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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？
3 M9 D/ C" y4 A) ?8 {) 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？
+ ^# X& g6 M8 l, l# A0 _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。
; q- z& @* F3 S, S/ tJust 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。
/ u# B$ ^/ d/ k- q0 e# yAbout 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。
. h/ V+ I' Q d+ {9 VMore 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。
8 L- @4 j: K; T# {2 W% u! U- JWorryingly, 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。
8 R' j& {1 C0 o" hThis 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。3 F t' W1 {. \3 I
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：
- R3 V6 F9 e8 N- p( G6 c" 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。"4 x, q: C1 i. a: T% z3 \( L
"If we don't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most rudimentary of tasks." “如果我们不开始着手这一问题，整个这一代人的健康情况将恶化到无法完成基本工作的程度。”4 [& o3 i- M, N. K) ^
And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the most indolent city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, 苏格兰最大的城市，格拉斯哥，被冠以英国最懒城市的污名。该城市中被调查的人当中，有75%承认自己没有做足够的锻炼。& u' G1 n, M0 D& @/ }' E8 H, j
followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%. 紧随其后的是伯明翰和南安普顿，两座城市的人都有67%的人这样回答。: A0 M& V5 I! r2 g _" m1 x6 t
The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, 这一调查结果给英国国民医疗保健制度提出了很大挑战。
0 C' U6 p O, ^6 q* ^where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year. 在过去的四十年里，与肥胖相关的各种疾病包括心脏病和癌症发病率稳步上升，每年需要花费数十亿的医疗费用。$ ^! E4 Z% J+ E0 Z1 G) s! E. n7 m
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重点讲解：
% v3 [$ I# f7 o& K' Y$ s+ I( ]1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐6 V$ A5 ~/ z8 g1 `
例句：Will America's soccer moms be as willing to stop their cars to grab a ready meal on the way home as British mums are when they jump off the Tube?, _' B# d9 {' I, G8 j: |4 N
虽然在回家的路上，英国母亲一下地铁就会顺手带一份“现成饭”，但美式球员的母亲会特意停车去购买么？" \, \) R7 A/ Q
2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
. x: T) ]; G1 u. C例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
g" b) c ]7 s我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
# E0 R2 V, X7 @( q4 r. W1 {3.from scratch 从头开始8 |5 V B: c1 W/ `" U6 v1 H( G
例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.% I% ?9 N/ ?" [& W) H
他们从零开始，边学边干。" N/ I6 K" U/ E+ X9 y7 C
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战* ^5 G. N% q, D4 T G5 [* Q
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.6 b; ~* G- \: k( V- d
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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