美黑是會上癮的英文文章欣賞
研究人員選取了兩份用于評定人們是否酗酒、是否有物質相關性障礙的問卷模板，內容則換成美黑相關。例如：“你是否在美黑的同時計劃減少美黑時間？”
然后，研究人員對數(shù)百名本科生進行了該問卷調查，這些學生平均每年要去美黑沙龍23次。想知道結果么？結果就是，他們當中有50人（相當于參與調查總人數(shù)的'1/5）符合有美黑癮的標準。同時，這些人還表現(xiàn)出焦慮的癥狀，因此他們吸毒、酗酒的可能性極大。研究人員指出，美黑燈誘惑你的方式和毒品如出一轍，同伴的誘導作用就包含其中。
Scientists have finally verified something that Jersey Shore stars Snooki and Pauly D have probably known all along—that getting your bronze on at the tanning salon may be addictive. And the more often you tan, the more likely you are to get hooked, according to a study in the Archives of Dermatology. [Catherine Mosher and Sharon Danoff-Burg, http://bit.ly/bulE8u]
The researchers started with two questionnaires commonly used to assess patients for alcohol abuse and substance-related disorders. But they modified the questions to focus on indoor tanning habits. For example: "Do you try to cut down on the time you spend in tanning beds or booths but find yourself still tanning?"
Then they gave those surveys to a couple hundred undergrads who fake'n'bake, on average, 23 times a year. The result? Fifty students, or about a fifth of those surveyed, met the authors' criteria for addiction to indoor tanning. This group also reported greater symptoms of anxiety, and were more likely to use drugs and alcohol. The investigators say drugs and tanning lamps might hook you through similar means, including peer pressure.
As for Snooki, it may be time for an intervention. When asked how she would change the world if she could, she said, “I would put tanning beds in everybody's homes."
—Christopher Intagliata
1.verify['verifai] vt. 查證，核實
The truth verified the allegations.
事實證明了這些說法。
2.bronze adj. 青銅色的
3.tan[t?n] n. 黝黑，棕褐色 v. 曬黑，鞣(革)，使曬成棕褐色 adj. 棕褐色的
Jane tanned quickly in the sun.
簡在太陽下很快就曬黑了。
4.archive['ɑ:kaiv] n. 檔案，檔案館 vt. 存檔
5.questionnaire n. 調查表
We gave them some questionnaires for collecting data.
為了收集數(shù)據(jù)我們發(fā)給他們一些調查表。
6.modify v. 修改，修飾，更改
He'll have to modify his views if he wants to be elected.
他要想當選就得把觀點改得緩和些。
7.criteria npl. 標準，尺度 =criterions
Success in making money is not always a good criterion of success in life.
能掙錢并不一定是衡量人生幸福的可靠標準。
8.intervention n. 插入，介入，調停
His intervention brought their quarrel to a climax.
他一干預使他們的口角達到最激烈程度。
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