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　　You can catch more flies with honey than withvinegar.

　　比起用醋，你可能用蜂蜜会抓到更多的苍蝇。

　　But if you want to kill them, you might try Truvia.

　　但是如果你想置它们于死地，你可以试试Truvia。

　　Because a new study shows that the activeingredient in this popular sweetener can act as aninsecticide.

　　因为一项新的研究表明，这种流行的甜味剂中的有效成分可以用于杀虫。

　　The study began as a sixth-grade science-fair project.

　　这项研究最初是作为小学6年级的科学展项目。

　　Eleven-year-old Simon Kaschock-Marenda noticed that his parents had stopped using sugar.

　　11岁的西蒙卡西克马兰达注意到他的父母已经停止用糖。

　　So he decided to see how different sweeteners affect the health of fruit flies.

　　所以他决定研究不同甜味剂会对果蝇的健康产生多大影响。

　　He and his dad, a card-carrying biologist, offered the flies food spiked with a variety of no-calsweeteners.

　　他和他的生物学家父亲喂食果蝇各种无热量的甜味剂。

　　Six days into the experiment all the Truvia-fed flies were dead, while those stuck with Sweet-n-low, Splenda or Equal lived five to seven weeks.

　　经过6天的实验，Truvia 甜味剂造成果蝇全部死亡，而Sweet-n-low, Splenda 及Equal等甜味剂可以使得果蝇存活5-7周。

　　Why Truvia makes flies drop like flies is still a mystery.

　　为什么Truvia 甜味剂能使果蝇大量死亡，这仍然是一个迷。

　　Back in the lab, the researchers confirmed that the bugs weren't starving: they all continuedto eat.

　　回到实验室，研究人员证实这些苍蝇并不饥饿，却一直在吃。

　　Most actually seemed to prefer Truvia to real sugar when offered a choice, findings published inthe journal PLOS One.

　　在《公共科学图书馆综合》杂志发表的这项研究称比起真正的糖，果蝇实际上更喜欢Truvia 甜味剂。

　　Next, the researchers will see if the sweetener kills other bugs, like cockroaches or ants.

　　研究人员们接下来将继续研究这种甜味剂是否可以杀死像蟑螂，蚂蚁类的其他害虫。

　　Until then, try tossing a little Truvia in your coffee, and on the counter.

　　如果可以的话，到时候你只要在咖啡里或者柜子上放点甜味剂就可以了。

　　词语解释

　　1.want to 想要做;想要…

　　I want to insure my house.

　　我要为自己的住宅保险。

　　We want to be quite clear on this point.

　　关于这一点，我们要完全弄清。

　　2.decide to 决定

　　What if I decide to have sex?

　　如果我决定要开始性生活呢?

　　It all depends on what you decide to believe.

　　这一切都取决于你决定要相信什么。

　　3.continue to 继续

　　At the moment, we continue to do what we do.

　　目前我们会继续做我们应该做的。

　　The answer to the question of/whether we should continue to hold the meeting as planneddepends in part on when the epidemic disease is curbed.

　　问题的答案在于，我们是否可以继续按计划举行会议，部分地取决于什么时候那种传染病会得到控制。

　　4.seem to 似乎，好象

　　Some people seem to be always lucky.

　　有些人似乎从来都是幸运的。

　　I seem to see someone going into my house.

　　我好像看见有人走进了我的家。

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