2019高考英语最新阅读作文新闻素材课件：不显示数字的体重秤(共14张PPT)

不显示数字的体重秤有助于减肥？ 1 The scale of the future does not have numbers or dials. It won’t even tell you how much you weigh. It doesn’t have a screen to display your weight because, if you ask behavioral economist at Duke University Dan Ariely, weight is a metric(度量标准) of the past. 未来的体重秤没有数字和表盘，不会告诉你有多重，甚至它连显示体重的屏幕都没有。如果你想知道原因的话，杜克大学的行为经济学家Dan Ariely会告诉你，体重只是一个关于过去的测量数值。 scale [skeɪl] n. 天平 dial ['daɪəl] n. 刻度盘；钟面 Ariely has spent his career researching the invisible machinery(机制) of human choice: why we neglect to save money for things we need we know, why we lie to our friends, and to ourselves. Ariely一直致力于探求人们决策过程的不可见机制：为什么我们会忘记为那些必需品存钱，为什么我们会欺骗朋友、欺骗自己。 invisible [ɪn'vɪzɪb(ə)l] adj. 无形的，看不见的；不显眼的，暗藏的 neglect [nɪ'ɡlekt] vt. 疏忽，忽视；忽略 3 Most scales remind people of the shame, regret, and self-disgust they feel when they step onto one. 当普通体重秤上的数值又上升一格时，人们会感到羞愧、后悔和自我厌弃。 disgust [dɪs'ɡʌst] n. 厌恶，嫌恶 4 “It’s incredibly confusing and demotivating(使失去动力的),” says Ariely. “So we said, ‘OK, let’s reth