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中英文本
You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
比起用醋,你可能用蜂蜜会抓到更多的苍蝇 。
But if you want to kill them, you might try Truvia.
但是如果你想置它们于死地,你可以试试Truvia 。
Because a new study shows that the active ingredient in this popular sweetener can act as an insecticide.
因为一项新的研究表明,这种流行的甜味剂中的有效成分可以用于杀虫 。
The study began as a sixth-grade science-fair project.
这项研究最初是作为小学6年级的科学展项目 。
Eleven-year-old Simon Kaschock-Marenda noticed that his parents had stopped using sugar.
11岁的西蒙卡西克马兰达注意到他的父母已经停止用糖 。
So he decided to see how different sweeteners affect the health of fruit flies.
所以他决定研究不同甜味剂会对果蝇的健康产生多大影响 。
He and his dad, a card-carrying biologist, offered the flies food spiked with a variety of no-cal sweeteners.
他和他的生物学家父亲喂食果蝇各种无热量的甜味剂 。
Six days into the experiment all the Truvia-fed flies were dead, while those stuck with Sweet-n-low, Splenda or Equal lived five to seven weeks.
经过6天的实验,Truvia 甜味剂造成果蝇全部死亡,而Sweet-n-low, Splenda 及Equal等甜味剂可以使得果蝇存活5-7周 。
Why Truvia makes flies drop like flies is still a mystery.
为什么Truvia 甜味剂能使果蝇大量死亡,这仍然是一个迷 。
Back in the lab, the researchers confirmed that the bugs weren't starving: they all continued to eat.
回到实验室,研究人员证实这些苍蝇并不饥饿,却一直在吃 。
Most actually seemed to prefer Truvia to real sugar when offered a choice, findings published in the journal PLOS One.
在《公共科学图书馆综合》杂志发表的这项研究称比起真正的糖,果蝇实际上更喜欢Truvia 甜味剂 。
Next, the researchers will see if the sweetener kills other bugs, like cockroaches or ants.
研究人员们接下来将继续研究这种甜味剂是否可以杀死像蟑螂,蚂蚁类的其他害虫 。
Until then, try tossing a little Truvia in your coffee, and on the counter.
如果可以的话,到时候你只要在咖啡里或者柜子上放点甜味剂就可以了 。
词语解释
1.want to 想要做;想要…
I want to insure my house.
我要为自己的住宅保险 。
We want to be quite clear on this point.
关于这一点,我们要完全弄清 。
2.decide to 决定
What if I decide to have sex?
如果我决定要开始性生活呢?
It all depends on what you decide to believe.
这一切都取决于你决定要相信什么 。
3.continue to 继续
At the moment, we continue to do what we do.
目前我们会继续做我们应该做的 。
The answer to the question of/whether we should continue to hold the meeting as planned depends in part on when the epidemic disease is curbed.
问题的答案在于,我们是否可以继续按计划举行会议,部分地取决于什么时候那种传染病会得到控制 。
4.seem to 似乎,好象
Some people seem to be always lucky.
有些人似乎从来都是幸运的 。
I seem to see someone going into my house.
我好像看见有人走进了我的家 。