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外语系春季学期电台广播第七八周听力原文

外语系2014-2015年春季学期电台广播第七、八周听力原文

Couch-potatoeshaveshortlives久坐不动势必短命

Lackofexercisecouldbecausingasmanydeathsaroundtheworldassmoking,accordingtoanarticleinthesciencemagazineTheLancet.

AsthousandsofOlympicathletespreparetopushtheirbodiestothelimit,mostofussitinactiveforhoursinfrontofaTVset.

Butthescientistssaytheyarenotsuggestingdifficultgymsessions.AsPamelaDasfromTheLancetputsit:

"Itisnotaboutrunningonatreadmill,whilstlisteningtoyouriPod."Theaimistoencourageeveryonetothinkaboutfitnessandbuildphysicalactivityintotheirdailylives,suchasbriskwalking,gardeningoranyenergeticpursuit.

Despitethefamiliarityofthemessage,oneinthreeadultsworldwidefailstodotherecommended150minutesofmoderateaerobicphysicalactivityperweek.

So,ratherthanstressingthehealthbenefitsofagoodworkout,TheLancetresearchershavedecidedtoshowtheharmcausedbyinactivity.Theyestimatelackofexerciseisresponsibleforabout5.3mdeathsayear:

aboutthesamenumberassmoking.

Sittingarounddoingnothingcanleadtocoronaryheartdisease,Type2diabetes,andbreastandbowelcancers.

Thedatamightlackmuscleasscientistshavehadtorelyonquestionnairessentoutto122countriesinwhichpeoplereporttheirownlevelsofactivity.Itmustalsobedifficulttoseparatetheimpactofobesityfromthefigures.

ButDrI-MinLee,fromHarvardMedicalSchool,saystheywereverycautious:

"Ourestimatesofill-healthfromlackofphysicalactivityareonthelowside."

Theresearcherssaytheproblemofinactivityhasreachedpandemiclevels,withfar-reachinghealthandsocialconsequences.Theycallforaradicalre-thinkinhowtodealwiththeissue.

Glossary词汇表

topush（theirbodies）tothelimit把（身体）推到了极限

inactive不活跃的

agymsession一次健身课

atreadmill一台跑步机

fitness健身

physicalactivity体力活动，锻炼

abriskwalk快步行走

apursuit一个追求

familiarity熟悉

moderate温和的健康益处

aworkout一次锻炼

coronaryheartdisease冠心病

muscle（肌肉）此处指可信度

torelyon依靠于

obesity肥胖症

ill-health不健康，身体不好

CinemaEtiquette电影院礼仪

Forme,oneofthegreatestpleasuresinlifeisgoingtowatchagreatfilm-ormovie-atthecinema.It'sachancefor escapism -gettingawayfromreallife.There'snothingbetterthanbeingengrossedinastoryunless,ofcourse,someonedecidestospoilthemoment.

Whetheratan arthouse cinemaorahugemultiplex,someoneusuallydecidestotreattheauditoriumliketheirownhome!

Thereisanetiquette -oracceptedwayofbehaving-atthecinemawhichsomepeopledon'tseemtounderstand.

Tostartwith,somepeoplealwaysturnuplate,causingyoutorisefromyourseattoallowthemtogetpast.Then,whenyouwanttoenjoythedigitalprojectionandsurround-soundeffects,someonedecidesto slurp ontheirdrinkandmunch theirpopcorn.Andmyworst bugbear ispeoplewhodecidetochattotheirfriends;sometimesnotevenaboutthefilm.It'sjust badmanners!

I'mnotaloneinthis rant.SimonMayo,afilmcriticandradiopresenterattheBBC,experienceda"newlow"duringafilmscreening.Hesays"thewomaninfrontofmegetsthephoneout…,andthenhasanapponherphonewhichturnsherphoneintoamirror."Hegoesontosayafriendthengotherphoneoutandusedthetorchonittoallowhertodohermake-up!

Hehashelpedtocreatea codeofconduct formoviegoers-alistofrulesonhowpeopleshouldbehaveatthecinema.Oneofthemistobanmobilephones,andanotherisnottotakeyourshoesoff-avery seriousoffence!

Ofcourse,whenwehavepaidforaticket,wefeelitisourrighttorelaxandenjoythefilmandinthewaywewantto,butwemustn'tforgetourfellowmoviegoerswhowanttoenjoythecinematicexperiencetoo.Somecinemacompanieshaveattemptedtostop anti-socialbehaviour bybanningpopcornorhavingchild-freefilmscreenings.

ThebestoptionforanyonewantingtobreaktherulesofcinemaetiquetteistogetaDVDandwatchitathome.Butweallknowthatthebestwaytoappreciatetheartofcinematographyisonthebigscreen.It'syourchoice!

Whataboutyou?

Whatannoysyouaboutotherpeopleatthecinema?

Glossary词汇表escapism逃避现实

∙arthouse小型电影院multiplex大型电影院

∙etiquette礼仪slurp发出声音喝东西

∙munch大口咀嚼（食物）bugbear棘手的难题

∙badmanners不礼貌的行为rant牢骚，批评

∙codeofconduct行为准则seriousoffence严重的罪行

∙anti-socialbehaviour反社会行为

∙

∙"WeareWhatWeChoose"

RemarksbyJeffBezos,asdeliveredtotheClassof2010BaccalaureateMay30,2010

JeffBezos杰夫贝索斯创办了全球最大的网上书店Amazon（亚马逊）,并使之称为经营最成功的电子商务网站之一。

Asakid,IspentmysummerswithmygrandparentsontheirranchinTexas.Ihelpedfixwindmills,vaccinatecattle,anddootherchores.Wealsowatchedsoapoperaseveryafternoon,especially"DaysofourLives."MygrandparentsbelongedtoaCaravanClub,agroupofAirstreamtrailerowners