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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？# h) J$ g" s8 A) j; n( i) C$ c8 U
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？$ s& Z8 b3 ` L
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。; J2 @8 F. k- J3 |' n
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。
! @ e3 n) c& ~% ?, ^0 M# zAbout 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。
+ i/ w; w' J: N) k, T1 WMore 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。
1 d* Z$ b5 K; B+ ~/ {$ r, 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。0 d" J" O7 b8 D( } U' n
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。
) b- u. I! G( [9 g8 G! QDr 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：
" R( O& G; c, ?5 G% K& I% A; k" 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。"+ @. n1 m% l: g- 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。”
6 k" V% `" v" N$ sAnd 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。
0 y8 o# F: f$ N. O: m1 Qfollowed 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。9 R# z, v9 I5 {3 X2 a2 Q |9 d
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。( j( ]* K0 p! T) N7 ^1 ?* d; N/ ]# x
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。
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8 O" x1 W2 }+ Z1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐
- B- |7 ~ w7 O# J0 A2 e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?, C( n6 |6 M( O. Q$ \
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？
( y1 N7 `+ W6 o3 _ G, j s! E2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理" e0 Q5 r6 I2 C
例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long
, B: z7 e: Y- o. Q8 Q6 A+ R我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。: h# A+ ^: c' Z7 q
3.from scratch 从头开始
]! X$ Q! f) O2 c例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.6 S5 |5 K, q# x/ d. O% q( Q
他们从零开始，边学边干。6 I0 }! a* v W' ?/ L/ F* N
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战" _0 m1 ]5 @1 [
例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.7 ]9 @! X5 X1 ^% r+ P
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。! d+ z# C& m# ?
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