ABC |
职务：总版主
级别：法老
魅力：4
积分：4315
经验：787384
文章：4205
注册：04-08-13 16:45
|
|
 |
 发表: 2011-05-21 10:16:41 人气:38857  
Passage Three
Doctors in Britain are warning of an obesity time bomb, when children who are already overweight grow up. So, what should we do? Exercise more? Eat less? Or both? The government feels it has to take responsibility for this expanding problem.
The cheerful Mr. Pickwick, the hero of the novel by Charles Dickens, is seen in illustrations as someone who is plump (胖乎乎的) and happy. In 18th century paintings beauty is equated with rounded bodies and soft curves. But nowadays being overweight is seen as indicating neither a cheerful character nor beauty but an increased risk of heart disease and stroke.
So what do you do? Diet? Not according to England’s chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson. He says that physical activity is the key for reducing the risks of obesity, cancer and heart disease. And the Health Secretary John Reid even said that being inactive is as serious a risk factor in heart disease as smoking.
So, having bought some cross trainers, how much exercise should you do? According to Sir Liam Donaldson, at least 30 minutes of moderate activity five days a week. Is going to the gym the answer? Luckily for those who find treadmills (跑步机) tedious, the Health Development Agency believes that physical activity that fits into people’s lives may be more effective. They suggest taking the stairs rather than the lift, walking up escalators, playing active games with your children, dancing or gardening. And according to a sports psychologist, Professor Biddle, gyms are not making the nation fit, and may even cause harm.
There’s new scientific evidence that too much exercise may actually be bad for you. Scientists at the University of Ulster have found that unaccustomed exercise releases dangerous free radicals that can adversely affect normal function in unfit people. The only people who should push their bodies to that level of exercise on a regular basis are trained athletes.
So, should we forget about gyms and follow some experts’ advice to increase exercise in our daily life? After all, getting off the bus stop early and walking the rest of the way can’t do any harm! One final thought. How come past generations lacked gym facilities but were leaner and fitter than people today?
英国的医生（doctor: physician）正警告（warn: alarm）将有一个肥胖（obesity: fatness）定时炸弹（time bomb），到时候，已经超重（overweight）的孩子将长大成人（grow up）。那么，我们该做什么？做更多锻炼（exercise: training）？吃更少食物？或者二者兼顾？政府（government: authority）认为（feel: believe, reckon, think），它应该为这个日益严重的（expanding: ever-increasing, growing）问题承担（take: bear, burden, shoulder）责任（responsibility: burden, duty, obligation）。
快乐的（cheerful: delightful, happy, joyful）匹克威克先生（查尔斯•狄更斯小说中的英雄（hero））在插图（illustration: drawing, painting, picture）中被描绘成一个胖乎乎的（plump: fat）、快乐的（happy: cheerful, delightful, joyful）人物。在十八世纪的绘画（painting: drawing, picture）中，美丽（beauty）等同于（equate with: equal with）圆形的（rounded: circular, round）身体（body）和柔软的（soft: tender）曲线（curve）。但现如今，超重被看成是既不快乐也不美丽，是只会增加（increase: add, enhance, improve, rise）患心脏病（heart disease）和中风（stroke）风险（risk: danger, hazard, venture）的一种标志（indicating: mark, sign, symbol）。
那么你该做什么？节食（diet）？根据英国最高（chief: leading）医疗（medical）官员（official）利亚姆•唐纳森爵士的观点，不要这样做。他指出，身体（physical: body）运动（activity: action, movement）是降低（reduce: cut, decrease）肥胖、癌症（cancer）以及心脏病风险的关键（key）。卫生大臣约翰•里德甚至说，不运动（inactive）就像吸烟一样严重（serious: severe），是引发心脏病的一个危险因素（factor: cause, excuse, reason）。
那么，在购买了一些十字形（cross）训练器（trainer）后，你应该做多少锻炼呢？根据利亚姆•唐纳森爵士的观点，一个星期五天，每天做至少三十分钟的适量（moderate: rational, reasonable）运动。去体育馆（gym）是解决办法（answer: solution）吗？幸运的是，对于那些觉得跑步机乏味（tedious: dull）的人来说，卫生发展（development: growth, improvement）部（department: part, section, sector）认为（believe: feel, reckon, think），适合（fit: suit）人们生活的身体运动可能更有效（effective: efficient）。他们建议（suggest: advice）爬楼梯（stair）而不是乘电梯（lift: elevator, escalator），建议走上扶梯（escalator: elevator, lift）、和孩子们玩活泼（active: positive）游戏（game: play）、跳舞或者做园艺（gardening）。根据运动（sports）心理学家（psychology）比德尔教授的观点，体育馆不是在使国家健康（fit: healthy），而是可能导致（cause: bring about, lead to, result in, set off）伤害（harm: damage, hurt）。
有新的科学（scientific）证据（evidence: proof）显示，做太多锻炼其实可能对你有害。阿尔斯特大学的科学家（scientist）已经发现，不寻常的（unaccustomed: unusual）锻炼会释放（release: give out, set free）危险的（dangerous: hazardous, risky, venturous）自由（free）激进分子（radical），这些激进分子可能对不健康者的正常（normal: common, formal）功能（function）产生不利（adversely: negatively）影响（affect: effect, impact, influence）。唯一应该使（push: force）自己的身体在合适的（regular: rational, reasonable, right）基础（basis: base, foundation）上达到那种锻炼度（level: degree）的人是受过训练（train: educate, exercise）的运动员（athlete: player）。
那么，我们应该忘记（forget）体育馆，并遵循（follow: obey）专家（expert: specialist）的建议（advice: suggestion）增加（increase: add, enhance, improve）我们日常（daily: everyday）生活中的锻炼吗？毕竟（after all），早点从公交车站（stop）下车（get off）然后走完剩余路程（rest: remain）不会造成任何伤害！最后一点。过去几代（generation）人缺乏（lack）体育馆设施（facilities: instrument），但却比现在的人们苗条（lean: slim）、健康，这是为何？
SIZE]
[SIZE=3](详见北大辅导班教材) |
 |
| 相关帖子 | |
| 曹其军教授同等学力词汇记忆：根据阅读文章记单词 (ABC,1692511,2011-05-21 10:11:31) | | [COLOR=blue][SIZE=... (ABC,33350,2011-05-21 10:13:24) | | [COLOR=blue][SIZE=3]... (ABC,38857,2011-05-21 10:16:41) | | [COLOR=blue][SIZE=3]... (ABC,26925,2011-05-21 10:18:08) | | [COLOR=blue][SIZE=3]... (ABC,42891,2011-05-21 10:20:53) | | 知道北大的辅导太晚了,估计这次没希... (严小平,37354,2011-05-23 10:00:14) | | 非常感谢. (刘海斌,38425,2011-05-24 09:11:45) | | 下次上北大辅导学习。 (何鸿业,40961,2011-05-26 10:11:44) |
首页 上页 下页 尾页 相关帖共有130帖 此页8帖 每页8帖 |
|
|
