科学美国人60秒 讨厌西兰花可能与你的基因有关

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.

这里是科学美国人——60秒科学系列，我是克里斯托弗·因塔格里塔。

If you have heart disease, your doctor might tell you, eat more vegetables. A tactic¹ that has limited success.

如果你患有心脏病，医生可能会告诉你多吃蔬菜。但这种策略的效果有限。

"Getting people to change their diets is actually pretty hard. These are lessons I would give over and over again.

“让人们改变饮食相当困难。这是我一遍又一遍传授地经验。

And I would think, 'Why is this so hard to do?'"

我会思考，为什么这如此艰难？”

Jennifer L. Smith is a nurse researcher at the University of Kentucky

肯塔基大学的护理研究员詹妮弗·L·史密斯说到，

who now has a preliminary answer about why change is so hard: it might depend on your genes².

她现在对改变如此艰难的原因有了初步答案：这可能取决于你的基因。

Specifically, whether or not you're genetically³ predisposed to perceive bitterness—and therefore bitter veggies.

具体来说，即你的基因是否易于感知苦味，能否接受苦味蔬菜。

1 tactic   

n.战略，策略；adj.战术的，有策略的

参考例句：

• Reducing prices is a common sales tactic.降价是常用的销售策略。
• She had often used the tactic of threatening to resign.她惯用以辞职相威胁的手法。

2 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

3 genetically   

adv.遗传上

参考例句：

• All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
• Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物