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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？
% j a3 ]& g; ` r6 x; I! m- lHave 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？7 E+ d T4 l/ s' ]0 ]5 `# [! V
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。
9 \2 p& i" r9 u. rJust 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。5 h4 _$ i$ U% ?+ L* w% c+ }
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。1 d; M/ }: z% P8 x; a! C
More 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。/ j: y4 Z4 F. f- Q0 S- y
Worryingly, 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。
6 i8 D) o5 H0 ZThis 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。
1 [! o( Z7 k5 CDr 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：
) i+ w/ V: {! s" 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。"
. j. }: Z: r+ w; _"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。”( F$ M! _' ^# [2 O- x- [2 V
And 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。; H, ]3 m. w# F
followed 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。
c) j" T' j! NThe 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。6 k9 A* `: q7 G. J: ?/ H
where 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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. `9 z0 i! M3 {& P$ w, h) H9 E" ~重点讲解：
" l. b5 g7 t" \+ M6 K1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐* D; X2 o ~9 P' n+ _
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?
' g+ W+ M8 C. d" T2 V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？: Y2 p5 n1 d: l, i
2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
# e Z, V7 q2 f6 L例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
\4 L: p9 F0 v: |% y我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
: d6 i9 u& g0 V& W6 a% ?3.from scratch 从头开始
# S8 q! n* G5 n4 f9 M; n" c例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
5 C* l5 }& L% t- S9 Z8 U他们从零开始，边学边干。4 o, i- m- F D& V3 b
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
1 D; @/ e, w }, c* B/ |" f% k例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.
# k8 r1 ]( D+ V* u+ T2 @* U1 _% h远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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