Smash the dishes, feel for the better? |
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| A male customer stands in one of the "abreaction rooms" in a restaurant in Beijing. The restaurant provides a new service to its customers, helping1 them release pressure by smashing dishes. |
| Aug.3 - At a new restaurant you can not only enjoy the dishes on offer, but can also smash them, in a new service to help customers let out their pent-up feelings or release pressure.
Outlines of a man and a woman are painted on the walls of three "abreaction rooms" in the restaurant. "Imagining those people for whom you hate, customers blow off anger by throwing dishes against them," a staff member told the Beijing Evening News.
"A plate costs 10 yuan, while porcelain2 utensils3 vary from 30 to 200 yuan," the staff member continued, standing4 amidst pieces of broken porcelain all over the place. The minimum charge for the special therapy is said to be 50 yuan, about 6.6 USD.
Ever since the service was offered half a month ago, nearly 300 dishes have sacrificed themselves for the customers' mental health.
"Such behaviour is a great waste of resources," criticized Mr. Wang, "breaking plates isn't a necessarily way to ease one's temper."
Psychology5 expert Zong Chunshan agrees with the opinion. He says people do need measures to deal with pressure, but smashing dishes is not supposed to be one of them. What's more, the impulse for violence triggered by such behaviour may affect their daily life.
"I don't feel safe to eat in a restaurant when people around me are full of anger," Miss Lv gravely commented.
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helping
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| n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的 |
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- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
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porcelain
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| n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的 |
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- These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
- The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。
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utensils
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| 器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )； 器物 |
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- 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。
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standing
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| n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的 |
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- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
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psychology
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| n.心理，心理学，心理状态 |
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- She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
- He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
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