越来越多的美国人和孩子再做瑜伽和冥想
日期:2018-11-13 17:26

(单词翻译:单击)

If you can do a downward-facing dog, you're among the increasing numbers of Americans doing yoga.
如果你能做下犬式,那么你已经是美国瑜伽队伍中的一员了。
A new report says more adults -- and even kids -- are practicing yoga and meditation.
一项新的报告称,越来越多的成年人,甚至是孩子,正在练习瑜伽和冥想。
A government survey conducted last year found 14 percent of adults said they had recently done yoga and the same percentage had recently meditated.
去年政府进行的一项调查发现,14%的成年人说他们最近做过瑜伽,同样比例的人最近做过冥想。
That's up from about 10 percent and 4 percent from a similar survey done five years earlier.
在五年前的一项类似调查中,这两项比例分别为10%和4%。

越来越多的美国人和孩子再做瑜伽和冥想

For kids ages 4 through 17, about 8 percent had recently done yoga, up from 3 percent.
在4岁到17岁的孩子中,约8%的人最近做过瑜伽,之前是3%的比例。
For meditation, it was about 6 percent, similar to the earlier survey.
而在冥想方面,这一比例约为6%,与之前调查的比例相似。
Experts say yoga, meditation and some other forms of complementary medicine have been increasingly promoted as ways to reduce stress and anxiety and improve health.
专家们称,瑜伽、冥想和其他形式的补充性疗法已经得到越来越多的推广,以此来减轻压力和焦虑,改善健康。

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重点单词
  • complementaryadj. 补充的,互补的
  • surveyv. 调查,检查,测量,勘定,纵览,环视 n. 调查,纵
  • anxietyn. 焦虑,担心,渴望
  • stressn. 紧张,压力 v. 强调,着重 vt. 强调 n.
  • meditationn. 沉思,冥想