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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？
! }/ Y, z$ R2 ~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？
# t' T' |3 F, ]7 w, j' A tA 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 F% s5 r$ [5 C7 P
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。4 c- ^6 {- H) }5 v! G& |% i
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。
6 C6 o" H, R3 b/ ~) tMore 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。% e! Y1 _4 X8 C% M9 i7 A
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。
; D- U5 u$ I2 q: y1 cThis 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。$ j, @4 _) P/ x9 Z
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：/ F# P/ N9 `; A8 g$ D' E
" 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。"6 X$ ~2 }, t6 }
"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。”
4 m C% {& T2 Q5 OAnd 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。' E8 _ \1 P/ T# Q: H4 T. s& 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。% n( m' A7 D4 K* y' [8 m: V5 O
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。+ R5 [; I$ B( a
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。. e- u8 N1 P5 i
( O1 v+ S9 o0 S4 ^6 R重点讲解：
& r9 L) o1 i% @7 x) b" \* }1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐3 s1 Q$ U: G0 @4 P: f6 A
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?
: B Y$ \/ y+ o8 e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？) f' G1 ~. p& [! D2 @
2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
* e; `9 [3 f7 ]6 F; f7 \( I例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long& T: A& q4 i. G: B( j% @
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
3 \9 @* h1 ^5 p# r3.from scratch 从头开始
) k" ?% Y8 b% h; ]! _例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
: \* I* Q' z$ `/ G* r8 X8 P他们从零开始，边学边干。) y& a- \8 N( `3 }' e4 U& n
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
; M! J8 i# ^% X+ T8 Q' N; I' V例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well. x; b- f o) D, }
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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