时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(十一)月


英语课

This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, one major question looms 1 large for millions of large Americans: Are my fat pants fat enough?

Thanksgiving marks the start of the holiday season foodfest, a six-week stretch when diets and belts will be severely 2 strained. So what can be done to keep the gluttony under something resembling control?

Brian Wansink directs the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab and is the author of the book Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think. His research has revealed that simply serving food on a 10-inch plate rather than a 12-inch plate could lead to a more than 20 percent reduction in calories, with the meal still being satisfying. He also found that even other food researchers ate more than half as much ice cream if they served themselves with big bowls and big scoops 3 versus 4 smaller bowls and scoops.

You can catch Wansink's tips beyond the smaller plate in a video for the Food Insight Blog, at snipurl.com/briantday. But as he told Prevention magazine, if there’s one day all year for some guilt-free indulgence, Thanksgiving is it.

Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American’s 60-Second Science, I’m Steve Mirsky.



1 looms
n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近
  • All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙,男的耕田,女的织布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 severely
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
3 scoops
n.小铲( scoop的名词复数 );小勺;一勺[铲]之量;(抢先刊载、播出的)独家新闻v.抢先报道( scoop的第三人称单数 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等)
  • two scoops of mashed potato 两勺土豆泥
  • I used three scoops of flour and one(scoop)of sugar. 我用了三杓面粉和一杓糖。 来自辞典例句
4 versus
prep.以…为对手,对;与…相比之下
  • The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
  • The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
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