本篇文章是有关身体健康的,属于科普知识。美式英语发音,慢速英语,与之前的两篇文章相比,稍微简单一丢丢。可以作为口译入门或基础英语听力口语听写的素材。
【先看看句子解析】
Right now, you’re probably sitting down to watch this video and staying seated for a few minutes to view it is probably okay.
此时,你或许正坐着观看这个视频,坐下来看几分钟视频是没问题的。
But the longer you stay put, the more agitated your body becomes.
但是你坐的时间越长,你的身体就越焦躁不安。
It sits there counting down the moments until you stand up again and take it for a walk.
时间就这样一分一秒的过去,直到你起身站起来,四处走走,活动活动。
That may sound ridiculous. Our bodies love to sit, right? Not really.
听起来还挺可笑的。我们的身体喜欢坐着,对吗?并不见得。
Sure, sitting for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise.
当然,短暂的坐着可以帮助我们从压力中恢复过来,或从运动中恢复过来。
But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around, and our bodies simply aren’t built for such a sedentary existence.
但现在,我们的生活方式让我们坐着的时间远远比运动的时间多,而我们的身体并不是为久坐不动而构造的。
In fact, just the opposite is true.
事实上,恰好相反。
The human body is built to move, and you can see evidence of that in the way it’s structured.
人类的身体生来就是为了运动,你从身体构造就能找到证据。
今天要强调的是,听写过后的查缺补漏环节。
一些虚词,例如:a/an/the。或者单词词尾的复数变化以及谓语动词的单三变化,在听写的过程中,是很难听清的。
这就需要我们在听后,依据句子结构以及语法,来改正错误,将文章内容填补完整。
【下面来看看词汇】
1. agitated,形容词,表示“焦虑不安的”,比如:Susan seemed agitated about something.(苏姗像是对什么事感到不安。)
2. count down,动词词组,表示“倒计时”,比如:We are counting down the days to the end of this tour.(我们这次旅行已经在倒计时,快要结束了。)
3. ridiculous,形容词,表示“荒唐可笑的”,比如:It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance. (说我们之间有风流韵事真是荒唐可笑。)
4. recuperate,不及物动词,表示“康复、复原”,比如:I went away to the country to recuperate. (我离开到乡下去养病。)
5. sedentary,形容词,表示“需要久坐的”,比如:health problems caused by our sedentary lifestyles(由于我们久坐不动的生活方式引起的健康问题)。