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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$ n* Y0 l x9 x6 r# {% f
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？$ I% }/ ~" h& e/ i$ Q0 B7 ?, @. E7 P
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。+ M* e/ G' e, f2 a3 }
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。% A( w5 F8 V8 s. N; s2 v& V
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。
$ f5 M% R3 G$ Q# {' |, }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 N0 f( ?6 \5 T3 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。
& v* e2 @0 K. w2 H x2 p, 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。
/ p6 R, x5 g; A, g% \) l5 @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：( S6 l# p( `6 c1 |1 h" d
" 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。"
; L' }6 h1 j1 [. k; k"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。”6 w4 U8 c# `: 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。
, Y( d0 I) ? ffollowed 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。8 q. p' O: c3 ]6 T# P1 u, P) H' r
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。
7 i9 q Z' Z1 p& l9 Ewhere 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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+ w! I" f* n6 V7 M: n% Q7 U重点讲解：/ c4 N1 n; j) U; t }" M' D: E
1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐1 O3 M3 A5 V% a [* C0 r" A& i
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?) h- o7 _" a! G2 l' o
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？7 t- U; L2 A' N' [
2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
C' S# b# `, y0 o# ~' k9 Y$ z例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long: S# s2 o3 Q' ^1 a. e# K
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。$ ?0 \. b7 N; T
3.from scratch 从头开始
: W2 E6 y" A9 r例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
6 P/ L0 ^6 ]: i他们从零开始，边学边干。# |. N1 c6 K$ b* y2 n1 |, I( z, K
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战) F1 Y& k6 m! t8 z4 t+ ]; d+ S
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.% y8 m, `' V5 s, \. P( g: v
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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