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Using less energy saves money and lowers greenhouse gas emissions.
使用节约能源不仅可以省钱还可以减少温室气体排放n~f!%P.mc6。
And various studies have looked at ways to get households to use less energy.
现在各方已经将研究方向投向了家庭使用节约能源的方面3&05&mmOfA6PgB4be~C*。
Now there's evidence that people in such a study use less energy…because they're in a study.
现在有证据显示人们正处于被研究的状态下可以节约能源，因为他们正在被研究当中JrZ5M^qHy_xd9hc[p)eq。
The general phenomenon is called the Hawthorne effect:
这一现象被称为霍索恩效应：
study subjects change their behavior because they're being observed.
被研究的个体在被观察时会改变其行为wCq.w.g-0Nd。
So researchers collaborated with a utility to test for the Hawthorne effect in electricity use.
因此研究人员们与一些公司合作检测电力使用中的霍索恩效应Kj&6B=jyq&ffxsH。
They monitored almost 5,600 randomly selected households.
这些家庭都是通过随机选择产生，大概有5600户I4;3Dj7si!vZCj!w)Tl2。

Half received a postcard saying that their energy use would be monitored for a month for research purposes.
一半的家庭会收到一张明信片，上面会称他们的能源使用情况会因科学研究目的而被监测一个月JF2-T2Ou[o*rp。
They also got four follow-up reminder postcards over the month.
接下来的一个月内他们还会随之收到4张提醒明信片Z5;NrlH]|L。
They received no other information, instructions or incentives.
除此之外，他们不会收到任何其它信息，比如指导或者鼓励之类的~A-m1SdHF2MK7qIRVYL。
The control group monitored for the study got no notifications.
对比组的家庭也是被监测但是没有被通知或者提醒说他们正在被监测中|dPu6WHyAUo9。
That group continued using the same amount of electricity.
所以这个组的家庭们继续保持和以前一样的电力消耗YWtoPn[y0Dj。
But the families being tracked reduced energy use 2.7 percent.
而被告知监测的家庭使用的电力减少了2.7%Qciqa[oXMG@Ta。
And when the study period ended, their energy use shot back up.
当这个研究结束后，他们的能源使用突然就恢复常态了#kDkC7mBB)_]o。
The report is in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
该研究报告已在《国家科学研究进展》上发表_4Pqqh^ZCb3(!#h。
Clearly, mindful consumers can find ways to easily lower their energy consumption.
很明显，被告知的消费者能找到合适的方法轻松的降低自己的能源消耗0lc8m^=O;Vg.-.9[_。
Perhaps policy makers can find a way to use the Hawthorne effect to everyone's advantage.
或许政策制定者们能利用霍索恩效应来处理能源使用问题#4GHpObGfv%qrldfalBg。
词语解释

1.look at 评判； 审视

Mari tilted her head back so that she could look at him.
玛丽把头向后仰，以便能看到他-OlyEJpn|Ht;。

She called her young son: "Here, Stephen, come and look at this!
她喊她的小儿子：喂，斯蒂芬，过来看看这个!

2.collaborate with 合作；勾结

The government is urging Japan's firms to collaborate with foreigners.
政府正在督促日本的公司进行更多的海外合作#RhMvCQ)kZ。

Time and incidents had played along, had seemed to collaborate with me.
时间和各种事件均在顺利进行，仿佛是配合我似的%OjIMZsZe-i6U.。

3.control group 控制栏，控制组

It'should be noted that the right-alignment of control and control group labels may compromise scanability.
这里应该注意，控件和控件组若采用右对齐可能会削弱使用者的浏览效果G.8xJD0|XuvYCy。

The control group only receied an injection of same amount of saline.
对照组腹腔注射等量的生理盐水EIN!)tAt2z。

4.back up 支持；策应；援助

Some food labelling practices really get my back up.
有些食物标签的贴法实在让我生气K;oA]I6q%W6+&KVR。

The West must back up its verbal support with substantial economic aid.
西方国家必须以切实的经济援助来兑现他们的口头支持q(TF!j2@~TW&。