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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?
+ n3 v! Q. I1 p. C' W4 W- 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?0 }& x( p% s; Z6 u
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。
l/ T' n8 G% _" o: X1 W2 K2 fJust 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。
; S& F3 G; x+ J' J7 n% tAbout 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。6 ^5 q8 I3 U& {. \9 V7 o- p; l
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。
4 Z7 O; d- T# v8 A, b4 [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。/ Y3 H1 Q, l( H4 N2 C0 Q
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。
/ Q y- {) P- c% }* }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:
) n0 A- @/ e) v& d" R" 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。"
! Q: x0 [2 n* m7 a# j5 \! D8 ~9 E"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。”) s! Z! ]/ R9 e' S1 L- 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。& n+ b0 |" ]' @
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。 p+ Z/ Z5 w% i. ?( ^( S% N: w
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。. a* }$ ?* l: J2 I8 M, W3 x+ k
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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重点讲解:
0 }3 _1 s0 j5 k* j' M1.ready meal 快餐,即食餐0 [% u- E0 ]- I/ o: m, \
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?( Y2 T3 v, u+ i
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?
B$ a( E& R- D, ~2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
7 c& l& q, `( @* z, W例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long1 b8 [% w) g, ?. ]
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
$ B" V3 x3 e4 k6 H* P* n3.from scratch 从头开始. s6 {, P$ D, j! @! o& I2 l8 d
例句:They started from scratch and learned as they went.0 ^* M" O8 j* O2 R0 m
他们从零开始,边学边干。
3 [' }8 ` D6 M# |4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战& n: i$ y D5 d8 p4 D
例句:Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.
+ Y- Y: n) C. s$ `0 T+ l远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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