(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
A new study shows that too many people are working through their lunch hour. Not taking a proper lunch break is unhealthy. It can make people sick, so then they need time off work. The study is from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) in the U.K. It interviewed over 2,000 people about what they do for lunch at work. Twenty per cent of the workers said they did not take a lunch break. They worked through their lunch hour. Half of the people took a break but ate their lunch at their desk and surfed the Internet, answered e-mails or went on Facebook. One in five people left the workplace for lunch to go shopping or get some air, while three per cent went to the gym.
一项新的研究表明,许多人一直工作,连午餐时间也在忙于工作
。不适当利用午休时间休息,不利于身体健康 。不午休会使人生病,那么人们就不得不请假休息了 。这一结果来自于英国特殊理疗师协会的一项研究 。研究采访了2000多人,询问他们在工作的午休时间做什么 。百分之二十的员工说,他们不午休 。在午休时间他们也一直在工作 。一半的人午间会休息一下,但是他们会在办公桌旁吃饭、上网、回复邮件或者上Facebook.五分之一的人离开工作场所去吃午饭,去购物或呼吸一下新鲜空气,而百分之三的人则去体育馆 。The CSP told companies they should encourage all staff to take a regular lunch break. It said workers needed to get more exercise at work so they do not get ill. CSP spokeswoman Karen Middleton said: "Full-time workers spend a significant bulk of their week at work or travelling to and from it. Finding ways to build in time to do at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity, five times a week, can be a challenge." She warned that when employees get sick because they do not take breaks, companies lose money. She said: "It is in everybody's interests to find ways to tackle the enormous problem of inactivity…and we would encourage people to take responsibility for their own health."
CSP告诫说,公司应该鼓励所有员工养成规律的午休习惯
。它说,员工在工作中更需要多锻炼身体,这样才能不生病 。CSP发言人凯伦猠德尔顿说,全职员工每周总是花很长时间工作,或者忙于出差 。抽出至少30分钟的时间做中等强度的训练,每周做五次,对他们来说很困难 。她警告说,当员工因不休息而生病的时候,公司也会亏钱 。她说,为了每个人的利益,都应当想办法解决这种长时间不活动的问题,我们将鼓励人们对自己的健康负责 。译文属可可英语原创,未经允许,不得转载 。
重点讲解
1.work through 完成,干完
Then work through your text, design, concept, or whatever and explain how you arrived at your solution.
然后通过你的文章、设计、理念,或者任何能够解释你解决方案的方法
。2.lunch hour午餐时间
Police officers recognized his name and arrested him as he returned to the courthouse in a car he had stolen over the lunch hour.
警察认出了大喇叭里传出的名字,在逃犯开车回到法院时逮捕了他,这辆车是他在午餐时间刚刚偷来的
。3.time off休假;请假;话终时间;起飞时间
I get paid to do work I love, I can wake up when I want, go to bed when I want, take time off when I want, and sit outside and read when I want…so I could not ask for anything more.
做我喜欢的工作能拿到工资,能正常睡醒,正常准时睡觉,想休息时可以休息,可以在想看书时坐在外面看书...... 所以我不能在要求更多什么了,这一切已经足够了
。4.at least至少
At least, not yet.
至少,现在没有
。5.take responsibility for对…负责
Third, we must recognize that in the 21st century, there will be no peace unless we take responsibility for the preservation of our planet.
第三,我们必须认识到,在21世纪,除非我们承担起保护我们的星球的责任,否则就不会有和平
。听力试题
1.What did a study say was unhealthy?
a) not taking a proper lunch break
b) work
c) long lunch breaks
d) being sick
2.What do people need if they get sick?
a) chocolate
b) medicine
c) time off work
d) tender loving care
3.What percentage of people interviewed did not take a lunch break?
a) 50
b) 40
c) 30
d) 20
4.Where did around 50% of people eat their lunch?
a) McDonald's
b) at their desk
c) the canteen / cafeteria
d) at home
5.Where did 3 per cent of people go at lunch time?
a) the gym
b) shopping
c) to sleep
d) a park
6.What did the CSP say companies should encourage staff to do?
a) travel
b) surf the Internet
c) eat more
d) take a regular lunch break
7.Why should staff take more exercise?
a) they can work faster
b) to build their muscles
c) so they are not ill
d) to be strong and super-fit
8.Who spends a lot of time travelling to and from work?
a) bosses
b) full-time workers
c) low-paid workers
d) commuters
9.What do companies lose when workers get sick?
a) orders
b) reputation
c) money
d) work
10.What should people take more responsibility for?
a) their waistline
b) their health
c) money
d) their retirement
听力答案
1.a
2.c
3.d
4.b
5.a
6.d
7.c
8.b
9.c
10.b