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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？* N. H N7 {$ N
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？
# F3 u' g6 H. QA 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。
" k! I# }3 h6 W! ?. p5 u" V6 _8 XJust 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。8 k; u- P) T/ n1 ?1 ]+ M
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。
; q* S) `6 \5 N* p( o. [9 m* E6 rMore 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。
+ V- W8 ]& m. B- c/ m5 e' dWorryingly, 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。
. T) D R6 s. p$ L; X" zThis 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。
8 J; a* R$ V' R J, r! x6 w+ k, uDr 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：
3 z+ p" m# n2 X7 k; f, u, Y" 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。"! E" r3 [; G* S1 p+ f* G
"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。”
' @- B: n# z, n# f iAnd 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。
/ J7 A X& j! V& f: ^; k# \1 gfollowed 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。
+ r( }, m) n6 Y5 R! ~, kThe 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。
; ^- D& s) _* S! u& vwhere 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。8 j' E5 S$ b' D( z: n
: g6 z" I( m, k9 i- C7 w/ @: R重点讲解：# D$ Q. a; ]8 M: ~. s* o
1.ready meal 快餐，即食餐6 y: m! L! u. {* m
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?
0 ?$ `) s0 i4 Y3 h8 y, p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 O- V2 e }9 @7 o; u
2.can't ... be bothered 懒得搭理
( K, v# O0 r4 `+ p+ ~1 V例句:I can't be bothered with seeing you quarrelling all day long5 p1 T( e# v9 c. a3 S& d. D
我不喜欢看见你们成天吵架。
6 D1 D7 L8 L3 l O3.from scratch 从头开始7 t- P3 @; c0 o: L f, |- T
例句：They started from scratch and learned as they went.
5 q3 P. I& L2 q他们从零开始，边学边干。/ L E9 j( I! d% i- v
4.pose... challenges对...提出挑战
0 ]9 t$ y" C. z' p例句：Undoubtedly tele-immersion will pose new challenges as well.
$ [1 f T! \7 {. T; v远距实境无疑也会产生新的挑战。
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