SWT一直都是PTE考试的重中之重，由于PTE的交叉打分机制，SWT一定程度上也决定着阅读分数的高低。但因为机经命中率比较高，考生往往忽略了练习的重要性，背一遍机经就去考试了。考试的时候如果纯靠回忆，很容易在高度紧张的时候忘记，而且一旦题目稍有变化将会不知所措，大大影响作文成绩。所以在备考阶段，对每篇SWT真题进行透彻的学习和分析，才是正确的复习方法。
以下是高频考题 People Watching 的分析，并附上高分参考答案。
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According to researchers, the invisibility cloak illusion stems from the belief that we are much more socially observant than the people around us. This means that, while we watch and wonder about other people as much as possible, we often think that people around us are less aware. This illusion occurs because, while we are fully aware of our own impressions and speculations about other people, we have no idea about what those other people are thinking unless they choose to share with us, something that rarely happens except in exceptional circumstances.
To better understand what is happening, it is important to consider the ground-breaking research by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman on cognitive biases.
When people make judgments about other people in social situations, they often depend on specific biases such as the availability heuristic, i.e., that we attach more significance to thoughts that come to mind easily. This is why we consider thoughts about other people as being more important than thoughts about inanimate objects. And so,as we look around us, we tend to focus our thoughts on the people we see and what they happen to be doing. Which is why people-watching can be so addictive.
What adds to the sense that we are relatively invisible to others is that people tend to be as discreet as possible about their people-watching. Just because other people aren't sharing their observations with us, it's easy to pretend that they are not as observant as we are. Of course, people may share their people-watching observations with anyone they happen to be with but, for the most part, that only applies to something remarkable enough to comment on. For most of us, what we are seeing tends to be extremely private and not to be shared with others.
第一部分：
According to researchers, the invisibility cloak illusion stems from the belief that we are much more socially observant than the people around us. This means that, while we watch and wonder about other people as much as possible, we often think that people around us are less aware. This illusion occurs because, while we are fully aware of our own impressions and speculations about other people, we have no idea about what those other people are thinking unless they choose to share with us, something that rarely happens except in exceptional circumstances.
解析：
首段作者提出，根据研究者的研究，隐形的斗篷错觉起源于一种想法：比起其他人，我们更具有社会观察力。这意味着，即使我们观察并且惊奇于其他人，我们经常认为我们周边的人很少觉察到。这种幻想会发生是因为即使我们完全明白我们自身对于他人的感想和思维，但是直到其他人与我们分享，我们对于其他人是怎么想是没有概念的。这些事是很少发生的除非在特殊情况。
看完这一段我们会发现，这一段引出了斗篷错觉的概念，并且简述了引发这种斗篷错觉的原因。
第二部分：
To better understand what is happening, it is important to consider the ground-breaking research by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman on cognitive biases.
解析：
这段讲述了，为了更好地了解这是怎样发生的。我们需要考虑Amos Tversky和Daniel Kahneman的一项建立在认知基础上的，具有开创性的研究。
这一段的内容在SWT这项考察总结性的题目上是不需要出现的。
第三部分：
When people make judgments about other people in social situations, they often depend on specific biases such as the availability heuristic, i.e., that we attach more significance to thoughts that come to mind easily. This is why we consider thoughts about other people as being more important than thoughts about inanimate objects. And so,as we look around us, we tend to focus our thoughts on the people we see and what they happen to be doing. Which is why people-watching can be so addictive.
解析：
这段讲述了，当人们判断其他人的社会情况时，他们经常存在特定的偏见，例如可行的启发性，这表示我们在那些更容易想起的观点上付诸于更多的关注。这也是为什么相比无生命的物体，我们更加考虑他人的想法。当我们环视我们周边，我们试图关注那些我们看到的人以及在他们周边都发生了什么。这也是为什么people-watching使人十分上瘾。
读完这段话我们会发现，这段详细了这种假象发生的原因。
第四部分：
What adds to the sense that we are relatively invisible to others is that people tend to be as discreet as possible about their people-watching. Just because other people aren't sharing their observations with us, it's easy to pretend that they are not as observant as we are. Of course, people may share their people-watching observations with anyone they happen to be with but, for the most part, that only applies to something remarkable enough to comment on. For most of us, what we are seeing tends to be extremely private and not to be shared with others.
解析：
最后一段主要描述的是；更让人觉得我们对别人相对而言是隐形的是，人们在观察别人的时候往往会尽可能谨慎。仅仅因为其他人没有和我们分享他们的观察结果，就很容易假装他们不像我们一样善于观察。当然，人们可能会和任何碰巧在一起的人分享他们观察别人的观察结果，但在很大程度上，这只适用于那些值得评论的事情。对我们大多数人来说，我们所看到的往往是非常私密的，不会与他人分享。
这一段进一步讲述了为什么我们觉得在他人眼里我们是相对而言是隐形的。
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