四级The secret to eating less and being happy about it may have been cracked years ago—by McDonald's.

少吃多开心的秘诀可能早在几年前就被麦当劳破解了。

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四级According to a new study from Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, small nonfood rewards—like the toys in McDonald's Happy Meals—stimulate the same reward centers in the brain as food does.

根据康奈尔大学食品和品牌实验室的一项新研究，像麦当劳快乐餐中的玩具这样的小的非食品奖励会刺激大脑中与食物相同的奖励中心。

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考研Such a move could affect firms such as McDonald's, which sponsors the youth coaching scheme run by the Football Association.

这一举措可能会影响到麦当劳等公司，后者赞助了由足球协会运营的青年教练计划。

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四级A new study finds that McDonald's posted its slowest drive-through times since this survey was first conducted 15 years ago.

一项新的研究发现，麦当劳发布了自15年前首次进行此项调查以来最慢的乘车时间。

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四级And McDonald's wasn't alone in slowing down: Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down.

麦当劳并不是唯一一家放慢速度的连锁店：其他连锁店也看到他们的直通车业绩放缓。

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四级At McDonald's, customers will spend on average 3 minutes and 9 seconds from the time they place their orders until they receive their food.

在麦当劳，顾客从下订单到收到食物的平均时间为3分9秒。

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四级Speed, of course, is essential to the drive-through experience, and drive-throughs are hugely important to chains such as McDonald's, Burger king and Taco Bell.

当然，速度对于直通车体验至关重要，而直通车对于麦当劳、汉堡王和塔可钟等连锁店来说非常重要。

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四级According to a new study from Cornell University's Food and BrandLab, small nonfood rewards—like the toys in McDonald's Happy Meals—stimulate the same reward centers in the brain as food does.

根据康奈尔大学食品和品牌实验室的一项新研究，像麦当劳快乐餐中的玩具这样的小的非食品奖励会刺激大脑中与食物相同的奖励中心。

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四级It has proved to be key to McDonald's business success.

事实证明，这是麦当劳业务成功的关键。

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四级Reducing food intake is not that difficult if people go to McDonald's more.

如果人们更多地去麦当劳，减少食物摄入并不是那么困难。

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四级More fast food restaurants are likely to follow McDonald's example.

更多的快餐店可能会效仿麦当劳。

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考研But senior medical figures want to stop fast-food outlets opening near schools, restrict advertising of products high in fat, salt or sugar, and limit sponsorship of sports events by fast-food producers such as McDonald's.

但资深医学人士希望阻止在学校附近开设快餐店，限制高脂肪、高盐或高糖产品的广告，并限制麦当劳等快餐生产商赞助体育赛事。

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六级Other American companies profiting from this trend include McDonald’s and IBM.

其他从这一趋势中获利的美国公司包括麦当劳和IBM。

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四级Chains such as KFC, McDonald’s and Pizza Hut are setting a new standard of customer service, using strict employee training and constant monitoring to ensure the friendliness of frontline staff.

肯德基、麦当劳和必胜客等连锁店正在制定新的客户服务标准，通过严格的员工培训和持续的监控来确保一线员工的友好。

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四级Critics even complain that McDonald’s, whose logo symbolises calorie excess, should not have been allowed to sponsor the World Cup.

批评者甚至抱怨，麦当劳的标志象征着卡路里过量，不应该被允许赞助世界杯。

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四级Same-store sales in America at McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food company, did not decline throughout the downturn.

全球最大的快餐公司麦当劳在美国的同店销售额在整个经济低迷时期都没有下降。

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四级McDonald’s started selling better coffee as a challenge to Starbucks.

作为对星巴克的挑战，麦当劳开始销售更好的咖啡。

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四级McDonald’s will start selling porridge (粥）in America next year.

麦当劳将开始卖粥(粥）明年在美国。

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四级Walt Riker of McDonald’s claims the change it has made in its menu means it offers more healthy items than it did a few years ago.

麦当劳的Walt Riker声称，它对菜单的改变意味着它提供了比几年前更多的健康食品。

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四级But the recent proposal by a county in California to ban McDonald’s from including toys in its high-calorie "Happy Meals”, because legislators believe it attracts children to unhealthy food, suggests there is a lot more left to do.

但是，加利福尼亚州一个县最近提议禁止麦当劳在其高热量的“快乐餐”中加入玩具，因为立法者认为这会吸引儿童食用不健康的食物，这表明还有很多事情要做。

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四级The secret to eating less and being happy about it may have been cracked years ago—by McDonald’s.

少吃并为此感到快乐的秘诀可能早在几年前就被麦当劳破解了。

2016年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

四级According to a new study from Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab, small non-food rewards—like the toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals—stimulate the same reward centers in the brain as food does.

根据康奈尔大学食品与品牌实验室的一项新研究，小型非食品奖励——比如麦当劳快乐餐中的玩具——刺激大脑中与食物相同的奖励中心。

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