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今日主題：Food politics in America--Popped (美國的食品政策—砰的出現)

童鞋們，快來上英聽課了哦~~

今日主題：Class on stage--Charlie and the aspiration factory (社會舞臺上的社會階層--查理和巧克力工廠)

今日主題：Some Coral Should Produce Shells In Acid Ocean

✦ 火星簡介：

經典電影《終極追殺令》(英文原名Leon)中有這麼一個場景：

奧斯卡·王爾德（Oscar Wilde，1854-1900），最偉大的作家與藝術家之一，以其劇作、詩歌、童話和小說聞名。此外，廣為流傳的還有他的毒舌。不如來幾句王爾德金句？
　　
✪ It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

☼☼☼　如何實現新年目標，心理學家給你答案　☼☼☼
⇨How to keep your New Year's resolutions, according to science⇦
　　
✽ Learn Spanish? Finally quit smoking? Become a better cook? Whatever you've decided to achieve next year, you know all too well that you're probably going to fail, and that list of beautiful, aspirational goals is staying unfulfilled. Sorry.
想要學好西班牙語？下定決心徹底戒煙？希望廚藝有所進步？不管來年的目標是什麼，你再清楚不過了，這些目標很可能都不會實現。那一個個懷揣著美好希望和滿腔鬥志的目標終究還是“目標”，無法實現。多麼遺憾！
✽ For this very reason some people forgo making any resolutions altogether, so we're here to help - this year you might actually have a chance, with help from a few tricks of the mind.
正因如此，一些人乾脆打消了制定目標的念頭。但不用著急，本文會和大家分享幾個“小竅門”，讓實現目標成為可能。
✽ British psychologist Richard Wiseman has done several surveys on willpower - in 2007 he tracked the success of 3,000 people's New Year's resolutions, only to find that a mere 12 percent of them managed to achieve what they had set out to do. He looked into what the successful people were doing differently, and, based on their experience, devised a list of tips for others who want to stop failing miserably.
英國心理學家理查·懷斯曼做過很多關於意志力的調查。2007年，他對3000人進行了追蹤調查，統計他們新年目標的實現情況，結果僅有12%的人完成了自己之前制定的目標。他又對成功實現目標的人做了進一步調查，發現了一些與眾不同的方法，最後他通過實驗得出了幾條建議，來説明那些一度無法實現目標的人。
✽ Before we get into the list, it turns out the number one thing to stop relying on is your own willpower - that's basically the worst approach to keeping a resolution, and is the reason why so many of us never start exercising more, continue eating all that fried chicken, and still can't speak a word of French.
在學習這些“竅門”之前，你要意識到無法實現目標的“罪魁禍首”就是依賴於意志力，這可以說是最差勁的辦法。想想你為什麼無法加強鍛煉，無法抗拒炸雞的誘惑，無法說出一句法語，癥結就在於此吧。
✽ What should you be doing instead? As Wiseman explained on his blog back in 2013, your goals should be small and manageable, you should document your success, tell others about your intentions, and, importantly, not beat yourself up for failing. Here’s the complete list of Wiseman’s advice:
那麼，你應該怎麼做呢？早在2013年懷斯曼就在博客上給出了答案：目標不必太大，要在能力範圍內，而且應該記錄下目標實現的過程，告訴別人你要做什麼，最重要的是，不要被失敗擊倒。下面是懷斯曼給出的十大建議：
　　
① If possible, make only one resolution - changing a lot of things at once is more difficult.
　盡可能只制定一個目標。一次性做太多改變是相當困難的。

童鞋們，快來上英聽課了哦~~