(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
On a beautiful day in Moscow, visitors to a park can sit on a bench, enjoy the scenery…and find out how much they weigh.
在莫斯科一个风和日丽的日子里，来到公园的游客们坐在长椅上不但能够欣赏美景，还可以知晓自己的体重状况。
New park benches will include scales that capture a sitting person's weight.
公园这种标有刻度的新长椅可以测量坐在上面人的体重。
The smart seats are to be sponsored by local gyms, according to Russian news reports.
据俄罗斯新闻报道这种时髦的长椅是由当地的健身馆出资建造。
In a bid to boost fitness, the benches will also display health tips.
为了促进大众投入到健身的行列中来，这些长椅还会给出相关健康建议。
And, of course, advertise nearby fitness centers.
当然是由附近的健康中心提供。
The idea has been vetted before:
这种概念之前曾经有过先例：
a fitness club in the Netherlands installed benches with scales at a public bus stop.
荷兰一家健身俱乐部就在公共汽车站安装过标有刻度的长凳。
The sitter's weight was shown in large lettering on a nearby electronic panel.
人一坐在上面，体重就会在附近的电子屏上以大字体显示。
Russia aims to scale up the experiment:
俄罗斯方面想要扩大这一规模：
Moscow plans to debut at least 20 weighing benches by the end of the year.
莫斯科计划到年底结束时至少安置20把称重椅子。
The benches have their limits:
而长椅也有自身的限制：
they don't throw people off so they'll get some exercise instead of sitting, and they have yet to be programmed to make snide remarks.
它们不能减轻人们的体重，所以人们还是需要多运动少闲坐，而且这些椅子并未被编程讲出讽刺的话语。
But perhaps the benches will most improve health by motivating Muscovites to extend a stroll rather than sit and have their weights displayed to curious passersby.
但是这些长椅通过为好奇路人展示自己体重及鼓励莫斯科人多运动少闲坐可能会改善人们健康状况。
词语解释
1.according to 根据，按照
They do everything according to Hoyle.
他们一切都按照规定办理。
According to the Christian religion,Jesus Christ resurrected from death.
根据基督教的说法，耶稣基督曾死而复生。
2.in a bid to 为了
Their husbands stay away from the tent, and sleep in the muddy grass outside, ina bid to give the women some privacy.
她们的丈夫呆在帐篷外面，睡在泥泞的草地上，这样可以给女人们一些私密的空间。
The US marines corps recently ordered an energy audit of its operations inAfghanistan, in a bid to reduce enormous fuel costs.
美国海军陆战队最近下令对其在阿富汗展开的行动进行能源审计，以减少巨大的燃料成本。
3.scale up 放大
They fly down from the sky or scale up the building and linger there.
他们从天空中飞下，或者攀登上建筑物，在那里留恋徜徉。
Elasticity is the ability to scale up and down the infrastructure based on need.
灵活性 是指根据需要自动向上和向下扩展基础架构。
