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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？$ w4 X8 \3 ~' d9 P
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？
$ Z* b2 b( ?4 A7 M5 I& C. _% @6 ]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。1 M O( L8 s$ u5 B0 T2 u
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。
+ C( M+ H# _6 M- u! KAbout 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。
; w* ^% R! z7 v+ Y" T; 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。! {6 i* \7 X- U7 x- J
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。
" W6 {% Q0 r3 _5 q1 N* i# XThis 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。
" H$ H3 A" c% s* W$ E% BDr 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：6 }7 Z# u! I- i1 O8 A/ 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。"% y: @' r. b: S% _$ t: ]) I
"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。”( } `$ v8 D6 H5 s
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。! k& s1 [. ]6 ?8 ~
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。
2 j# j/ V. [5 R: z% w- ?; ~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& }5 ` |; Z( w! }
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。/ C4 O, v3 o0 }9 a- K1 h
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重点讲解：
2 ^5 P. _+ v! T/ x; O; g! f/ O1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐) C y2 X# Q& d4 @/ \9 B, e/ m! Z& p8 J
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?( C2 J) \& z- }0 {$ Q2 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？
( D6 a7 \$ A" g7 E' o/ ~2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理+ Y0 ~+ C: ^3 W) a
例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long/ Z5 \3 @$ p& n* w
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
0 k5 j# N: g) B x3.from scratch 从头开始) [4 @$ h0 }/ _* l6 E! G9 I' |
例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
2 v1 y a6 ]" _: r1 z. |' ~/ {! y7 @他们从零开始，边学边干。
4 f @" O) H- {$ t! T' y, y4 d2 j4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
+ r7 G% y0 U! Z0 T! n& i* G* U例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.9 A* [& L6 m% \! H0 p0 L
远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。 I0 k* [( R0 ^1 n
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