(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
A new study suggests housework is not the quality form of exercise many people consider it to be. The report even went as far as saying that those who did the most housework were usually those most overweight. The study is called, "Does doing housework keep you healthy? The contribution of domestic physical activity to meeting current recommendations for health". It questions whether physical activities such as do-it-yourself, gardening and housework are such good exercise. It acknowledges that any activity is better than none, but says, "there is a danger that those undertaking domestic 'chores' may assume that this activity is moderate intensity" and wrongly count it as proper exercise.
A total of 4,563 adults participated in the survey, which was based on participants' weekly physical activity. The analysis from this research showed that people who included housework as part of their weekly exercise tended to be heavier. Research leader professor Marie Murphy said: "Housework is physical activity and any physical activity should theoretically increase the amount of calories [burnt]. But we found that housework was inversely related to leanness, which suggests that either people are overestimating the amount of moderate intensity physical activity they do through housework, or are eating too much to compensate for the amount of activity undertaken."
中文翻译
一项新的研究表明干家务并不是许多人认为的那样是一种有效的锻炼形式。报告甚至还称那些家务负担最重的人通常也是体重超重的人。这项研究叫作“干家务更健康？干家务的运动量与身体健康。”该研究对例如自己动手、园艺以及干家务等活动是否有益进行了质疑。该研究承认运动总比不锻炼要好，但是称那些干家务的人群会自认为这些是中等强度运动，并误认为这些是适当运动，这是非常危险的。
有总共4563名成年人参加了该研究，该研究是以研究对象每周的锻炼为基础的。分析称那些将家务看做是每周活动一部分的人群体重偏重。研究组长玛丽·墨菲教授称：“家务是体力运动，任何体力活动从理论上说都应该消耗卡路里。但是我们发现干家务却不会让人们减肥，这就表明人们或许是高估了干家务所带来的锻炼强度，或者是为了补偿消耗而食用了过多食物。
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重点讲解
1.do-it-yourself 自己动手
例句：One common problem with the do-it-yourself work ethic is that you spend so much time doing all of the basics that you never get to the really important tasks.
“自己做事”的工作理念最大的普遍问题就是你花了很多很多的时间来做基础的工作，以至于你总是不能做那些真正重要的工作。
2.tend to be 倾向于
例句：As someone who follows China daily, I tend to be partial to that view as well.
正如有的跟踪中国日报消息的人, 我也倾向于那个观点.
3.based on 以…为基础
例句：All of the work we do is based on science.
我们所做的一切都是在科学的基础上完成的。
4.physical activity 体育活动
例句：Environmental exposures and health-related behaviours, such as smoking, diet and physical activity, can explain some of this difference, but not all of it.
环境接触和与健康有关的行为，例如：吸烟、减肥和体力活动，能够解释一些这方面的差异，但是不是全部。
听力题目
1.Who did the study say were the most overweight?
a) those who did the most housework
b) researchers
c) those who did little housework
d) those who did no housework
2.What question is in the study's title?
a) Is housework good or bad?
b) Can housework lengthen your life?
c) Does housework keep you healthy?
d) Is vacuuming better than jogging?
3.Apart from housework, what other activities are mentioned?
a) homework and office work
b) gardening and DIY
c) sleeping and napping
d) parachuting and origami
4.What does the study acknowledge?
a) no exercise is better than housework
b) housework is fun
c) we must all do housework
d) any exercise is better than none
5.What might people be doing wrong?
a) thinking housework is exercise
b) drying the dishes
c) ironing the reverse side of shirts
d) counting calories
6.What was the survey about?
a) research
b) overweight people
c) eating too much
d) weekly physical activity
7.Who is Maria Murphy?
a) author of "More Housework Please"
b) a professor
c) a housework expert
d) a market researcher
8.What did Maria Murphy say physical activity should increase?
a) moderate intensity activity
b) weight
c) overeating
d) the number of calories burnt
9.What was housework inversely related to?
a) meanness
b) 3.14
c) leanness
d) husbands
10.What do some people do after housework?
a) take a nap
b) eat too much
c) more housework
d) compensate
听力答案
1.a
2.c
3.b
4.d
5.a
6.d
7.b
8.d
9.c
10.b
