SSS 2008-07-11
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(七)月
This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute.
Dear diary: today I ate 3 carrot sticks while I fantasized about eating carrot cake. Alright, alright, I ate 3 pieces of carrot cake, and never once considered an actual carrot. How am I ever gonna lose that last 10 pounds? Well, new research shows that keeping a diary, a food diary, can help. According to a study published in the August issue of the Annals of Preventative Medicine, people who write down everything they eat each day lose twice as much as those who don’t. Nearly 1,700 people participated in the study. They were asked to follow a heart-healthy diet full of fruits and veggies and low-fat or non-fat dairy. They attended weekly group sessions and were told to engage in moderate exercise for half an hour a day. After 6 months, nearly 2/3 of the participants had lost at least 9 pounds. But the real surprise came from the food logs: those who simply kept track of what they consumed lost twice as much as those who failed to fess up. So next time you’re tempted 1 by the clarion 2 call of the carrot cake, stop to consider how that would look in your diary, not to mention on your hips 3.
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American’s 60-Second Science, I’m Karen Hopkin.
- I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
- I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
- Clarion calls to liberation had been mocked when we stood by.当我们袖手旁观的时候，自由解放的号角声遭到了嘲弄。
- To all the people present,his speech is a clarion call.对所有在场的人而言，他的演讲都是动人的号召。