减肥瘦身英语口语话题 第47期:当心你一时的冲动

 　　Unit 47 Watch your impulses.

　　Unit 47 谨慎点,别冲动

　　Dieters appear to be more impulsive¹ than non-dieters，say researchers at a midwestern college,An experirment was conducted with a group of male and female students，some of them reporting that they were on a diet，others that they were riot.

　　中西部一所学院的研究人员指出。节食者似乎比非节食者更冲动，他们针对一群男女学生做了一项实验。这些学牛中有些人正在节食。有些人则没有。

　　All were deprived of food and water for eight hours and then given a choice between having a glass of juice immediately or waiting an hour for the juice. Those students who described themselves as dieting had a greater tendency to choose the glass of juice immediately,whereas those not dieting more often opted² to wait.

　　所有的人在被禁食食物和水八小时后，可以选择马上来一杯果汁或是一小时后再喝。那些自称正在节食的学生们较强烈的倾向于选择马上来一杯果汁，而那些没有在节食的人则比较情愿等一小时后再喝。

　　What is not known is whether people on diets are impulsive in the first place or whether the process of dieting itself leads to increased impulsiveness³. But whatever the reason.he on guard. A good technique for counteracting⁴ an urge is to count to 10 while slowly inhaling⁵ and exhaling⁶ deeply，imagining the impulse passing by as quickly as it came.

　　节食中的人是否一开始就比较冲动，还是在节食的过程中才变得冲动并不得而知。但不论原因为何，都得谨慎点。有个可以抵消这种冲动的好方法，就是缓慢地深深吸气、吐气数到十，同时想象这种一时的冲动来得多快、去得也有多快。

　　健身短语

　　1. have a tendency to V有……的倾向

　　2. lead to.. .导致....

　　3. be on guard 看守，有警觉

1 impulsive   

adj.冲动的，刺激的；有推动力的

参考例句：

• She is impulsive in her actions.她的行为常出于冲动。
• He was neither an impulsive nor an emotional man,but a very honest and sincere one.他不是个一冲动就鲁莽行事的人，也不多愁善感.他为人十分正直、诚恳。

2 opted   

v.选择，挑选( opt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
• After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。

3 impulsiveness   

n.冲动

参考例句：

• Advancing years had toned down his rash impulsiveness.上了年纪以后，他那鲁莽、容易冲动的性子好了一些。
• There was some emotional lability and impulsiveness during the testing.在测试过程中，患者容易冲动，情绪有时不稳定。

4 counteracting   

对抗，抵消( counteract的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The turmoil, he said, was "counteracting the course of global civilization. " 这次骚乱，他指出，“阻碍了世界文明的进程”。
• But he notes that there are counteracting forces as well. 但是他也指出还有一些抵消因素。

5 inhaling   

v.吸入( inhale的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was treated for the effects of inhaling smoke. 他因吸入烟尘而接受治疗。 来自辞典例句
• The long-term effects of inhaling contaminated air is unknown. 长期吸入被污染空气的影响还无从知晓。 来自互联网

6 exhaling   

v.呼出，发散出( exhale的现在分词 )；吐出（肺中的空气、烟等），呼气

参考例句：

• Take a deep breath inhaling slowly and exhaling slowly. 深呼吸，慢慢吸进，慢慢呼出。 来自互联网
• Unclasp your hands and return to the original position while exhaling. 呼气并松开双手恢复到原位。 来自互联网