来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第6集 第6集》

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  if you check the notes on the song,
  如果你去看歌曲的附注
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  she's in fact,
  实际上她是
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  "The kind of girl you read about in new wave magazines."
  "你在《新潮流》杂志中所读到的女孩"
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  Now, when you listen to it then, again,
  当你再次听到这句话时
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  knowing that, you hear it that way.
  你便知道 你是听到的是这个
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  Now, this top-down...this is known as "Top-down" Processing.
  这就是"自上而下"的加工
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  Top-down processing is an example of
  举例来说 自上而下加工就是
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  when you know what something is
  当你知道某句话是什么的时候
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  you hear it that way.
  你便会按照这句话去听
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  And this is extremely useful
  当需要在声音中填入间隔时
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  when it comes to filling in gaps in sounds.
  自上而下加工是非常有效的
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  In normal conversation, if I'm to say "S-- entence"
  在正常对话中 如果我说"句-句子"