(单词翻译:单击)
Running shoes are carefully designed to cushion your feet and provide arch support and padding and all that stuff.
凭借科学严谨的设计跑鞋能够缓冲脚部压力而且为足弓,鞋衬及衬垫提供支撑 。
Run without shoes and you'll tear up your foot on rocks and pebbles.
如果在岩石及鹅卵石上光脚跑步,你的脚会被磨破 。
But studies have shown that running shoes can do more harm than good.
但是最近研究表明跑鞋带来的危害大于益处 。
When you run wearing shoes, you tend to land on your heels.
当你穿鞋子跑步时,你倾向于脚后跟着地 。
Somehow, that's what most running shoes make us do.
某种程度上,大多数跑鞋都会使我们这样着地 。
But run barefoot, and you'll naturally land on the balls of your feet.
但是光脚跑步会使你自然而然用前脚掌着地 。
Striking the ground this way is less forceful than landing on your heel.
这样着地远比用脚后跟着地带来的冲力小 。
So it's likely that running barefoot may reduce injuries to the knee and lower back.
因此光脚跑步可能会减少膝盖和背部下部受到的伤害 。