SSS 2008-03-18
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(三)月
This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin.This will just take a minute.
For someone who smokes, there is nothing like that first nicotine 1 rush of the day, but though taking a puff 2 may bring smokers 3 pleasure, it doesn’t make them happy, Or so say scientists at the Peninsula Medical School in the UK. The scientists assessed the wellbeing of nearly 10,000 people age 50-year or over who signed up for something called the English Longitudinal Study of Aging. They found that the smokers in that group reported lower average levels of pleasure and less satisfaction with their lives than the non-smokers. And for smokers in the lower socioeconomic groups, the situation was even more grim.According to Iain Lang, the lead researcher on the team, smokers may feel pleasure when they light up, but that’s because they are feeding their addiction 4. Overall, they’re not any happier than nonsmokers. In fact, they are less so maybe because cigarettes cost, at least here in the US, like seven bucks 5 a pack. So next time you see one of those cigarette ads filled with beautiful young people having the time of their lives, remember those people are models. They are getting paid buckets of money to look like they’re having fun. A nice big bucket of cash would probably make you happy, too.
Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin.
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
- He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
- They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
- Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。
- He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
- Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。