Sayingnostartssmall'Allrightthen-justonemorepiece…'Wordseverygirlhassaidwhentheyarefacedwiththedeliciouscheesecake.Ofcoursemanyofusknowwemayeatthewholethingintheend.Itisn'tjustgirls.Mostofusfindithardt

　　Sayingnostartssmall

　　'Allrightthen-justonemorepiece…'Wordseverygirlhassaidwhentheyarefacedwiththedeliciouscheesecake.Ofcoursemanyofusknowwemayeatthewholethingintheend.

　　Itisn'tjustgirls.Mostofusfindithardtosay'no'tosomethingattractiveHoweverscientistsnowsaythatwillpowerisveryimportanttosuccessandahappylife.

　　Scientistsindifferentcountrieshavebeenstudyingtheeffectsofwillpoweronpeople'slivesforalongtime.TheresultsaresimilaraccordingtoanarticleonFebruary7intheGuardianafamousBritishnewspaper.

　　Inoneexperimentscientiststoldyoungchildrenthattheycouldeitherhaveamarshmallow(圆形软糖)nowortwomarshmallowsin15minutes.Waitingobviouslyneededmorewillpower.Scientiststhencontinuedstudyingthechildrenastheygrewup.Theywantedtoseeifsomechildrenalwayshadstrongerwillpower.Theyalsowantedtoseehowhavingstrongerwillpoweraffectedtheirlives.

　　Yearslaterscientistsfoundthatthechildrenwhohadwaitedfortwomarshmallowswereallhealthierhappierandricheradults.Oppositelythechildrenwhohadshownweakerwillpoweratthatyoungageweremorelikelytobeinlow-paidjobstobeoverweighttohavesocialproblems.

　　ButthereishopeRoyFBaumeisteranAmericansocialpsychology(心理学)professor(教授)toldtheGuardian.Baumeistersayswecantrainourwillpowerjustlikewetrainourmuscles. Evenalittlepracticecanstrengthenouroverallself-controlifwedoitregularly.

　　Youcouldstartbymakingyourselfstandupstraightspeakingincompletesentencesorusingacomputermousewiththeotherhand.Scientistshavefoundthatpeoplewhomanagetochangelittlehabitsoftenperformmuchbetterinlaboratorywillpowertests.

　　Likemuscleswillpowercan'gettired'.Don'ttrytodotoomanythingsatthesametimeorwhenyoudon'thaveenoughenergyforexamplewhenyouareill. Ifyoualreadyfeeltiredyoucantrytorecharge(恢复)yourwillpowerwithagoodnight'ssleepandbyeatingwell.

　　1.Theexampleofagirleatingcheesecakeisusedto_______.

　　A.provethatgirlshaveweakwillpower

　　B.introducethetopicofwillpowertothereaders

　　C.showthatcheesecakeisespeciallyattract