时差N小时 杯子的形状会影响饮水量?(上)

How does the shape of a glass affect how much you drink?

水杯的形状是怎样影响喝水量的呢?

A scientist set out to examine just this, and the results are rather astounding¹.

一位科学家打算调查一下，调查结果相当令人惊讶。

Whatever the age of the subjects, they consistently poured more juice into short, wide tumbler-type glasses than into tall, slender glasses.

不管被试者年龄如何，他们都一致地往宽的平底型杯里倒的橘汁比往高细杯里倒的多。

But they perceived the opposite that they were pouring more into tall, slender glasses.

但是他们自己所感知的却刚好相反。他们认为往高细杯里倒的更多。

Psychologist Jean Piaget claimed that children overestimate² the volume of vertical³ dimensions,

心理学家珍皮亚杰声称孩子们会高估垂直方向的容器容量，

but that as their brains mature, they develop the capacity to more accurately⁴ compare vertical and horizontal dimensions.

但是当他们大脑成熟时他们就会具备准确区分垂直向和水平向容量的能力。

The results of this study do support Piaget's idea

该研究结果在某种程度上支持了皮亚杰的观点

to a certain extent in that the differential between the amount of juice adults poured into the two different glasses was less than the difference in what teenagers poured.

成人倒往不同杯子里相差的橘汁少于青少年倒往不同杯子里相差的橘汁。

1 astounding   

adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊，使大吃一惊astound的现在分词)

参考例句：

• There was an astounding 20% increase in sales. 销售量惊人地增加了20%。
• The Chairman's remarks were so astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath. 主席说的话令人吃惊，所以听众都屏息听他说。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 overestimate   

v.估计过高，过高评价

参考例句：

• Don't overestimate seriousness of the problem.别把问题看重了。
• We overestimate our influence and our nuisance value.我们过高地估计了自己的影响力和破坏作用。

3 vertical   

adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
• Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。

4 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。