基础英语轻松学【54】假日——发胖的时节_小升初语法

基础英语轻松学【54】假日——发胖的时节

　　本课您将学到：be faced with（面对），cannot help but句型（不得不，忍不住）及英语惯用语的省略

　　假日总是充满快乐的，和亲人朋友团聚，尽情玩乐，还有丰盛的晚餐。可这样的放纵自己的食欲，后果你想过吗？

　　A study done in the United States confirmed（证实） that people gain weight during the holiday season more than at other times of the year.

　　When faced with a threat（威胁）, our common responses（反映） are to fight, or take flight. However, when we are faced with an overwhelming variety（琳琅满目的）of food, our response seems to be to eat all we can.

　　Experts say that when people are faced with an all-you-can-eat buffet（自助餐）, they eat more because they think they are getting more for their money. They often forget they are paying the same amount whether they eat just what they need, or everything they want.

　　In fact, behavior（行为） like this puts people on the same level（水准） as laboratory（实验室） mice（老鼠）. When mice are faced with many different foods to choose from, they too cannot help but overeat（吃的过饱）.

　「读书笔记」

　　美国的一项研究（A study done in the United States）证实（confirmed）人们在假日期间增加的体重比在一年中的其他时候多。（that people gain weight during the holiday season more than at other times of the year.）