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Day 8
时间真快!
第一篇:阅读时间10分钟,总结14分钟
Core: Snack Mindfully
Excerpt:
The film was ahead of its time in 2004, for appetites are now insatiable for snacks that do you good.
It is a profitable time for a second helping.
A lot rests on the answer, since snacking has become such an integral part of modern eating.
Americans and the British are leading snackers but the trend towards eating several small meals instead of three big ones is global, if adapted to local tastes.
Hunger for healthy snacks has produced a cornucopia of unusual treats to pop in the mouth.
Snacking need not be pernicious — some studies have found that there are metabolic advantages to nibbling regularly through the day, rather than overindulging out of hunger at meal times.
But nor is it coincidence that a global increase in obesity has accompanied the rise of snacking.
Words:
nibble:啃,小口咬
pernicious:极其有害的;恶性的;恶劣的
cornucopia: 丰盛,大量
have a stake in sth: 对…有强烈的兴趣;与…有利害关系
confectionery: 甜食;糖果;巧克力
insatiable: 尤指欲望或需求)无法满足的,贪得无厌的
第二篇:阅读3分钟,总结9分钟
Core:
Factors behind the seemingly impossible conquest of the Aztec Empire
Excerpt:
Despite the Spanish advantages, the Aztecs probably could have succeeded in defending their capital city of Tenochtitlan had they leveraged their incredible population base to increase their army's size and ensured that no rogue cities would ally with Cortes.
Words:
topple: 使)倒下;(使)倒塌
animosity: 仇恨;敌意;憎恶
envoy: 使者;使节;代表
rogue: 异常的;行为失常的;常制造麻烦的
thwart: 反对;阻挠;挫败
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