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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？! ^; `; V/ g2 i6 [
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？
! O2 Q! }! U8 C% R |5 [/ T7 BA 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。( H' T$ N5 A! ~, C! |, I( S
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。
* N# n8 B1 z# I8 q4 h |( E% A% |! BAbout 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。
$ A! C5 v2 E- G$ MMore 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。
* K% V& e: F2 ^, w; e7 o, gWorryingly, 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。
6 S, V, x7 `- S# R* ^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。6 F4 G7 Z* Q3 m- L
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：& v; j' D4 g2 u& g8 N1 K% j9 e# F$ F: X
" 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。"
' D: w/ d8 a. Q5 U( u( 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。”
/ H! d% n3 Y0 n5 G, i' |5 XAnd 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。
& i/ |+ P- ~+ |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。 t6 J/ T: F, I0 j
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。
: i6 Z$ c& V+ ]/ @6 k& L8 F+ {& p' Dwhere 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。: a( u* n0 G3 q0 l0 P- f
& J$ y* h$ a+ b4 U: [, ~3 I6 f重点讲解：
9 m7 C) o& w1 B0 n4 V3 K# }# f1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐+ D. \/ N% y0 ?0 c: D
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?: d3 w3 { ?; |7 N4 n( |
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？" a7 B9 p8 I' q/ M8 @3 A
2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理- t$ a$ }0 d' V1 `5 Y5 ]
例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
) }) N3 ^; z# w. `; R我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。) _& E3 n; U4 @' F/ q8 ]
3.from scratch 从头开始) l4 j5 I' E0 Z) v
例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
8 F/ A* W! Y+ e5 P. M- C- V他们从零开始，边学边干。& ]- ~ e% F5 ~9 c, }) A/ k
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
) {6 r! M: Y- N |例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.5 G8 v- ^% s: {
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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