本篇文章是与美式早餐有关的，属于科普知识。慢速英语，语速正常。可以作为口译入门或基础英语听力口语听写的素材。大家快来挑战自己吧！
The first habit that we’re going to talk about may come as a surprise for the majority of you.
我们要说的第一个习惯可能会让大多数人感到惊讶。
For decades now, the ideal American breakfast consisted mainly of high carbohydrate foods like cereals, pancakes and oatmeal, paired along with something like orange juice or milk.
几十年来，理想的美式早餐主要包括高碳水化合物食物，如谷物、煎饼和燕麦片，搭配橙汁或牛奶。
Now the argument for this is that carbs provide you with energy and having a lot of them for breakfast allows you to function properly throughout the day. Yes and no.
早餐这么吃是因为碳水化合物可以为你提供能量，早餐吃大量的碳水化合物可以让你一天都正常运转。这么说对，但也不对。
See studies have actually found that calorie dense foods do in fact provide a spike in willpower.
研究发现，高热量的食物的确能增强人的意志力。
For those of you that don’t know what willpower is, it’s basically a finite resource that we have.
什么是意志力呢？它本质上是我们拥有的一种有限资源。
Think of it as a battery that allows us to do things throughout the day.
我们把它想象成一块电池，让我们一整天都能精力充沛。
The lower your levels, the harder it is for us to do the things that we know we should be doing like our homework or going to the gym.
意志力水平越低，我们就越难去做那些应该做的事情，比如完成作业或健身。
So it’s very important but what studies have found is that although foods that are high in carbohydrates increase your willpower,
所以意志力是非常重要的，但研究发现，尽管碳水高的食物会增强你的意志力，
they only do so for a short period of time and this is mainly because our body digests these foods rather quickly.
这类食物也只能是短时间内维持，这主要是因为我们的身体消化这些食物的速度非常快。
So sure if you stick to standard American breakfast you’ll feel great for an hour too but soon after your levels of willpower will drop dramatically and you will start feeling a bit lazy.
所以，如果你坚持吃标准的美式早餐，吃完的一两个小时会充满能量，但不久之后，你的意志力会大幅下降，开始变得懒惰
And this isn’t the only side effect.
这并不是唯一的副作用。
Things like anxiety and your mood are also connected with your current level of willpower.
焦虑和心情等也与你当前的意志力水平有关。
解析在这里哦！
1. majority，名词，表示“多数”，比如：She was elected by a narrow majority.（她以微弱多数当选。）
2. oatmeal，名词，表示“燕麦片”，比如：Oatmeal is a good second best.（燕麦片是不错的第二选择。）
3. carbohydrate，名词，表示“碳水化合物”，比如：carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, or potatoes（含碳水化合物的食物，如面包、意大利面或马铃薯）。
4. side effect，名词词组，表示“副作用”，比如：Many anti-drugs now in use have toxic side effects.（目前使用的很多抗癌药都有毒性副作用。）
