Sayingnostartssmall“Allrightthen—justonemorepiece...”Wordseverygirlhassaidwhentheyarefacedwiththedeliciouscheesecake.Ofcoursemanyofusknowwemayeatthewholethingintheend.Itisn’tjustgirls.Mostof

　　Sayingnostartssmall

　　“Allrightthen—justonemorepiece...”Wordseverygirlhassaidwhentheyarefacedwiththedeliciouscheesecake.Ofcoursemanyofusknowwemayeatthewholethingintheend.

　　Itisn’tjustgirls.Mostofusfindithardtosay“no”tosomethingattractive.Howeverscientistsnowsaythatwillpowerisveryimportanttosuccessandahappylife.

　　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（肌肉）.Evenalittlepracticecanstrengthen（加强）ouroverallself-controlifwedoitregularly.

　　Youcouldstartbymakingyourselfstandupstraightspeakingincompletesentencesorusingacomputermousewiththeotherhand.Scientistshavefoundthatpeoplewhomanagetochangelittlehabitsoftenperformmuchbetterinlaboratorywillpowertests.

　　Likemuscleswillpowercan“gettired”.Don’ttrytodotoomanythingsatthesametimeorwhenyoudon’thaveenoughenergyforexamplewhenyouareill.Ifyoualreadyfeeltiredyoucantrytorecharge(恢复)yourwillpowerwithagoodnight’ssleepandbyeatingwell.

　　【小题1】Theexampleofagirleatingcheesecakeisusedto

　　A．provethatgirlshaveweakwillpowerB．introducethetopicofwillpowertothereadersC．sh