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1 According to a recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research, both the size and consumption habits of our eating companions can influence our food intake.
根据《消费者研究杂志》最近的一项研究，和我们一起吃饭的同伴的饭量和消费习惯会影响我们的食物摄入量。
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And contrary to existing research that says you should avoid eating with heavier people who order large portions(份), it’s the beanpoles瘦长之人 with big appetites you really need to avoid.
以前的研究认为：你应该避免和大食量的肥胖之人一起吃饭。正好相反，最近的研究表明：你应该避免和大食量的瘦长之人一起吃饭。
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2 To test the effect of social influence on eating habits, the researchers conducted two experiments. In the first, 95 undergraduate women were individually invited into a lab to ostensibly(表面上) participate in a study about movie viewership.
为了验证社会因素（影响）对饮食习惯的影响，研究人员进行了两次实验。第一次实验有95名女在校大学生被一个个地（一次一个人）邀请进入实验室，参与一个表面上是关于电影收视率的调查研究。
undergraduate在读大学生n，individually个别地ad，participate参加v，viewership收视率n
Before the film began, each woman was asked to help herself to a snack. An actor hired by the researchers grabbed her food first. In her natural state, the actor weighed 105 pounds.
电影开始之前，每个女大学生都被要求吃点零食。研究人员雇佣了一名演员（自然状态下真实的体重是105磅，坐在实验者的旁边）。每次实验，她总是抢先急不可待地抓起食物就吃。
snack小吃n
But in half the cases she wore a specially designed fat suit which increased her weight to 180 pounds.
但有一半情况下，该演员穿着一件经过特别设计的脂肪套装，把她的体重增加到180磅。
suit（同一料子的）一套外衣n
3 Both the fat and thin versions of the actor took a large amount of food. The participants followed suit, taking more food than they normally would have. However, they took significantly more when the actor was thin.
实验时胖版演员和瘦版演员都吃了大量的食物。所有实验对象也都跟风照做了（吃的食物比她们平时都要多）。然而，和瘦版演员一起吃饭的实验对象会花更多的钱（比和胖版演员一起吃饭）。
version版本n，follow suit跟风v
4 For the second test, in one case the thin actor took two pieces of candy from the snack bowls. In the other case, she took 30 pieces.
在第二次测试中，瘦版演员有一回从零食碗里拿了2块糖，又有一回拿了30块糖。
snack小吃n
The results were similar to the first test: the participants followed suit but took significantly more candy when the thin actor took 30 pieces.
结果与第一次测试相似，参与者们也跟风照做了，但当瘦版演员吃了30块糖果时，参与者们却吃了多得多的糖果（比第一次测试）。
significantly意味深长地/重大地/非常ad
5 The tests show that the social environment is extremely influential when we’re making decisions. If this fellow participant is going to eat more, so will I. Call it the “I’ll have what she’s having” effect. However, we’ll adjust the influence.
测试表明，社会环境对我们饭量的大小有很大的影响。如果你旁边吃饭的人打算多吃一点，我也会多吃一点，我们称之为“她吃什么我吃什么”效应。但是，我们要改变/调整这种影响。
social社会的a，extremely极其ad，influential有影响的/有说服力的a，participant参加者n
If an overweight person is having a large portion, I’ll hold back a bit because I see the results of his eating habits. But if a thin person eats a lot, I’ll follow suit. If he can eat much and keep slim, why can’t I?
如果我旁边吃饭的胖子吃的分量很大，我会会稍微控制一点，因为我看到了他的滥吃的习惯的后果。但如果我旁边吃饭的瘦子吃得很多，我也会这么做。他可以吃得多但保持苗条，为什么我就不能呢?
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