科学美国人60秒 SSS Drunk People Feel Soberer around Heavy Drinkers
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：2016年Scientific American(九)月
Volunteers in scientific studies sometimes get compensated 1. The payment can be cash, a gift card or something almost worthless: “It’s amazing what people will do for a lollipop 2, when they've had a few drinks.”
Simon Moore is a professor of public health research at Cardiff University in the U.K. And the lollipops 3 were for people who agreed to blow into a breathalyzer, while out on a Friday or Saturday night in Wales—more than 1,800 people agreed to the exchange. The scores covered a wide range of alcohol intake 4. "So that would go from zero upwards 5. I think one of the largest scores we had was 120, which is a near death experience."
The researchers also gave a subset of volunteers a short survey about drinking habits and health risks. Questions like: "How drunk are you right now?" and "How extreme has your drinking been tonight?" And they found that even very drunk respondents felt relatively 6 more sober, if they were surrounded by even drunker people. In other words: our perception of intoxication—and its risks—is relative.
"So this is the point, as you change context, perceptions will change, although the absolute level of alcohol in their system doesn't change." The study is in the journal BMC Public Health. [Simon C. Moore et al., A rank based social norms model of how people judge their levels of drunkenness whilst intoxicated]
Moore says one way to use this finding is for better city zoning. "In the United Kingdom for example there's been a big push to put more premises 7 that sell alcohol in the same district, in the same area. And what this does is create a concentration of drinkers. So what we might argue from this is, well let's try to break that up a little bit." Have a mix of bars, restaurants, cafes and cinemas, so drinkers will be around relatively sober people, too, instead of fellow inebriates 8. Which might encourage drinkers to nurse their drinks…and thus avoid the ER.
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- The marvelous acting compensated for the play's weak script. 本剧的精彩表演弥补了剧本的不足。
- I compensated his loss with money. 我赔偿他经济损失。
- The child put out his tongue and licked his lollipop.那孩子伸出舌头舔着棒棒糖。
- I ate popcorn,banana and lollipop.我吃了爆米花、香蕉和棒棒糖。
- I bought lollipops and a toot-toot bugle. I started for home. 我给她买了棒棒糖，一吹就呜的打响的小喇叭。我就往回走。 来自互联网
- Our company specialize marshmallows, lollipops, bubble gums, chocolates and toys with candy. 本公司主要出口棉花糖、棒棒糖、泡泡糖、巧克力、儿童玩具等。 来自互联网
- Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
- There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
- The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
- The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
- According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
- All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。
- Come and have a cup that cheers but not inebriates tomorrow, will you? 朋友来喝茶，好吗？ 来自互联网