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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？
, M' b' @: K! jHave 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？
; |- ?$ Y& F" w* S0 MA 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。! S; B2 p8 z/ I, _" m- S
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。# Z: v8 G/ [) P0 t6 `- s0 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。
2 z+ i! v, e. D6 Y% HMore 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。
$ T) k( W+ y# T$ w' E% uWorryingly, 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。
8 R; G3 G. c5 U& w. q9 mThis 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。
" p4 `% Z$ p' r) j; X FDr 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：0 F9 e3 f9 p/ C0 d
" 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。"* O0 J' V# H6 y2 p7 _. |
"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。”. }$ y4 ]: s6 K: S' e/ R& ^
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。$ [# C: N; m* a, n7 C( |
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。9 h! t3 }) @4 c
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。+ ~' n3 D6 ]2 `7 c( i+ Z, l2 w+ |
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。% Q- a: ]: Z. u8 {0 I5 g' H
9 o' l, M& Q8 l8 s# Y+ D重点讲解：
( y7 a/ n# B, q9 P1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐
# z: |4 S' H5 Y- }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?4 V% {" }$ y' a$ y/ X+ T
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？
1 w9 c! b- d0 ^9 D) y0 X# Y2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理2 S. X' Y9 g3 x* H* x5 O
例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long/ O/ D: b k1 |
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。' p6 ]- Y5 R% ]* p" [
3.from scratch 从头开始" d) c+ k9 V; ?* B* b* O
例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went., T3 E& y% D; D) |
他们从零开始，边学边干。* e: N2 u! `8 L H
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
4 g: x: U6 F. ^: a2 Y) \例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.2 ^6 l! g& T5 `# s: b3 n
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。0 b( r" b% v, g, l9 W- ^. Q
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