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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- B% z7 Q" |. }7 s' XHave 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？% b" @, l; c# ^- e
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。
2 K3 b$ e$ Z7 v$ ? M2 m$ bJust 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。# `& l; |1 z; P9 D" n1 N" M
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。- {0 m( M( O7 G, 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。
7 s+ ]+ n7 G* E4 H, E. A3 C& fWorryingly, 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 v+ f2 w4 ~6 C! ]4 D1 QThis 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 _& [( q. j3 n
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：3 b0 Q4 M" c1 [( [7 O* O
" 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。"; W9 I& J4 A4 }' z
"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。”' `0 j$ Y0 d0 d6 F( X
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。$ |4 O% K7 Y) F3 A) }! u4 F& Q( 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。
" b3 L A; u! B6 WThe 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% n& Y _1 f+ V1 d* }( u
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。 b0 c# v" t0 q! ~
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% [1 k' G0 o0 I6 M+ e& S1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐
8 _2 n, r( m( ^# o% Z3 s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?
; ~/ p3 G( T( ~; D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？
$ I+ S: _- ?6 ~. U8 D7 p% W# X8 P2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理8 T7 Q3 |3 m7 v: c4 S3 s/ B( G
例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long a3 B9 g! q% O7 M$ {9 f9 ~* f6 n, n3 |
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。4 N- a) w5 F( X p% k! T J( `# k- R
3.from scratch 从头开始7 `/ K g' A0 d. X1 U
例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.2 _# b7 M! o6 B' K. v% |
他们从零开始，边学边干。
$ L. {1 Y5 Y( e3 `( Y1 H4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
7 Y9 z8 ~2 L% T- `3 A% A2 D例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.
0 G9 t5 X3 Y4 D. o; M6 s' H ]* F远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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