Sayingnostartssmall'Allrightthen-justonemorepiece…'Wordseverygirlhassaidwhentheyarefacedwiththedeliciouscheesecake.Ofcoursemanyofusknowwemayeatthewholethingintheend.Itisn'tjustgirls.Mostofusfindithardt
Sayingnostartssmall
'Allrightthen-justonemorepiece…'Wordseverygirlhassaidwhentheyarefacedwiththedeliciouscheesecake.Ofcoursemanyofusknowwemayeatthewholethingintheend.
Itisn'tjustgirls.Mostofusfindithardtosay'no'tosomethingattractiveHoweverscientistsnowsaythatwillpowerisveryimportanttosuccessandahappylife.
Scientistsindifferentcountrieshavebeenstudyingtheeffectsofwillpoweronpeople'slivesforalongtime.TheresultsaresimilaraccordingtoanarticleonFebruary7intheGuardianafamousBritishnewspaper.
Inoneexperimentscientiststoldyoungchildrenthattheycouldeitherhaveamarshmallow(圆形软糖)nowortwomarshmallowsin15minutes.Waitingobviouslyneededmorewillpower.Scientiststhencontinuedstudyingthechildrenastheygrewup.Theywantedtoseeifsomechildrenalwayshadstrongerwillpower.Theyalsowantedtoseehowhavingstrongerwillpoweraffectedtheirlives.
Yearslaterscientistsfoundthatthechildrenwhohadwaitedfortwomarshmallowswereallhealthierhappierandricheradults.Oppositelythechildrenwhohadshownweakerwillpoweratthatyoungageweremorelikelytobeinlow-paidjobstobeoverweighttohavesocialproblems.
ButthereishopeRoyFBaumeisteranAmericansocialpsychology(心理学)professor(教授)toldtheGuardian.Baumeistersayswecantrainourwillpowerjustlikewetrainourmuscles. Evenalittlepracticecanstrengthenouroverallself-controlifwedoitregularly.
Youcouldstartbymakingyourselfstandupstraightspeakingincompletesentencesorusingacomputermousewiththeotherhand.Scientistshavefoundthatpeoplewhomanagetochangelittlehabitsoftenperformmuchbetterinlaboratorywillpowertests.
Likemuscleswillpowercan'gettired'.Don'ttrytodotoomanythingsatthesametimeorwhenyoudon'thaveenoughenergyforexamplewhenyouareill. Ifyoualreadyfeeltiredyoucantrytorecharge(恢复)yourwillpowerwithagoodnight'ssleepandbyeatingwell.
1.Theexampleofagirleatingcheesecakeisusedto_______.
A.provethatgirlshaveweakwillpower
B.introducethetopicofwillpowertothereaders
C.showthatcheesecakeisespeciallyattract