(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Nutritionists and dieting experts have long sought the answer to how to encourage people to lose weight. It seems overweight people are more interested in the size of their wallets than their waistlines. Researchers in the USA may have found one answer,cash rewards and penalties. A year-long study of 100 weight watchers by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found a system of financial incentives and fines had a significant impact on people's success in shedding kilos. The weight-conscious dieters received $20 a month if they met their weight loss goals and had to pay a penalty if they didn't. Those motivated by financial gain lost an average of 4.1kg, compared to just 1kg for those without the cash bonus.
The study followed 100 obese adults aged between 18 to 63, who were weighed every month for a year. They were put into four groups, some with a monetary focus, others with an emphasis on education and behaviour change. The $20 a month was enough for the financially-motivated dieters to out-diet the other groups. Mayo Clinic's Dr Donald Hensrud said: "Just wanting to lose weight isn't enough. Financial incentives can be powerful." Head researcher Dr Steven Driver found the fear of losing money was stronger than the thought of receiving a bonus. He said: "Fear of losing money tends to motivate people about two and a half times more than the prospect of gaining the same amount of money."
中文翻译
对于如何激励人们减肥,营养学家和减肥专家绞尽了脑汁
他们对100名年龄在18-63岁的肥胖人群进行了研究,他们会每月测量体重,并持续一年
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重点讲解
1.interested in 对…感兴趣
例句:It bothered me that boys weren't interested in me.
男孩子们对我不感兴趣令我很烦恼
。2.financial incentive 经济诱惑
例句:It's the biggest financial incentive ever dangled before British footballers.
这是历来对英国足球运动员的最大经济诱惑.
3.encourage to 鼓励
例句:The idea is to encourage people to get to know their neighbours.
其目的是促使人们结识邻居
。4.lose weight 减肥
例句:Some people can diet like crazy and not lose weight.
有些人拼命节食也不能减肥
。听力题目
1.What have nutritionists been trying to find?
a) people to go on a new diet
b) the perfect diet food
c) how to get people to lose weight
d) dieting experts
2.What are overweight people less interested in?
a) their waistlines
b) their walking style
c) their wallets
d) their wages
3.What kind of effect did cash have on people losing weight?
a) a temporary one
b) a surprising one
c) a slight one
d) a significant one
4.What did dieters need to do to get $20?
a) lose 20kg
b) achieve their dieting goals
c) collect coupons for health foods
d) turn up for monthly meetings
5.How much weight did people without the cash bonus lose on average?
a) 14kg
b) 1.4kg
c) 1kg
d) 4.1kg
6.What was the age bracket of people tested?
a) 28-53
b) 18-63
c) 18-53
d) 28-63
7.Into how many groups were the research participants placed?
a) two
b) five
c) three
d) four
8.What did a doctor say could be powerful?
a) nutrition
b) financial incentives
c) cash penalties
d) losing weight
9.What did another doctor say was greater than getting a bonus?
a) the fear of losing money
b) the fear of becoming fatter
c) the fear of being beaten by others
d) the fear of not losing weight
10.How much more motivational was the fear of losing money?
a) the same
b) 4.1
c) 1,4
d) 2 1/2
听力答案
1.c
2.a
3.d
4.b
5.c
6.d
7.b
8.d
9.a
10.d