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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？( q, D+ g& n% N5 W2 Y
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？
1 I2 ^5 \: C3 H7 d! _+ [& {; wA 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。
9 Q7 @1 {5 Q8 hJust 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。
6 t( f; N+ i( n6 T) E0 t* Y5 dAbout 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。
9 L/ D5 x8 J/ [. C2 `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。
% S4 A: ]. _7 S( hWorryingly, 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。1 a9 }' e o7 z
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。7 `* u/ ]* x1 g0 F
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：+ N- v3 l- r: J" _/ s. {1 S
" 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。"
, x" S5 E2 d+ U2 O; g$ c- w1 [) d"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。” {( J# K% f1 R: ~ |# D* ]
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。 y/ {; Z. M( s8 [2 C- l% g6 m# {
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。 ?& c* S( ?) s' V7 z$ b
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。
r3 A1 Z: V2 c3 S8 Pwhere 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：
5 u( a& w3 ~. v, x/ V1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐
$ w8 c: W8 O# F$ \/ ]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?0 R) F. }0 r# P$ E v. D# L" C; Z- j
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？
# m8 }' N4 K U2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
: W, Q$ S# l) E' A2 `例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
8 G. V7 X' P# ]& S. [$ C我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
/ g; b7 d3 Q) @( ]/ _% \3.from scratch 从头开始
2 v- ^1 {: \# e6 \+ {" L8 _: U例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went./ q' Y- [4 x) Z$ S4 Q0 I
他们从零开始，边学边干。
4 m2 I+ t0 b9 T/ l# ]: w2 k' h, z4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战( G& C+ g) l6 E% g! R
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.
) _, x# H6 ?. I0 X$ G3 Y远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。: k, D2 u/ F J- n9 }
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