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Catherine
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Catherine.
Dan
And I'm Dan.
Catherine
Now Dan, would you say you had a sedentary lifestyle at all?
Dan
If I only went to work, yes, I would have a pretty sedentary life. I sit on the tube, I sit at my desk or in the studio for most of the day. But because I know that's not good for my health, I do also like to go to the gym a couple of times a week and I'll do some exercise, like a bike ride or playing football at the weekend. So, my job is pretty sedentary, but not my life.
Catherine
Nice answer, Dan. And our topic today is about how one country in particular has been very successful in dealing with the problem of a sedentary population. But before we find out more, here is today's question. According to a recent survey, how long does the average person in the UK spend sitting down every day? Is it:
a) between 6 and 7 hours,
b) between 7 and 8 hours or
c) between 8 and 9 hours?
So, Dan, what do you think?
Dan
Based on my day, it would be between 8 and 9 hours, but I don't know if I am an average person! So I'm interested to learn the answer for myself.
Catherine
We'll find out the answer later in the programme. Now, 40 years ago Finland was perhaps the unhealthiest country in the Western world. But now, it's one of the healthiest.
Dan
Death by heart disease in Finland has fallen by 80% and life expectancy, the age at which the average person lives until, has risen by 10 years.
Catherine
How has this been achieved? This was investigated on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme and one of the ways Finland has improved the health of the nation is by a lot of state involvement. BBC reporter John Laurenson describes in a humorous way how this works. How does he describe someone with many health problems?
John Laurenson
If you're an exercise shirker because you're fat or old or asthmatic or chained to your computer or just plain lazy or all of those things rolled into one super-health disaster zone, they will come to you in the form perhaps, of a stern lady with a clipboard and make some firm suggestions. They won't actually drag you off your PlayStation, out of your nursing home or out of the pub but they do get quite close.
Catherine
How did he describe someone with a lot of health problems, Dan?
Dan
Well, he wasn't very complimentary, and we should emphasise that this report is quite tongue-in-cheek, which means that it's meant to be funny and shouldn't be taken seriously but he called the people with many health problems 'super-health disaster zones'.
Catherine
'Super-health disaster zones'. So what other vocabulary can we pick from what he said?
Dan
He talked about being an exercise shirker. A shirker is someone who avoids doing something usually because they are being lazy. It's also a verb, to shirk.
Catherine
Laurenson says that if you are an exercise shirker or indeed a super-health disaster zone, someone from the authorities will come and visit you. In another tongue-in-cheekdescription he says that this visitor might be a stern lady with a clipboard.
Dan
Stern is an adjective which means very serious and strict, someone without a sense of humour who might be quite angry. And in his description the reporter says that this sternlady will have a clipboard. It's a hard board you can attach papers to so you can write on the paper while you are moving around.
Catherine
So we have this image of an angry lady arriving at your house to tell you off for your health habits and make you live a healthier life.
Dan
But he does point out that they won't actually drag you out of your house to do exercise. However, in the report he goes on to say that there is lot of encouragement, even from school age, to eat well and take regular exercise.
Catherine
Well, before a stern lady with a clipboard comes and tells us off for not finishing on time, let's get the answer to today's quiz. According to a recent survey, how long does the average person in the UK spend sitting down every day? Is it:
a) between 6 and 7 hours,
b) between 7 and 8 hours or
c) between 8 and 9 hours?
Dan
And I said I had no idea.
Catherine
Well, the answer was c), Dan - between 8 and 9 hours. In fact, it was 8 and a quarter hours. By comparison, in Finland, it's less than 6 hours.
Dan
I guess we are a lot more sedentary in Britain.
Catherine
And sedentary is our first word in our vocabulary review. It's an adjective used to describe a lifestyle which involves a lot of sitting and not much exercise.
Dan
And if you are very sedentary, it can lead to a lower life expectancy. Life expectancy - the age to which you are expected to live.
Catherine
Next we had the word shirker for someone who avoids doing something they don't like, usually because they are lazy. For example, an exercise shirker avoids exercise.
Dan
Something that is said tongue-in-cheek is meant to be humorous and not taken seriously.
Catherine
If you are stern though, you want to be taken seriously. It's an adjective that means serious and strict.
Dan
And finally there's clipboard. A board you attach papers to so you write on them as you walk around.
Catherine
Well, Dan, it's time for us to go and get some exercise. Join us again next time and remember you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and of course our website bbclearningenglish.com. See you soon, bye.
Dan
Bye!
sedentary
adjective used to describe a lifestyle which involves a lot of sitting and not much exercise
life expectancy
the age to which you are expected to live
shirker
someone who avoids doing something they don't like, usually because they are lazy
tongue-in-cheek
something meant to be humorous and not taken seriously
stern
adjective that means serious and strict
clipboard
a board you attach papers to so that you can write on them as you walk around
雙語版Transcript
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m Catherine.
大家好，歡迎來到六分鐘英語。我是凱薩琳。
And I’m Dan.
我是丹。
Now Dan, would you say you had a sedentary lifestyle at all?
丹，你會說自己完全有久坐的生活方式嗎？
If I only went to work, yes, I would have a pretty sedentary life. I sit on the tube, I sit at my desk or in the studio for most of the day. But because I know that’s not good for my health, I do also like to go to the gym a couple of times a week. And I』ll do some exercise, like a bike ride or playing football at the weekend. So, my job is pretty sedentary, but not my life.
如果我只是去工作的話，是的，我會有一個相當久坐的生活。一天中大部分時間裡，我坐在地鐵裡，坐在桌前，或者是在演播室裡。但是因為我知道那對我的健康不利，我確實也喜歡一周去幾次健身房。而且我會做一些鍛鍊，像在周末騎單車和踢足球。所以，我的工作相當久坐性質，但是我的生活不是。
Nice answer, Dan. And our topic today is about how one country in particular has been very successful in dealing with the problem of a sedentary population. But before we find out more, here is today’s question. According to a recent survey, how long does the average person in the UK spend sitting down every day? Is it: a) between 6 and 7 hours, b) between 7 and 8 hours or c) between 8 and 9 hours?So, Dan, what do you think?
不錯的回答，丹。而且我們今天的主題是關於一個國家是如何相當成功解決久坐人群的問題的。但是在我們找到更多內容前，先是今天的問題。根據最近一項調查，在英國正常人每天有多長時間坐著？是a)6小時到7小時之間， b)7小時到8小時之間 還是c)8小時到9小時之間？所以，丹，你覺得呢？
Based on my day, it would be between 8 and 9 hours. But I don’t know if I am an average person! So I’m interested to learn the answer for myself.
根據我的一天來看，它會是8小時到9小時之間。但是我不知道我是否是正常的。所以我有興趣親自找到答案。
We』ll find out the answer later in the programme. Now, 40 years ago Finland was perhaps the unhealthiest country in the Western world. But now, it’s one of the healthiest.
我們稍後將在節目中揭曉答案。40年前芬蘭或許是西方世界最不健康的國家。但是現在，它是最健康的國家之一。
Death by heart disease in Finland has fallen by 80%. And life expectancy, the age at which the average person lives until, has risen by 10 years.
心臟病造成的死亡已經下降了80%。而且預期壽命，正常人能活到的年齡已經增加了10歲。
How has this been achieved? This was investigated on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme. And one of the ways Finland has improved the health of the nation is by a lot of state involvement. BBC reporter John Laurenson describes in a humorous way how this works. How does he describe someone with many health problems?
這是如何實現的？BBC節目4頻道You and Yours對此進行調查。而且芬蘭提高自己國家健康水平的方式之一是大量的國家幹預。BBC記者約翰?勞倫森以一種幽默的方式描述這是如何起作用的。他是怎樣形容有一些健康問題的人？
If you’re an exercise shirker because you’re fat or old or asthmatic or chained to your computer or just plain lazy or all of those things rolled into one super-health disaster zone, they will come to you in the form perhaps, of a stern lady with a clipboard and make some firm suggestions. They won’t actually drag you off your PlayStation, out of your nursing home or out of the pub, but they do get quite close.
如果你是鍛鍊偷懶者，由於自身肥胖或者年紀大，有哮喘或者被電腦束縛住，或者僅僅就是單純地懶惰，又或者是那些都包含在內的「超健康重災區」，他們會來到你身邊，形式或許是——一個嚴厲的女性，帶著帶夾書寫板，給出一些嚴格的建議。他們並不會把你拽離遊戲站，療養院或者酒吧，但是他們做的也確實差不多。
How did he describe someone with a lot of health problems, Dan?
他是怎樣描述有許多健康問題的人，丹？
Well, he wasn’t very complimentary, and we should emphasise that this report is quite tongue-in-cheek, which means that it’s meant to be funny and shouldn’t be taken seriously. But he called the people with many health problems ’super-health disaster zones』.
好吧，他對此並不是讚不絕口，而且我們應該強調一下，這個報導十分戲謔性質，那指的是它註定是好笑的，不應該太認真。但是他稱有諸多健康問題的人為「超健康重災區」。
Super-health disaster zones』. So what other vocabulary can we pick from what he said?
「超健康重災區」。所以我們能從他說的話裡學到什麼其它詞彙？
He talked about being an exercise shirker. A shirker is someone who avoids doing something, usually because they are being lazy. It’s also a verb, to shirk.
他說到了鍛鍊偷懶者。偷懶者是逃避做某事的人，通常是因為他們懶惰。它同樣是一個動詞，偷懶。
Laurenson says that if you are an exercise shirker or indeed a super-health disaster zone, someone from the authorities will come and visit you. In another tongue-in-cheek description he says that this visitor might be a stern lady with a clipboard.
勞倫森說如果你是鍛鍊偷懶者或者真的是「超健康重災區」，來自政府部門的某個人將會來拜訪你。勞倫森以一種戲謔的方式說這個拜訪者或許會是一個拿著帶夾書寫板的嚴厲女性。
Stern is an adjective which means very serious and strict, someone without a sense of humour, who might be quite angry. And in his description the reporter says that this stern lady will have a clipboard. It’s a hard board you can attach papers to, so you can write on the paper while you are moving around.
「嚴厲的」是一個形容詞，指的是非常嚴肅和嚴格，沒有幽默感的人，或許相當憤怒的人。而且在記者的描述中，他說這個嚴厲的女性會有一個帶夾書寫板。它是一個硬板，你可以把紙夾在上面，所以在你走動的時候你可以在紙上寫字。
So we have this image of an angry lady arriving at your house to tell you off for your health habits and make you live a healthier life.
所以我們有這個畫面，一個憤怒的女士來到你的家中斥責你的健康習慣，讓你活得更加健康。
But he does point out that they won’t actually drag you out of your house to do exercise. However, in the report he goes on to say that there is lot of encouragement, even from school age, to eat well and take regular exercise.
但是他確實指出，他們不會真的把你從家裡拖出來鍛鍊。然而，在報導中他繼續談到那會有許多激勵政策，甚至從學齡期開始，讓你吃得好，定期鍛鍊。
Well, before a stern lady with a clipboard comes and tells us off for not finishing on time, let’s get the answer to today’s quiz. According to a recent survey, how long does the average person in the UK spend sitting down every day? Is it: a) between 6 and 7 hours, b) between 7 and 8 hours or c) between 8 and 9 hours?
好的，在拿著帶夾書寫板的嚴厲女性到來並告訴我們沒有準時完成節目之前，讓我們揭曉今天測試的答案。根據最近一項調查，在英國正常人每天有多長時間坐著？是a)6小時到7小時之間，b)7小時到8小時之間 還是c)8小時到9小時之間？
And I said I had no idea.
我說我不清楚。
Well, the answer was c), Dan, between 8 and 9 hours. In fact, it was 8 and a quarter hours. By comparison, in Finland, it’s less than 6 hours.
好的，答案是選項c，丹，在8小時和9小時之間。事實上是8小時15分鐘。作為比較，在芬蘭不到六個小時。
I guess we are a lot more sedentary in Britain.
我猜在英國我們更多地久坐。
And sedentary is our first word in our vocabulary review. It’s an adjective used to describe a lifestyle which involves a lot of sitting and not much exercise.
而且「久坐的」是我們詞彙回顧的第一個單詞。它是一個形容詞，用來描述一種大量坐著，沒有太多鍛鍊的生活方式。
And if you are very sedentary, it can lead to a lower life expectancy. Life expectancy - the age to which you are expected to live.
而且如果你非常久坐的話，它會導致較低的預期壽命。預期壽命――你預期活到的年紀。
Next we had the word shirker for someone who avoids doing something they don’t like, usually because they are lazy. For example, an exercise shirker avoids exercise.
接下來我們學了「偷懶者」這個單詞，是指逃避做自己不喜歡的事情的人，通常是因為他們懶惰。例如鍛鍊偷懶者逃避鍛鍊。
Something that is said tongue-in-cheek is meant to be humorous and not taken seriously.
某事以戲謔的方式說出就是幽默的，不要太認真。
If you are stern though, you want to be taken seriously. It’s an adjective that means serious and strict.
不過如果你是嚴厲的，那你就是想要認真對待。它是一個形容詞，指的是嚴肅並且嚴格。
And finally there’s clipboard. A board you attach papers to, so you write on them as you walk around.
最後是「帶夾書寫板」。一個你可以夾著紙的板子，所以當你走動的時候你可以在上面寫字。
Well, Dan, it’s time for us to go and get some exercise. Join us again next time and remember you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and of course our website bbclearningenglish.com. See you soon, bye.
好的，丹，到了我們離開並做些鍛鍊的時候了。下次再加入我們，而且記得你可以在Instagram，Facebook，Twitter，YouTube，當然還有我們的網站bbclearningenglish.com上找到我們。下次見，拜。
Bye!
拜！