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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？% o+ ]1 O% {. ]2 `& `) Z# m
Have 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？3 {& e0 h6 L) `8 B
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。+ A8 \' ~; A, {& r
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。
4 D, `: U* m0 J. HAbout 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。3 x; u+ G$ ?2 x! l$ o
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。- |9 M9 T2 t& J" d. K$ O, M
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。0 R- t! d! E. ] Z. h( C
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。
! R! U. |1 b; Y5 l# 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：; Y! @) u; Y, N |
" 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。"
/ Z% V8 H1 e. b$ _"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。”
, w2 M4 B6 F5 ` NAnd 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。
! g/ D, l. O# @3 F6 F! K; qfollowed 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。
9 a- a: z/ o- u( J$ }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。
2 A/ m {& K! _: h- C& z @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。0 t _+ S2 Q! ?& k& b0 Y
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重点讲解：
9 H3 ]* Z+ R4 i9 s1 ~: }4 Z, _1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐
) w: A& _; D; E# N1 E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?$ L5 _/ n6 k; b8 f6 D1 H0 B- }. ]- 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？3 S& @+ ?$ X: J* G: K7 u
2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理$ ^5 l) g9 E; _, n/ p
例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
. q% K/ @( q" S5 ~# ?3 e我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
& @$ ~" E2 j9 d3.from scratch 从头开始
4 ^ Z9 _. E5 c6 |例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
2 Q+ y+ c4 C2 A3 b9 @他们从零开始，边学边干。: D" W* k1 J3 ]+ h) k& y; G. i
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战4 @4 r3 I0 D5 K" G; ?$ E: h: J+ ^
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.
( p3 [' H: C2 x, J0 O$ p; W3 G. _远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。+ p5 H% Q# t) F3 C, E g( U8 D
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