每日一读2014年高考英语8月考前突破阅读理解能力文化教育女性完美鼻子与上唇成106度角素材

1女性完美鼻子与上唇成106度角科学家发现，女性鼻梁、鼻尖与上唇形成106度角就可称为“完美鼻子”，换言之，微微上翘的鼻子更能展现美态。Theidealangleofawoman'snoseis106degreesbecauseitenhancesfemininity,scientistsclaim.Havingaslightlyupturnednosemakeswomenappearmorefeminine,accordingtoscientistswhoclaimtheangleatthenasaltip（鼻尖）shouldbeexactly106degrees.Noseswhichpointdownwardsaregenerallythoughttoappeardroopy（下垂的）,longandmasculinebutasurveyofpeople'sreactionstodigitallyalteredphotographsfoundthatthosewhichinclineslightlyupwards-withananglegreaterthan90degrees-canenhancefemininity.Researchersconcludedthatatilt（倾斜）of106degreeswastheoptimumangle,butaddedthatbecausethestudywasconductedusingphotographsofyoung,whitewomen,thefindingsmaynotapplytootherracesorethnicities.Thefindings,publishedintheJAMAFacialPlasticSurgeryjournal,couldhelpcosmeticsurgeonstakeastepclosertoaestheticperfection.Previousstudiesofnosejobs,orrhinoplasty（鼻整形术）,havefailedtoprovideaconsensusontheidealangleofthenosetoawoman'sface.2Researchersshowedagroupof106peoplephotographsofseveralCaucasianwomenaged18to25whichhadbeenalteredtoplacethenoseatanglesof96,101,106,111and116degreestotheirface.Theresultsshowedthat106degreeswasconsideredthemostfeminineangle.Aseparateonlinesurveyofalmost4,000peopledeliveredsimilarfindings.Thestudybackeduppreviousresearchpaperswhichhadidentified104and108degreesastheidealangle.Inmenanangleof90degreestothefaceisconsideredtobethemostattractiveasitmakesthefaceseemmoremasculine.DrOmarAhmedofNewYorkUniversity,firstauthorofthestudy,said:Throughouthistoryartistsandscholarshavebeenengrossedinthepursuitofcapturingwhatconstitutesbeauty.DatingbacktoancientEgyptartistsidealisedfacialproportionsintheirworks.Toourknowledgethisisthefirstpopulation-basedstudytoattempttosimultaneouslydeterminetheidealNTP-nasaltipprojection-androtation.Arotationof106degreeswasfoundtobethemostaesthetic.Furtherresearchisneededtodeterminewhetheramoreidealprojectionexists.”