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A study into how lazy British people are has foundmore than half of adults are so idle they'd catch thelift rather than climb two flights of stairs.Just over2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain's largesthealth charity. The results were startling.
一項(xiàng)關(guān)于“英國(guó)人有多懶”的調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn),超過(guò)半數(shù)以上的成年人非常懶惰,就算住在二樓,他們寧肯坐電梯也懶得去爬那兩段樓梯。有超過(guò)兩千人接受了英國(guó)最大的健康慈善機(jī)構(gòu)——納菲爾德健康中心的獨(dú)立調(diào)查員的調(diào)查,調(diào)查結(jié)果令人大吃一驚。
About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continuewatching the same channel rather than get up. More than one third of those questioned saidthey would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% saidthey were often too tired to play with them. This led the report to conclude that it's no wonderthat one in six children in the UK are classified as obese before they start school.
調(diào)查顯示,如果遙控器壞了,大約六分之一的人寧肯繼續(xù)看原來(lái)的頻道也懶得起身去換臺(tái)。超過(guò)三分之一的被調(diào)查者稱,他們不會(huì)跑著去趕一班公交。令人擔(dān)憂的是,654名有孩子的受訪者中有64%的人聲稱他們經(jīng)常由于疲憊而懶得陪孩子們玩。調(diào)查報(bào)告最后總結(jié)道,難怪英國(guó)每六個(gè)學(xué)齡前兒童就有一個(gè)患有肥胖癥。
Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said: "People need to get fitter, not justfor their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and evidently their pets too.If wedon't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit toperform even the most rudimentary of tasks.”
納菲爾德健康中心的醫(yī)療顧問(wèn)薩拉·當(dāng)西博士說(shuō),“人們的生活有必要變得更健康,這不僅僅是為他們自身考慮,也是為他們的家人、朋友、當(dāng)然還有他們的寵物考慮。如果我們現(xiàn)在還不開始采取措施控制這個(gè)問(wèn)題,整個(gè)一代人將會(huì)因過(guò)度不健康而喪失完成最基本任務(wù)能力。”
And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the most indolent city in the UK, with75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham andSouthampton, both with 67%.
在關(guān)于體育運(yùn)動(dòng)的調(diào)查中,蘇格蘭最大的城市格拉斯哥有75%的人承認(rèn)他們?nèi)鄙僮銐虻捏w育鍛煉,因而格拉斯哥市被評(píng)為英國(guó)最懶惰的城市。緊鄰其后的是伯明翰和南安普敦,均有67%的人承認(rèn)缺少足夠的體育鍛煉。
The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-relatedillnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 yearsand are costing billions of pounds every year.
調(diào)查結(jié)果給英國(guó)國(guó)民健康服務(wù)體系提出了嚴(yán)重挑戰(zhàn),在過(guò)去40年來(lái),像心臟病和癌癥這些與肥胖相關(guān)的疾病一直呈穩(wěn)步上升態(tài)勢(shì),而每年的醫(yī)療投入和花費(fèi)都高達(dá)數(shù)十億英鎊。