The power of The Habit 004 Prologue The habit cure

The scientists in the room included neurologists, psychologists, geneticists, and a sociologist.

房间里的科学家包括神经学家、心理学家、遗传学家和社会学家。

For the past three years, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, they had poked and prodded Lisa and more than two dozen other former smokers, chronic overeaters, problem drinkers, obsessive shoppers, and people with other destructive habits.

在过去的三年里，借助国家健康研究院的基金，他们截取了Lisa和另外二十几个有不良习惯的人，比如抽烟，酗酒，暴饮暴食和强迫购物者。

With funding from 资金来源

Poked and prodded

Two dozen 两打 24

All of the participants had one thing in common: They had remade their lives in relatively short periods of time. The researchers wanted to understand how.

One thing in common 有一个共同点

Period of time 一段时间