不想打扫厨房？你可能会吃更多！

 Turns out, you're not just what you eat -- you're also where you eat.

“吃什么”决定着你是什么样子？事实证明，“在哪儿吃”一样重要。

Researchers found that study participants snacked on double the number of calories when standing¹ in a messy kitchen compared to when they stood in an orderly one.

研究人员发现，当研究参与者置身在一个杂乱不堪的厨房里时，相较于所处环境整洁的研究参与者，他们所摄取的零食热量会是后者的两倍。

The researchers had 98 women spend 10 minutes in a kitchen, under the guise² of asking them to wait for someone. Half of the participants stood in a cluttered³ kitchen, which was scattered⁴ with piles of newspapers and dirty dishes and had a ringing phone. The other half of the women waited in an organized kitchen.

研究人员让98名女性在一个厨房里等10分钟，假称她们要在那里等待某人到来。其中有一半人置身在杂乱的厨房里，到处是一堆一堆的报纸、用过的盘子，电话还在响。另一半人置身于一个整洁的厨房之中。

不想打扫厨房？你可能会吃更多！

Both kitchens contained bowls of crackers⁵, cookies and carrots, laid out for the participants to munch⁶ on. Each woman in the chaotic⁷ environment ate twice as many cookies -- a total of 53 more calories -- compared to those in the clean kitchen.

两个厨房里都备有碗装的饼干、曲奇和胡萝卜，作为休闲小零食提供给参与者。相较于那些置身整洁厨房的参与者，身处环境杂乱的参与者人均吃下饼干的分量是另一组参与者的两倍——即多摄取53大卡的热量。

Why did this happen?

为什么会这样呢？

"Being in a chaotic environment and feeling out of control is bad for diets," psychology⁸ professors said in a statement. "It seems to lead people to think, ‘Everything else is out of control, so why shouldn’t I be?’”

“置身于杂乱的环境之中会让你感觉一切都不受控制，这种状态对于节食是非常不利的。”心理学家解释道，“这种环境会导致人们产生这样的想法，‘既然一切都已经越出常轨，为什么我不能这样呢？’”

While there are many ways to manage stress, including meditation⁹, exercise and therapy, this particular study underscores the fact that there are easy and quick things you can do to find calm. The next time you procrastinate¹⁰ tidying up the kitchen, remember that the exercise will benefit you in so many ways.

或许应对压力的办法有很多，包括冥想、锻炼、心理咨询等等，不过这项调查研究证明，还有许多轻松易行而且见效迅速的方法，让你能赶走压力。下次你为要不要清理厨房而纠结的时候，你应该告诉自己，这种活动会对你有多方面的益处。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 guise   

n.外表，伪装的姿态

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.他们假装成视察员进了学校。
• The thief came into the house under the guise of a repairman.那小偷扮成个修理匠进了屋子。

3 cluttered   

v.杂物，零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 )；乱糟糟地堆满，把…弄得很乱；（以…） 塞满…

参考例句：

• The room is cluttered up with all kinds of things. 零七八碎的东西放满了一屋子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The desk is cluttered with books and papers. 桌上乱糟糟地堆满了书报。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

5 crackers   

adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘

参考例句：

• That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 munch   

v.用力嚼，大声咀嚼

参考例句：

• We watched her munch through two packets of peanuts.我们看她津津有味地嚼了两包花生米。
• Getting them to munch on vegetable dishes was more difficult.使他们吃素菜就比较困难了。

7 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

8 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

9 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

10 procrastinate   

v.耽搁，拖延

参考例句：

• Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.面对不想做的事情，我们经常拖延。
• It's easy to procrastinate when the deadline seems infinitely far away.当最终期限总是遥遥无期时是很容易延期的。