(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
New research shows that office workers and other people who sit down a lot must exercise for one hour a day. If they do this, they will increase their chances of living longer. Doctors have been telling us for a long time that sitting down all day will shorten our life. Researchers now say that sitting in a chair all day is as dangerous to our health as smoking or being overweight. Research on over one million adults found that sitting for at least eight hours a day could increase the risk of dying early by up to 60 per cent. However, there is good news for those who sit at a desk all day. An hour's "brisk exercise" each day can cancel out the risk of an early death linked to sitting all day.
The research was published in time for people to read before the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Researchers hope this will encourage people to exercise more. They say that being inactive increases the risk of getting heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Watching TV all day is one of the worst things we can do as that also means we get no exercise and are likely to eat unhealthy snacks. One researcher said office workers should find opportunities to get out of their seat more often. Professor Ulf Eklund advised people to: "Take a five-minute break every hour, go to the next office, go upstairs to the coffee machine, go to the printer." He added: "Build physical activity into your everyday life."
中文翻译
新研究表明,办公等久坐人员每天需要锻炼一小时
。以此增加此类人群的寿命 。医生一直告诫人们,整日久坐会减短寿命 。研究人员称与吸烟或超重相比,成天久坐也同样有害健康 。研究人员对100多万成年人进行了研究,每天久坐8小时(至少)的早死几率将增加60% 。但我们也带来了好消息 。每天锻炼一小时可抵消与久坐有关的早死风险 。在里约奥运到来之际,这项研究发布的正是时候
。希望该研究能够鼓励人们锻炼 。称久坐不动增加心脏病、糖尿病以及癌症风险 。整日看电视更加严重,人们会一边久坐一边食用不健康食品 。称办公人员要找机会离开座位进行运动 。乌尔夫·埃克隆教授建议人们:“每小时锻炼五分钟,前往周边办公区,上楼喝咖啡或者去打印室 。”他还指出:“日常生活要增加体育锻炼 。”译文属可可原创,仅供学习交流使用,未经许可请勿转载
重点讲解
1.sit down 坐下
例句:They sat down by the roadside to take a rest.
他们在路旁坐下休息 。
2.up to 多达
例句:I can take up to four people in my car.
我的车能载四人 。
3.heart disease 心脏病
例句:It reduces the risks of heart disease.
这降低了患心脏病的风险 。
4.cancel out 抵消
例句:He wonders if the different influences might not cancel each other out
他在想,各种影响能不能相互抵消 。
听力题目
1) What will people increase their chances of if they exercise more?
a) physical activity
b) living longer
c) sitting
d) becoming unhealthier
2) Who has been telling us for a long time that sitting down all day is bad?
a) journalists
b) exercisers
c) researchers
d) doctors
3) What is sitting down all day as bad as, besides smoking?
a) being overweight
b) eating
c) physical activity
d) diabetes
4) How many adults did researchers do research on?
a) exactly one million
b) just under a million
c) over one million
d) around a million
5) By what percentage could sitting all day increase the risk of dying early?
a) just over 60%
b) up to 60%
c) exactly 60%
d) around 60%
6) What was the research published in time for?
a) the Olympics
b) physical activity
c) exercise
d) research
7) What does being inactive increase the risk of, besides heart disease?
a) watching TV
b) sitting at a desk
c) diabetes and cancer
d) working hard
8) What might we eat if we sit down and watch TV all day?
a) unhealthy snacks
b) fruit
c) too much
d) TV dinners
9) What did a professor say people should get out of more?
a) their seat
b) the house
c) the city
d) their routine
10) What did the professor say we should build into our everyday lives?
a) coffee
b) working
c) sitting
d) physical activity
听力答案
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.c
5.b
6.a
7.c
8.a
9.a
10.d