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02 體育鍛煉

健身房里流汗忙

dialogue

ashley and megan are discussing to take exercise in a gymnasium on sunday.

艾希莉和梅根正在討論在周日到健身房鍛煉身體。

ashley: hey, is there much work?

艾希莉：嘿，工作多嗎？

megan: yes, i am afraid so, but when i think tomorrow is the weekend, i would be excited.

梅根：恐怕是的，但是想到明天就是周末了，我就很興奮。

ashley: me, too. we have been too busy these days. how about your case?

艾希莉：我也是，這些日子我們太忙了，你的那個案子怎么樣了？

megan: it meets the bottleneck. i don't know how to deal with it.

梅根：遇到了瓶頸了，我都不知道怎么處理呢。

ashley: oh, don't worry. you can work it out.

艾希莉：噢，別擔心，你可以解決的。

megan: thanks for your comfortable words.by the way, would you like to take exercise? i have found a new gymnasium.

梅根：謝謝你的安慰，順便問一下，你想要去鍛煉身體嗎？我找到一個新的健身房。

ashley: oh? how about the equipment?

艾希莉：是嗎？健身房的設備怎么樣？

megan: the equipment is introduced from overseas.

梅根：它的設備是從國外引進的。

ashley: great. i love taking exercise. is it ok on sunday?

艾希莉：太好了，我喜歡鍛煉，星期天可以嗎？

megan: ok, we can meet at the gate of the company. the gymnasium is near our company. i heard that the nude fitness is pop now. have you ever taken part in it?

梅根：好的，我們可以在公司門口碰面，那個健身房離公司不遠。我聽說現在很流行裸體健身，你參加過嗎？

ashley: i can not accept it.

艾希莉：我覺得我不能接受。

megan: many people think nude fitness is very normal.

梅根：很多人認為裸體健身很正常啊。

ashley: yes, i know, and there are quite a lot of nude fitness clubs.

艾希莉：是的，我知道，現在已經有很多裸體健身俱樂部了。

megan: yeah. at ski resort of austria there is actually a nude skiing.

梅根：嗯。聽說奧地利的滑雪勝地竟然有裸體滑雪項目。

ashley: are you kidding? not cold?

艾希莉：你開玩笑吧？不冷嗎？

megan: how on earth!

梅根：鬼才知道！

ashley: by the way, is that gymnasium nude?

艾希利：順便問一下，那家健身館是裸體健身俱樂部嗎？

megan: of course not.

梅根：當然不是了。

notes

1. gymnasium [d?im?neizi?m] n. 健身房

2. bottleneck [?b?tl?nek] n. 瓶頸；（尤指工商業發展的）瓶頸，阻礙，障礙

3. deal with 處理

4. nude fitnes 裸體健身

小貼士

1. hello, i would like to join your gym. could you tell me something about the services you offer?

您好，我想加入你們健身俱樂部。你能告訴我你們都提供什么服務項目嗎？

2. we offer many kinds of services, including massage, bodybuilding and yoga.

我們提供多種服務，包括按摩、美體，還有瑜伽。

3. i just got a membership of this gym.

我剛剛獲得了這家健身房的會員資格。

4. if you want to tone up your legs, i suggest using the treadmill.

如果想鍛煉腿部，我推薦你使用跑步機。

勤練瑜伽身材好

dialogue

many women are especially interested in practicing yoga now.

現在很多女士都很熱衷于練習瑜伽。

wendy: nancy, you look like in perfect condition.

溫迪：南希，你的氣色真好。

nancy: that's because i go to the gym to keep fit every day.

南希：那是因為我每天都去健身房鍛煉。

wendy: which sports do you participate in?

溫迪：你參加了什么運動啊？

nancy: i've been doing yoga for a long time.

南希：我已經練習瑜伽很久了。

wendy: really? how do you feel when you practice yoga?

溫迪：是嗎？你練習瑜伽的感覺怎么樣？

nancy: i feel really tired and sweat a lot.

南希：感覺特別累，出了好多的汗。

wendy: but it will help you keep fit.

溫迪：但是這樣有利于你保持健康。

nancy: sure. yoga is used to promote people's physical, intellectual and mental harmony and health. but more importantly, i can keep my mind peaceful.

南希：是啊。瑜伽可以促進身體、心智以及精神的和諧與健康。更重要的是，它能讓我心緒平和。

wendy: well, not bad. we have high work pressure. i read a strange piece of news about yoga several days ago.

溫迪：嗯，真不錯。我們的工作壓力太大了。我前幾天剛看了一篇奇怪的報道，是關于瑜伽的。

nancy: what did it say?

南希：報道上怎么說？

wendy: it said that a prison in india set a strange rule: the prisoners who take part in the yoga training for 3 months can get commutation pardon.

溫迪：報道上說印度的一家監獄剛剛出臺了一項奇怪的規定，參加瑜伽課程3個月的囚犯可以獲得減刑的機會。

nancy: really? it is a strange rule, isn't it?

南希：真的嗎？這個規定可真奇怪，不是嗎？

wendy: yeah. they think the yoga can not only improve the prisoners' health, but also make them calmer and reduce the violence.

溫迪：對啊。獄方認為，瑜伽不僅可以改善囚犯的健康狀況，還能讓犯人們變得更加冷靜，以此來減少暴力傾向。

nancy: i believe it will be a good measure.

南希：相信這會是一個不錯的方法。

notes

1. participate [pɑ:?tisipeit] v. 參與，參加

2. promote [pr??m?ut] v. 提升；發起；促進，推動

3. physical [?fizik?l] adj.物質的；身體的；自然規律的；物理學的

4. commutation [?k?mju?tei??n] n. 交換，折算，折合；減刑

5. pardon [?pɑ:d?n] v. 寬恕，原諒；赦免，特赦；n. 饒恕，原諒；赦免

6. reduce [ri?dju:s] v. 減少，降低；使衰退，縮減，減弱；約束，限制

7. violence [?vai?l?ns] n. 暴力；強烈；狂熱，激情

小貼士

yoga vocabulary

瑜伽詞匯表

sira 脈管

dhamani 經絡

asana 姿勢，體位

pranayama 呼吸節奏

pratyahara 梵語（意為制止感覺）

samadhi 快樂寧靜的狀態

dhyana 中譯“禪那”（印度的靜坐冥想）

yoga nidra 瑜伽休息術

ghagavad gita 薄伽梵歌（每一個修習瑜伽的人必讀的一本書）

sun salutation 拜日式

drishtis 凝視法（指注視或集中在一點上）

ujjayi 勝利呼吸法（一種獨特的呼吸技巧與方法）

hiranyagarbha 布茹阿瑪，金胎（是從至尊的能量產生的最初的生物）

vinyasa yoga 流瑜伽

integral yoga 完整瑜伽

power yoga 力量瑜伽

ashtanga yoga 阿斯湯加瑜珈，又名power yoga（是哈達瑜伽中最講求體力的）

hatha yoga 哈達瑜伽（瑜伽中的一支，是現今最流行亦最為人熟悉的瑜伽修煉方法）

iyengar yoga 近年西方最為人熟悉的哈達瑜伽學派（將瑜伽科學及醫學化，借以改善個人生理及心理上的種種毛病）

jnana yoga 智者瑜伽，是一個探討哲學，進行思辯（最終獲得自知之明）的體系，它要求你研究自己關心的經文，并進行沉思。

你學跆拳道了嗎

dialogue

jennifer is a fan of taekwondo.

詹妮弗是一個跆拳道迷。

nicole: hey, jennifer. is that true that you are learning taekwondo recently?

尼科爾：嘿，詹妮弗，聽說你最近在學跆拳道，真的嗎？

jennifer: yes. i have just attended a taekwondo class.

詹妮弗：嗯。我剛剛報了一個跆拳道班。

nicole: so cool. can you tell me some basic roles about it? i know nothing about it.

尼科爾：酷。你能告訴我一些跆拳道的基本知識嗎？我還什么都不知道呢。

jennifer: my pleasure. taekwondo has roots in ancient korean martial arts. it emphasizes courtesy. a taekwondo match comprises three rounds lasting three minutes each. in taekwondo, both punching with fists and kicking with feet are allowed. that's all what i know.

詹妮弗：沒問題。跆拳道是起源于韓國古代的一項武術，它講究禮節。跆拳道比賽分3局，每局分3分鐘。在跆拳道中，用拳打和用腳踢都是允許的。我只學了這么多。

nicole: sounds interesting. it is a good choice to protect ourselves.

尼科爾：應該很有意思啊，用來防身不錯。

jennifer: do you want to try? i have a class today, and you can go with me after work.

詹妮弗：想感受一下嗎？我今天剛好有課，下班之后你可以跟我一起去看看。

nicole: that's great!

尼科爾：那真是太好了！

notes

1. taekwondo [tai'k?nd?u] n. 跆拳道

2. courtesy [?k?:tisi] n. 謙恭有禮，有禮貌的舉止；adj. 禮貌上的

3. emphasize [?emf?saiz] v. 強調；重讀；使突出，使明顯

4. comprise [k?m?praiz] v. 包含，包括，由……組成

5. attend [??tend] v. 參加；照顧，照看

6. opponent [??p?un?nt] n. 對手；反對者

7. punch [p?nt?] v. 用拳猛擊；用力按；n. 拳打；穿孔機

小貼士

跆拳道用語

referee 裁判員

leaping kick 跳踢

rest period 局間休息

rule violation 違規

tie 平局

victory by knockout 擊倒獲勝

front kick 前踢

side kick 側踢

cross kick 橫踢

dobok 道服

protective gear 護具

black belt 黑帶

中國的傳統——武術

dialogue

martial art is the treasure of the chinese nation. practicing kung fu can strenghen the physique.

武術是中華民族的瑰寶。練武可以鍛煉筋骨。

noah: hey, it is said that our boss will give us some film tickets.

諾亞：嘿，聽說今天老板要給大家發電影票。

jacob: yes, i heard that it was a blockbuster. would it be kung fu panda 2?

雅各布：嗯。我聽說還是大片呢，會不會是《功夫熊貓2》啊？

noah: maybe. by the way, do you know something about chinese kung fu? i only saw kung fu in movies.

諾亞：有可能呢。對了，你了解中國功夫嗎？我只在電影里看到過中國功夫。

jacob: i know little about it. i know a few kung fu stars, such as bruce lee, jackie chan and jet lee.

雅各布：知之甚微。我知道幾個功夫明星，比如李小龍、成龍、李連杰。

noah: hey, hey, man, i also know these. tell me something i don't know. for example,what are the functions? for fighting?

諾亞：嘿，嘿，伙計，這些我也知道。說些我不知道的。比如，練習武術有什么用呢？打架？

jacob: frankly speaking, the main purpose is to strengthen the physique. besides defense and offence, the most outstanding functions of martial art are moral cultivation and artistic effect.

雅各布：其實，練武的主要目的是為了強身健體。除了防守和攻擊，武術在道德培養和藝術影響方面都有重要作用。

noah: it seems that i have mistaken martial art as fighting skills.

諾亞：看來我是把它誤以為格斗術了。

jacob: it does contain this part. martial art has a history of thousands of years. chinese culture is deeply intertwined into it. but martial art at ancient time is totally different from that in modern times.

雅各布：它確實包括這一部分。武術已經有幾千年的歷史了，和中國文化有著千絲萬縷的聯系。但是，古代武術與現代武術是完全不同的。

noah: so it is a good way to learn chinese culture through martial art.

諾亞：這么說來學習武術不失為了解中國文化的一種好方式。

jacob: certainly.

雅各布：那是當然了。

noah: you really know a lot. just like wiki.

諾亞：你知道的可真多。簡直就是百科全書！

jacob: you flatter me too much.

雅各布：過獎過獎。

notes

1. blockbuster [?bl?k?b?st?] n. 重磅炸彈；大片

2. strengthen [?stre?θn] v. 加強，鞏固

3. physique [fi:?zi:k] n.體格

4. defense [di?fens] n. 防御；辯護

5. offence [??fens] n. 違法行為；冒犯，無禮

6. intertwine [?int??twain] v. 纏結在一起

7. flatte [?fl?t?] n.向……奉承，阿諛

小貼士

經常看武俠劇的你們，是不是很羨慕大俠們的一身絕世武功？來看一看它們的英文翻譯吧！

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