科学美国人60秒 SSS Super Bowl Snacks Need These Exercise Equivalents
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：2017年Scientific American(二)月
Super Bowl Sunday is almost here and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: How can I tackle a plate of chicken wings without adding yardage to my end zone?
Well, Charles Platkin is the director of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College. And he thinks that to make smarter, more splurge-worthy snacking choices we should consider what it would take to burn off the calories we take in.
To that end, Platkin has come up exercise equivalents for some of our favorite couch-side canapes and other nibbles 1.
Let’s kick things off with a foot-long meatball sub. This marinara-soaked monster, which weighs in at around 900 calories, would take more than an hour-and-a-half of running up and down the stadium steps to work off. And three pieces of KFC at 740 calories would take some 680 touchdown dances. Almost certainly leading to a celebration penalty.
A single tortilla chip, a mere 2 20 calories, with a scoop 3 of seven-layer dip, another 70 calories, would require a solid 25 minutes of boogying down to Lady Gaga!
Even two handfuls of Chex Mix, which racks up a surprising 280 calories, calls for 30 minutes of jumping up and down after your team scores. And a 450-calorie slice of pizza? Do the wave 2,194 times. But you could get called for interference—by others trying to see the TV.
Now, if you’re still thinking about piling on those wings, each one weighs in at a hefty 95 calories. Add blue cheese dip and 10 wings can hit 1,400 calories. Which would take 149 trips up and down the field to run off.
But before conceding defeat, Platkin does offer some pointers to help you beat the Super Bowl spread. Stock up on popcorn 4, and skip the butter. Drizzle 5 hot sauce on the wings instead of dollops of dip. And do not huddle 6 with your snacks—keep them far enough away so that getting at them makes you put your backfield in motion.
—Karen Hopkin
[The above text is a transcript 7 of this podcast.]
- A fish nibbles at the bait. 一条鱼在轻轻地啃鱼饵。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Units of four bits are sometimes referred to as nibbles. 有时将四位数字组成的单元叫做半字节。 来自辞典例句
- That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
- It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
- In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
- Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。
- I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时，喜欢吃爆米花。
- He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后，嘴里塞满了爆米花。
- The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
- Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。
- They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
- The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。
- A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
- They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。