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　　This is Scienfic America 60 second sience, I'm Sufie Bushweic. Got a minute?That spoon sure looks yammy, not that I'm planning on eating my utensils¹. But the appearance and feel of caloriy influences the taste of foods,that's according to a study in the journal Flavour. It was already known that placeside, background music and even lighting² can influence eating habit. In order to find the effect of colory, researchers served food with utensils of different weights, colors and shapes. When volenteer ate youghert from lighter³ spoons, they rated their tastes as denser⁴ and more expensive.

　　Spoon color was important as well.A blue spoon makes white yoghurt taste less salty than the same yoghurt dyed pink, and a black spoons makes both yoghurt taste less sweet. Researchers also fed subjects chatter⁵ cheese. Cheese in knife taste makes saltier than in fork, spoon and toothpick, clearly outside things had a huge influence on how thins taste and ** eating habit, which make color your next of your aesthetic⁶ of at your dinner party.

　　Thanks for the minute for Scienfic America 60 second sience, I'm Sufie Bushweic.

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1 utensils
器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )；器物
参考例句：
Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass. 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。 Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

2 lighting
n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光
参考例句：
The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。 The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

3 lighter
n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级
参考例句：
The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。 The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

4 denser
adj. 不易看透的, 密集的, 浓厚的, 愚钝的
参考例句：
The denser population necessitates closer consolidation both for internal and external action. 住得日益稠密的居民，对内和对外都不得不更紧密地团结起来。来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源 As Tito entered the neighbourhood of San Martino, he found the throng rather denser. 蒂托走近圣马丁教堂附近一带时，发现人群相当密集。

5 chatter
vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战
参考例句：
Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。 I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。

6 aesthetic
adj.美学的，审美的，有美感
参考例句：
My aesthetic standards are quite different from his.我的审美标准与他的大不相同。 The professor advanced a new aesthetic theory.那位教授提出了新的美学理论。