urban myths

There is little hard evidence on these issues , but lots of urban myths built out of anecdotal experience .

在这些问题上并没有什么确凿的证据，但有许多从坊间经验衍生出来的都市神话。

Urban myths abound about the birds being able to disembowel a man with their claws .

城市里流传着一些谣传说鹤鸵能用爪子挖出人的内脏。

In one of the experiments , happy and sad participants were asked to judge the truth of urban myths and rumors and found that people in a negative mood were less likely to believe these statements .

在一个实验中，研究人员要求快乐及悲伤的参与者判断都市故事及谣言的真假。结果显示消极情绪的人更不可能相信这些故事。

In one study last year , Forgas and his colleagues asked happy and sad volunteers to judge the truth of a range of urban myths and rumours , and found that sad people tended to be more sceptical .

在去年的一项研究中，福加斯和他的同事请来了感到愉快和悲伤的两组志愿者，要求他们判断一系列都市神话和传闻的真实性。

While the specific stories of this urban legend are just myths , there is a chilling undertone of truth to it , since home invaders have been documented using tactics similar to this to get into people 's homes .

尽管都市传说大都是虚构的，但也不乏有令人毛骨悚然的真实故事，因为民宅入侵者使用相似的手段进入受害人家中。