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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？
7 y# c1 R4 B. o" I' X$ h! S. x7 n0 v; zHave 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？ Q8 g8 ?9 p- V' |! ~
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。
, [ z: o2 B( c& o9 @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。; Z& [5 W4 b+ Y3 v1 B
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。8 J! D0 B% A+ v2 R! b+ b8 A$ v/ Y
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。( b; h3 u9 @4 w: e& I8 ?- w
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。
: X9 g. ?; Y1 D' I$ {! VThis 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。5 B3 g9 j/ F# m1 Y/ W i" K) D* 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：. V7 c; Q6 h. s$ Q9 }3 z
" 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 w, P/ `' r"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。”3 Q) {9 n0 l; C9 y3 @$ R) P( a
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。( m. ^2 a. r t5 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。3 F- T! Z9 I1 m8 p. `9 n
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。% [3 u; h0 a) z
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。. U- k, ]+ ]0 {2 F
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重点讲解：
# s) b$ k. Z1 R: Z& F' X% F% h v3 V1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐
2 w5 o: H% V v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?8 q, i# ?1 \" g# I0 G: }+ I
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？
" j1 l0 p) A. F' u5 t* G) h* V2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理9 i; {6 X$ d/ G9 e
例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
; D& C& C+ i' w/ I' a3 \' w8 b我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
, C0 N3 A) x6 i6 u3.from scratch 从头开始
; Q, u! P' ^* D& b6 T例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went./ \* |# }( b y9 E
他们从零开始，边学边干。
3 c% G, \( \: h( x4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战) Z- @) @" \1 L( E! L* U
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well., J! k+ |0 a4 v' O, Y( ?' c
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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