Coffee house chain Starbucks has started to offer strawless cups and paper straws instead of plastic straws in almost 1,000 stores in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

咖啡连锁店星巴克在上海和深圳的近1000家门店开始提供无吸管的杯子和纸质吸管，用来代替塑料吸管。

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When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the teacher said, "If you noticed, all the nice looking and expensive cups had been taken, but the simple and cheap ones had been left behind.

当所有的学生手里都拿着咖啡杯时，老师说：“如果你们有留意到，就会发现所有好看的和贵的杯子都被拿走了，而简单的和便宜的杯子都被留下了。”

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To control the amount of caffeine the participants received, the team gave them pills containing caffeine equivalent to around four cups of coffee in one day or similar looking placebos.

为了控制参与者的咖啡因吸收量，研究组给他们含有大约相当于一天四杯咖啡的咖啡因药片，或者外表相似的安慰剂药片。

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We do know that caffeine is safe in lower dose ranges from 100-300 mg a day, which is typically contained in several cups of coffee.

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