people are left-handed. Males are twice as likely to be left-handed than females.

　　根據(jù)《科學(xué)美國(guó)人》的調(diào)查，15%的人是左撇子。男性左撇子的數(shù)量是女性的2倍。

　　2. Left-handers are more likely to be geniuses-20% of all MENSA members report being left-handed.

　　左撇子人更聰明——世界頂級(jí)智商俱樂部門薩的成員的20%是左撇子。

　　3. YAY! A study found left-handed men are, on average, 15% richer than right-handed men for those who attended college, and 26% richer if they graduated.

　　耶！一項(xiàng)研究表明，平均來說，大學(xué)里左撇子男性比右撇子男性富裕15%，畢業(yè)后則為26%。

　　4. BOO! Left-handed people are three times more likely than right-handed people to become alcoholics.

　　哦！左撇子人成為酒鬼的概率是右撇子人的3倍。

　　5. If both parents are left handed, 50% of their offspringwill be left-handed. Two righties only have a 2% chance of having a lefty.

　　如果雙親都是左撇子，他們的孩子有50%的可能是右撇子。兩個(gè)右撇子的人生出左撇子的孩子的幾率只有2%。

　　6. Psychologists from Queen's University Belfast found that female cats are more likely to be right-pawed, while male cats tend to be left-pawed.

　　皇后大學(xué)的心理學(xué)家貝爾法斯特發(fā)現(xiàn)母貓多為右撇子，公貓多為左撇子。

　　7. Lefties are more likely than righties to really, really hate spiralnotebooks.

　　左撇子真的....真的比右撇子更討厭活頁筆記本。

　　8. Research conducted by Dr. Nick Cherbuin shows that lefties are better at handling large amounts of stimuli, making them naturally better at playing video games.

　　尼克-瑟布因博士的研究表明，左撇子比右撇子更善于處理大量的刺激，所以更善于玩電子游戲。

　　9. Statistically, the older a mother is, the more likely she is to give birth to left-handed children.

　　數(shù)據(jù)表明，產(chǎn)婦年齡越大，越容易生出左撇子寶寶。

　　10. Left-handers are believed to reach puberty4 to 5 months after right-handers.

　　左撇子人的青春期會(huì)比右撇子晚來4到5個(gè)月。

　　11. Living in a righty's world: only 50% of lefties report using a computer mouse with their left hands. Similarly, 68% use their right hand for scissors and 74% hold a dinner knife in their right hands.

　　生活在這個(gè)右撇子的天下里：只有15%左撇子使用左手控制鼠標(biāo)。相同地，68%的人用右手使剪子，74%的用右手握餐刀。

　　12. 4 of the 5 original designers of the Mac computer were left-handed. Of the last 5 presidents, 3 are left-handed(Obama, Clinton, Bush Sr.).

　　蘋果電腦最初的5名設(shè)計(jì)師中4個(gè)是左撇子。最近的5位總統(tǒng)中，3位是左撇子（奧巴馬、克林頓、老布什）。

　　13. According to one study, lefties have an average lifespan that is nine years less than that of righties.

　　根據(jù)一項(xiàng)研究，左撇子的平均壽命比右撇子少9年時(shí)間。

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