BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) :懒惰

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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？
. I7 N! n, V$ Z; b% |' QHave 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？
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。
5 _! z( a3 t' @- u$ 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。
4 }6 z5 a( o7 uAbout 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。
  I, U( T$ k/ C4 H' ^" a; pMore 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。
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。
8 q% R% u' Y. kThis 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。
; ^! O6 [) h; D& K2 E& ]8 KDr 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：
"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。"
4 c$ @) {" i. O4 u9 p) V"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。”
  G7 ~0 `' j  N" D; h# {% E- @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。
; E  v  ]0 _7 ffollowed 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 Y/ A% a8 ~5 K. @/ @) l5 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。
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。

重点讲解：
1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐
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4 Y8 k. {) s  X, x9 r. I% I) h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？
! r4 Q* B# J( \  E' M5 P2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
0 S' T& o; Y0 P$ O% V我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
& G; O  c6 u$ t7 h' a# i, f3.from scratch 从头开始
* P9 ]1 F; F  a5 a- t9 u1 h0 h. S; D例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
! R4 w' E* Q0 B) t他们从零开始，边学边干。
( s  L/ x9 H& r/ x) F" T4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。

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