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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?
' R, Y$ z3 }8 ^5 T! F/ RHave 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?
6 H0 y( R* u! O6 E7 zA 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。% |& ]: {) m' J& Y" X
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。
* ~3 `( e" }. [0 a( C7 B& c8 gAbout 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。
. v* m* |+ t. l- EMore 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。- L3 |8 o4 h- x8 k
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。
- C% M# j( ~: U0 ?% hThis 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 k8 {' A( u! R5 l3 S0 L4 j# u& h. ^
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:' n6 K. Q, Y/ a
"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。"
( L! x6 u! g- `4 C3 V0 g"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。”
! S2 r" U+ E* n5 Z1 GAnd 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。2 ?" j: N: i6 D% ?
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。% X D& x$ C# a) C1 G
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。
6 A/ Z, E) z( }( T, D. [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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1.ready meal 快餐,即食餐
, C! o9 [6 w4 _# A. O& ~" r: \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?- X0 s% A8 L& ^7 g
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?# y) l( c& n. i
2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
P' A* D: Q4 B; C例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
7 [0 E- X1 U9 w8 K& N我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
$ x$ ~8 d. b8 Z& Q0 l9 |3.from scratch 从头开始$ s- o* ~6 l4 y9 b R6 d1 Y3 _
例句:They started from scratch and learned as they went.% F* l2 s% M; m
他们从零开始,边学边干。5 G3 E/ }) F* D6 m
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
( B) w3 _& C1 H例句:Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.6 S0 Y* t0 s% j0 d4 H; Q
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。# k2 x' M/ J3 l& O3 L1 U1 k8 }$ \
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