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标题: BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) :懒惰 [打印本页]
作者: vincent    时间: 2016-5-18 09:28
标题: BBC随身英语(MP3+中英字幕) :懒惰
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？4 a0 u! B( D  }8 d; _
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？
: U8 ?0 [! [. t- l( o- w2 yA 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。4 h3 Z% R9 |  e
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。
- S3 A) `+ k+ ?; R0 @7 E; 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。
" t: i0 N5 E9 a9 c2 I# A+ b5 ]' ]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。
. d  R4 f4 u" y+ b- P- @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。
( e5 ]( l2 z+ D" W! n, X5 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。& j7 W4 M8 I" |9 b2 n! K
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：% T  K3 l" v) M
"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。"  ~* Y6 y2 v8 E- s6 z3 R' P
"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。”. I# H. P: `  q
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。- t) d+ e/ [. T! U0 o2 Y0 z
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。
: G+ T  n! r, g) i5 \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。! j+ a3 o) w# p" A9 A  c
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。" W; Q+ X, A- c* s% y- L" O- ]

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* C* g9 S& e5 a" x4 Q$ j1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐
' Z+ E. k1 R9 R" a) t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?
( D! p4 K* w' R: Q& I) o5 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？
* v9 H2 K. r+ ], ^5 G2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
3 j2 X# Q" `- @/ F例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long3 a, K/ F% u+ s2 L2 c3 V. f
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。' T' B! ?4 U* R1 Z) Q; X  A( B+ i6 q0 H
3.from scratch 从头开始
) d/ i! G+ C/ ]) }例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.8 v; y, K% n+ @$ C% P  u- x- l+ P
他们从零开始，边学边干。+ y, ?1 |* S( M+ H2 T  @# D
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战& p3 a  J* ^. p. ]
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.
7 ]7 l. Y: {0 M' P; {远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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