Are you right-handed or left-handed? If you're left-handed, you should feel special. Only about 10 percent of the people in the world are left-handed.
A long time ago, people used to think that left-handed people were stupid or evil. Of course, today we know that isn't true. In fact, some scientists have done research that has shown that left-handed people might be smarter and more creative than right-handed people.
Animals also prefer to use one side of their body or the other. Like people, most animals are right-handed, but there is one animal that isn't: the polar bear. The people who live near polar bears say that they are all left-handed. But we probably shouldn't say polar bears are left-handed; they're left-pawed!
(Marc Langer, staff writer)
你是右撇子還是左撇子？若是左撇子，應該要覺得自己很特別。全世界只有10% 的人是左撇子。
很久以前，人們認為左撇子是笨蛋或壞蛋，當然，如今我們知道這不是真的，事實上，部份科學家研究發現，左撇子可能比右撇子更聰明，更有創造力。
動物也會傾向用身體的某一側，而且和人類一樣，多數的動物是右撇子，不過有一種動物例外 -- 北極熊，北極熊棲息地附近的居民指出，所有的北極熊都是左撇子，不過，我們或許不應該說北極熊是「左撇子」，而是「左熊掌」。 （翻譯：鄭湘儀）
1. research n.
研究 (yan2 jiu4)
例：I will need to do a lot of research on the topic of my history paper.
（我需要為我歷史報告的題目做很多研究。）
2. creative adj.
有創造力的 (you3 chuang4 zao4 li4 de5)
例：I would love to be an artist, but I just don't think I'm creative enough.
（我想成為一位藝術家，但我自認為創造力不足。）
3. prefer v.t.
偏好 (pian1 hao4)
例：I don't want to go to the movies tonight. I would prefer to stay home and read a book.
（我今晚不想去看電影，比較想待在家裡看書。）
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