一詞：驚了，看恐怖片可以減肥？

stimuli['stɪmjʊlaɪ] 

n. （stimulus的複數）刺激

Thanks to the research done by the University of Westminster in the UK, we now know that people who watch horror films are enjoying a frightening number of positive side-effects.

多虧了英國威斯敏斯特大學的研究，我們現在知道了看恐怖電影的人能享受大量的積極副作用。

The university had survey participants watch scary films and monitored their heart rate, oxygen intake and output of carbon dioxide. 

這所大學讓調查參與者看恐怖電影並監控他們的心率、氧氣吸入量以及二氧化碳排出量。

Researchers found that the scary stimuli caused participants’ bodies to release adrenaline which triggers the nervous system’s fight or flight response.

研究員發現恐怖的刺激導致參與者的身體釋放腎上腺素，這能觸發神經系統的戰鬥或逃跑反應。

The researchers hypothesise that when this response is triggered the body starts burning fat stores for energy while also releasing blood sugar. 

研究員假定，當觸發這種反應時，身體開始燃燒儲存的脂肪以便產生能量，同時產生血糖。

It also forces your body to increase your metabolism, which helps your body burn sugar without the need for oxygen. The result is more calories burnt, and your mood is markedly better.

這也能使身體加快新陳代謝，幫助身體無需氧氣消耗血糖。結果是消耗更多卡路里，顯著改善你的情緒。

Dr Richard Mackenzie, a metabolism specialist at the University of Westminster, told the Daily Mail “It is the release of fast-acting adrenaline, produced during short bursts of intense stress, or in this case, fear, which is known to lower the appetite, increase the basal metabolic rate and ultimately burn a higher level of calories."

理查德·麥肯齊博士是威斯敏斯特大學的新陳代謝專家，他告訴《每日郵報》，“在短暫集中的壓力下會產生快速作用的腎上腺素，在這種情況下，恐懼能減少食慾，增加基礎代謝率，最終消耗更多卡路里。”

The scarier the movie is, the more calories you’ll burn, and researchers surmise that you’ll burn the same amount of calories watching a horror film as you would on a 30 minute walk.

電影越恐怖，就能消耗越多卡路里。研究員推測，看一部恐怖電影消耗的卡路里約等於30分鐘走路消耗的卡路里。

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stimuli['stɪmjʊlaɪ] 

n. （stimulus的複數）刺激

Interest rates could fall soon and be a stimulus to the US economy. 

利率可能很快就會降低，從而刺激美國經濟。

At this age, the infant begins to react more to visual stimuli. 

到了這個年齡段，嬰兒開始對視覺刺激有了更多的反應。