他们会共用勺子喝汤，会把面包或手指在盛着肉汁的碗里蘸。
They would use shared spoons to eat soup and would dip bread or their fingers into serving bowls of gravy.
在他所做的一个实验中，他让一组事先毫不知情的参与者喝汤，同时不断地从碗底部给他们添汤。
In one experiment, he had unsuspecting subjects eat soup from bowls that continually refilled from the bottom.
但他们只是用它们来喝汤或当食物很难拿起时。
But they only use them for soup or when the food is difficult to pick up.
其实，理想的状态是：我们不挑老外“这里喝汤静悄悄”的理，他们也不挑我们吃面条“此处有声胜无声”的理。
In fact, the ideal situation is: we should not criticize the western principle to eat soup in silence. They should not criticize our way of eating noodles with noises as well.
他们发现，与那些饭前不喝汤的人相比，如果研究对象在午餐前先喝了一碗汤，他们这顿饭所摄入的总热量就会减少20%。
They found that when participants in the study ate a first course of soup before lunch they reduced their total calorie intake by 20 per cent, compared with those who did not begin the meal with soup.
他们发现，与那些饭前不喝汤的人相比，如果研究对象在午餐前先喝了一碗汤，他们这顿饭所摄入的总热量就会减少20%。
They found that when participants in the study ate a first course of soup before lunch they reduced their total calorie intake by 20 per cent, compared with those who did not begin the meal with soup.
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