【推荐1】A new study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School has found that climate-impact labeling on a sample fast food menu significantly influenced people’s food choices in favor of more climate-friendly items, such as vegetarian diet, chicken, or fish dishes.

The researchers enrolled over 5,000 online participants and presented them a sample menu resembling a fast food menu and asked them to choose a single item for a meal. While one group of participants received a menu with non-red meat items like salads or chicken sandwiches labeled “low climate impact”, another one received a menu with red meat items, such as beef burgers, labeled “high climate impact.” Finally, a third control group received a menu with QR codes on all items but no climate labels.

The analysis revealed that both the high and low climate-impact labels significantly reduced red meat selections compared to the control group. The high climate-impact labels had a strong effect, increasing non-beef choices by 23 percent compared to just 10 percent in the case of menus including low climate-impact labels.

“These results suggest that menu labeling, particularly labels warning that an item has high climate impact, can be an effective strategy for encouraging more sustainable food choices in a fast food setting,” said the study lead author Julia Wolfson, an associate professor in the Department of International Heath at the Bloomberg School.

Besides, participants were also asked to rate how healthy they believed the item they ordered was, and those who selected a more sustainable item perceived their choice to be healthier compared to those who selected a red meat item.

Since red meat consumption has been linked to a variety of health issues, including colorectal (结肠的) cancer and type 2 diabetes (糖尿病), the type of climate-impact labeling could prove highly effective in preventing illness. However, as the researchers warn, climate-impact labels may also have the unwanted side effect of making a choice seem healthier than it actually is.

“We look for labeling strategies that create ‘win-wins’ for promoting both more sustainable and healthier choices,” Wolfson concluded.

1. What is the finding of the study?

A．Red meat consumption is closely linked to climate labeling.

B．Climate-impact labels are gaining popularity worldwide.

C．Climate-impact labeling influences people’s food selection.

D．Menu labeling contributes to less sustainable food choices.

2. How did the researchers conduct the research?

A．By citing examples.

B．By group experimenting.

C．By providing explanations.

D．By analyzing cause and effect.

3. What does the underlined word “perceived” mean in Paragraph 5?

A．Detected.

B．Required.

C．Urged.

D．Considered.

4. What’s the researchers’ attitude towards climate-impact labeling?

A．Skeptical.

B．Objective.

C．Tolerant.

D．Conservative.

【推荐2】When you are communicating, you spend nearly 60 % of your time listening to other people, but most people only absorb 25 % of what they hear.     1    

Be more present.

Do you find yourself looking at your phone or following a TV show during a conversation with a family member or a friend?     2     You might think you are listening, even if you aren’t looking at the person, but the chances are that your attention is more divided.

Be more inter active.

Being a good listener doesn’t just mean you only let the other person speak.     3     Allow your questions to take the conversation forward and to leave enough room for the person to continue talking — you don’t want to hurry or pressure the person into saying anything.

Train your emotional intelligence.

The way you are able to manage your own emotions influences your ability to listen to other people.     4     Learn to understand your own emotions, both the negative and positive feelings and be aware of your reactions when you are listening to someone. Emotional intelligence is especially important when you are listening to a critique (批评). You can’t let your emotions rule too much and even when you get emotional.

Make note of the conversation.

    5     What have you and the other person got out of it? Make a note of the conversation, perhaps even list the key points as you are developing your listening skills. This not only helps you remember the discussion longer, but it also can teach you a lot about yourself and help you further improve your listening as well as communication skills as a whole.

A．Listen to another person.

B．And the good news is that you can train it.

C．You also need to ask meaningful questions.

D．What is the key message of the last discussion?

E．Listening is not the same as waiting for your turn to talk.

F．These absence of attention can have much big consequences.

G．So how can you listen more and become the person people want to talk to?

【推荐3】Tips for Trying New Foods

If you’re traveling to another country or even another city and are unfamiliar(不熟悉)with the food there, the following can help you have a good food experience.

Talk to people living there. One of the best ways to discover a new favorite is to talk to the people who live there. Ask your hotel workers or a family there which restaurants they would go to, not just which they would recommend (推荐).     1    

Read reviews on the Internet.     2     Mobile apps allow customers of restaurants to upload reviews even before they have paid the check. This can be a useful tool for you if you are heading out to eat in some places you have never visited before.

    3     Thanks to sites like Instagram and Pinterest, it’ s never been easier to find new dishes. Online search is a great way to find actual dishes. Blogs and websites are of course another great way to find unusual dishes.

Be brave to try with new ingredients(配料).Don’t be afraid of unfamiliar ingredients.     4     One way is to choose a dish you are familiar with that has a new ingredient. For example, if you love pizza but have never tried goat cheese, choosing it as a topping can allow you to try a new ingredient without eating a lot of it.

    5     Sometimes you just have to let down your guard and try something that you think you might not like. A good way is to always try everything, just like you encourage children to do when they first start eating and trying new things. You may be surprised how many things you enjoy when trying different food.

A．Just go for it.

B．There are a lot of ways to try them.

C．Look at as many travel guides as possible.

D．Seek out new recipes (食谱)on social media.

E．Few things travel faster than word of mouth online.

F．Generally, those are where they think tourists want to go.

G．New foods can be found as close as just a few towns away.