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If you want to see a roomful of people roll their eyes, just walk into a gathering of astronomers and shout, “Mayan apocalypse!” For years now, the idea that the earth will be destroyed in a terrible cataclysm on Dec. 21, 2012, has been bouncing around the internet and showing up in articles, books and even movies. But despite what the tinfoil-hat crowd insists, an asteroid is not about to hit the earth. Neither is there an imaginary planet called Nibiru. Our world isn't going to be abruptly flipped upside down like a burger on a griddle. What's more, Mayan astrologers never said any of that stuff would actually happen. Yes, the Maya had what's known as a Long Count calendar, and yes, that calendar ends on Dec. 21, 2012. But the nice thing about calendars, including the one the Maya used, is that they always start over again from zero. All the same, some folks at NASA are worried—not about the end of the world but about the harm all the loose talk may be doing. “I get a tremendous number of e-mails about it,” says a scientist at the NASA. “A large fraction are from people asking if the world will end. A few even talk about suicide.” In an attempt to stop the hysteria, NASA convened a Google+ hangout during which people could ask astronomers anything they wanted to about the rumors. For nearly an hour, the scientists soothed nerves, patiently explaining, for example, that an asteroid en route to earth would have been spotted by telescopes long ago and that Nibiru, if it existed, would now be the brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon.
If you want to see a roomful of people roll their eyes, just walk into a gathering of astronomers and shout, “Mayan apocalypse!” For years now, the idea that the earth will be destroyed in a terrible cataclysm on Dec. 21, 2012, has been bouncing around the internet and showing up in articles, books and even movies. But despite what the tinfoil-hat crowd insists, an asteroid is not about to hit the earth. Neither is there an imaginary planet called Nibiru. Our world isn't going to be abruptly flipped upside down like a burger on a griddle. What's more, Mayan astrologers never said any of that stuff would actually happen. Yes, the Maya had what's known as a Long Count calendar, and yes, that calendar ends on Dec. 21, 2012. But the nice thing about calendars, including the one the Maya used, is that they always start over again from zero. All the same, some folks at NASA are worried—not about the end of the world but about the harm all the loose talk may be doing. “I get a tremendous number of e-mails about it,” says a scientist at the NASA. “A large fraction are from people asking if the world will end. A few even talk about suicide.” In an attempt to stop the hysteria, NASA convened a Google+ hangout during which people could ask astronomers anything they wanted to about the rumors. For nearly an hour, the scientists soothed nerves, patiently explaining, for example, that an asteroid en route to earth would have been spotted by telescopes long ago and that Nibiru, if it existed, would now be the brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon.
What emotion or attitude does “to roll one's eyes” refer to in this context?
- A Angry confusion
- B Deep bewilderment
- C Cold detachment
- D Despising disagreement
- E Acute curiosity
思路引導 VIP
想像一下，如果你是一位資深的主廚，當有人煞有其事地告訴你「用蠟筆可以烤出美味的牛排」時，你的第一反應會是想虛心請教他，還是會覺得這個說法非常荒謬且不屑一顧？這種「覺得對方的觀點毫無價值」的情緒，在肢體語言中通常會如何表現呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到這個慣用語在特定語境下的情緒，表現得非常出色。這道題目測試的不僅是字面上的動作，更是對語意氛圍 (Tone) 與角色立場的深度掌握。
語境中的情感判讀
當我們讀到天文學家（專業人士）聽到「馬雅末日論」時會「翻白眼 (roll one's eyes)」，這反映了專業知識在面對無稽之談時的不耐與輕蔑。文中提到的「錫箔帽群眾 (tinfoil-hat crowd)」更是一個強烈的暗示，說明這些謠言在科學家眼中是荒謬且不值得認真對待的。因此，選項 (D) 中的 Despising (輕視、鄙夷) 完美契合了這種專業上對於「錯誤意見」的不以為然，而非單純的困惑或冷漠。
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