时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语时差8,16


英语课

How To Easily Make Your Kids Eat Vegetables D:Hey,Yeal.Do you ever have trouble getting your kids to eat their vegetables? Unfortunately, Y:Luckily,my kids like most foods.But I know a lot of youngsters 1 who simply refuse to eat their veggies. D:Maybe their parents should try calling the veggies something more exciting,like "X-Ray Vision 2 Carrots". Y:Oh,I can't believe that would work. D:Then you might be surprised to hear that researchers at Cornell University study that very thing. They presented 186 four-year olds with the same old veggies, but called them cool names like “Tomato Bursts” and “X-Ray Vision Carrots.”The preschoolers ate nearly twice as much of their vegetables as they did on days when veggies were simply called “tomatoes” or “carrots”. Not only that, but in the days following the experiment, the kids continued to eat fifty-percent more of the veggies, even though the fun names were no longer being used. Y:Impressive! D:Food names can influence grown-ups as well. In a similar study, adults dining at a nice restaurant were offered a complimentary 3 glass of the same wine with their dinner.Half of the diners were told the wine was from a vineyard in North Dakota, while the other half were told the wine was from California 4. Not only did the diners who thought they were drinking California wine give higher ratings 5 to the wine, but they ate more of their meal.And their overall 6 reviews of the food and restaurant were significantly 7 higher than those of the stomers who thought their wine was from North Dakota. Y:So,the same foods seemed tast better if we just expect them to.Amazing!I can't wait to try this at home.



1 youngsters
n.孩子( youngster的名词复数 );少年;青年;年轻人
  • We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace. 我们跟在年轻人后面,步子稍慢一点。
  • The camp is for youngsters aged 8 to 14. 这次夏令营是为8至14岁的少年儿童安排的。
2 vision
n.视觉,先见之明,光景,视力,眼力,幻想,影像;vt.幻想
  • The wall cuts across our line of vision.那面墙挡住了我们的视线。
  • Much reading has impaired his vision.大量读书损害了他的视力。
3 complimentary
adj.赠送的,免费的,赞美的,恭维的
  • She made some highly complimentary remarks about their school.她对他们的学校给予高度的评价。
  • The supermarket operates a complimentary shuttle service.这家超市提供免费购物班车。
4 California
n.加利福尼亚(美国)
  • He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
  • We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。
5 ratings
n.等级( rating的名词复数 );收视率;表示电影分级的数字(或字母);(海军)水兵
  • He won high ratings [marks] in all his examinations. 他所有的考试都获得高分。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The boat was operated by two naval ratings in dress whites. 船由两个穿着白色礼服的水兵驾驶。 来自辞典例句
6 overall
n.工作服,工装裤;全面的,全体的
  • The shop assistant was wearing a white overall.那店员穿着白色的工作服。
  • How much will it cost overall?一共多少钱?
7 significantly
adv.意味深长地;值得注目地
  • Prices did not alter significantly during 2004. 2004年期间,价格没有大的变化。
  • American English is significantly different from British English. 美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。
学英语单词
acrophytia
al-hasan ibn al-haythams
allwelded
Apert's syndrome
apiss
appulsive
asset-stripper
bear sales
Benejuzar
black flah oil
boresight
cari
castilblanco de los arroyos
charring stage
chattel real
clownical
common bud
crash forming
cultivate ... friendship
cyberjournal
Daunian
demounting
dibromosuccinic acid
diffuse lipomatosis
digit place
disabled state
drawscrew
dysarts
ear bougie
equidistant locking pallets
equity accounts
ethics
external referral identifier
fall into the power of
full-load running test of tanker
futurate
genus Caladenia
heteromers
high speed planer
high-band
hollowed microballoon reinforcement
horse-and-carriage
HPRM (high power range monitor)
HVDC transmission line
hydraulic bursting test
induced operator
Javits, Jacob K(oppel)
knocked my socks off
knocked on wood.
kraftsmen
leaf fat
light-wells
lisbon sugar
macropodidaes
method of equal-appearing intervals
multimedia communication
natural estrogenic hormone
niefs
niobium metal powder
old mother hubbard
oxymonad
petrified rhodonite
photochromicglass
photoelectret
plantula
plushest
power injection
precision industry
price-tags
productive depth
Pycnostachys
pyran
red-blind
relationship-based
release bar
Sachombe
segmented electrode
sepelible
Sibbaldia purpurea
silencer of rock drill
skirt-over-ground resistance
slope ratio assay
stray coupling
subseptated uterus
supra-apical
swadler
syringa persicas
tapered reducer
the life and soul of the party
thread-carrier bar
trasse
true nuclear mass
tubuli spiralis
unsavory
utility-type undertakings
vining station
water strider
Weinbergerite
yarne
YHL
Ythan, River
yu-ming