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Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? 你经常吃冰箱里的即食食品吗？还是自己亲手下厨？
! e7 u2 G1 R4 V) @& R: F$ B( wHave you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can't you be bothered to do? 你经常网购而不愿去实体店买东西吗？有什么事情是你懒得做的？( N" v4 }7 ^& D& A5 r
A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults are so idle they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs. 一项调查英国人到底有多懒的研究发现，有一半以上的英国人懒得爬两层的楼梯，而选择乘电梯。+ ~- j# j! _/ v& o8 o0 \6 l
Just over 2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain's largest health charity. The results were startling. 英国最大的健康慈善组织，纳菲尔德健康中心的独立研究员调查了超过2000人。调查结果令人震惊。! [; K- s# _: C% i. ~- y
About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up. 大约有六分之一的人表示如果他们的遥控器坏了，他们会一直看一个电视台，而不愿起身去换台。
% B2 n9 m" O8 p0 SMore than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. 超过三分之一的被调查者说他们不会为赶上公交车而跑几步。
9 U0 b% i3 r+ W/ g2 }" VWorryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them. 而令人担忧的是，在654位有孩子的回答者中，有64%的人说他们因为太累不愿带孩子玩。0 f5 }- u& w' O6 H
This led the report to conclude that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese before they start school. 这促使报告得出了这样的结论：难怪英国学龄前儿童有六分之一被划定为肥胖儿童。( u: D6 Z& Z! S3 }$ _+ \) z' m
Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said: 纳菲尔德健康中心的医学主管，萨拉·当西博士，说：
" R! y$ C v8 [ l, T* l' E" eople need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and evidently their pets too. “人们需要让自己更加健康，不仅仅是为了他们自己，还为了他们的家人，朋友，当然还有他们的宠物。"! U/ V$ N6 \ @& o
"If we don't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most rudimentary of tasks." “如果我们不开始着手这一问题，整个这一代人的健康情况将恶化到无法完成基本工作的程度。”
& {' g/ E* e1 eAnd Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the most indolent city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, 苏格兰最大的城市，格拉斯哥，被冠以英国最懒城市的污名。该城市中被调查的人当中，有75%承认自己没有做足够的锻炼。
- w! P5 a2 B0 H( Yfollowed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%. 紧随其后的是伯明翰和南安普顿，两座城市的人都有67%的人这样回答。" U! G# h: L' |* V
The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, 这一调查结果给英国国民医疗保健制度提出了很大挑战。
/ G- Y v5 Q8 lwhere obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year. 在过去的四十年里，与肥胖相关的各种疾病包括心脏病和癌症发病率稳步上升，每年需要花费数十亿的医疗费用。
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1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐, J1 ~1 p) D# A
例句：Will America's soccer moms be as willing to stop their cars to grab a ready meal on the way home as British mums are when they jump off the Tube?
J6 o6 c6 v9 ^5 H' C虽然在回家的路上，英国母亲一下地铁就会顺手带一份“现成饭”，但美式球员的母亲会特意停车去购买么？
' Q1 }: a: o; r! a2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
& X z3 L- q X例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long; K# d8 ?/ E' d4 G- e9 ^
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
8 q! I1 H# P: A& F. W& C! b3.from scratch 从头开始! j. Y7 Y } C3 J/ S9 h7 Q
例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
; F9 s/ K. N$ e* b: T他们从零开始，边学边干。
0 J6 _1 S! d6 ~4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战; D& g a8 N& Y* p- K7 G1 ? ^
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.! ?) ^6 P2 x& X3 B) f! K
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。6 Z& u: {/ j$ p" v3 Q
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