【BBC六分钟英语】为什么多跟人在一起会变得更健康？

【英文脚本】

Rob
Hello, I’m Rob. Welcome to Six Minute English, where we get together to discuss an interesting topic along with six useful items of vocabulary to wrestle with.

Catherine
Yes, hello I’m Catherine. And today’s topic is all about togetherness, because we’re talking about going to the gym and why gym membership is becoming increasingly popular. So Rob… do you head off to your local gym after work?

Rob
No, I hate group exercise. I prefer to go for a run on my own. It’s free, and I enjoy being outdoors. How about you Catherine?

Catherine
I really like group exercise Rob. I find it’s very motivating.

Rob
When something is motivating it makes us want to do something. So what motivates you to go to the gym, Catherine?

Catherine
Well I go because I really like the spin classes.

Rob
Is that where you cycle on the spot while an instructor shouts at you?

Catherine
Well, yes that’s the one! If I wasn’t in a class, I don’t think I would push myself so hard. I need someone to shout at me, to make me go faster and get up those hills.

Rob
Good and if you push yourself you force yourself to try harder, you set yourself a challenge. OK, Catherine, well you are part of a growing trend of people who like to work out, or exercise in a gym. So perhaps you can tell me, how many people are members of a gym, here in the UK? Is it… a) 1 in 2, b) 1 in 7 or c) 1 in 10?

Catherine
I’m going to go for 1 in 10.

Rob
Well, we’ll find out if you chose the right answer later on. Now let’s listen to Philip Mills – he runs the sports fitness company Les Mills, named after his father, who was a track and field athlete who represented New Zealand for twenty years. Philip has a theory to explain why group exercise has become so popular in recent years.

Philip Mills, CEO of Les Mills International
As people have become more sedentary they’ve realised that they need to move for their health. We work about 35% more hours than we used to work in the 60s. And people are too busy to play sports. Society has become fragmented and a lot of the things that used to bring people together don’t exist anymore. But, you know, we’re tribal animals, pack animals, and the gym has been one of the things that helps people to commune.

Catherine
Yes our sedentary lifestyles! We do all spend too much time sitting down, don’t we, Rob?

Rob
Yes, and according to Philip we’re probably spending more time sitting down than we used to because we’re working a lot more.

Catherine
And because we’re busier with work, we have less time to take exercise.

Rob
So why are we choosing to go to the gym these days, rather than heading down to the park to play football? Philip Mills thinks it’s because society has become fragmented, and we’re losing the social connectedness that made it easy to get together and take exercise.

Catherine
And fragmented means broken up into small pieces, by the way. The thing is, we miss that social connectedness, that feeling of belonging to a group, because we are essentially tribal animals. And a tribe is a group of people who live together and they share the same language and the same culture.

Rob
So even now most of us have left tribal society behind, we still want to feel like we’re part of a group that we can commune with, which means to get close to someone or something.

Catherine
But the question is Rob, does group exercise at the gym actually succeed in connecting us with other people?

Rob
Well, Philip Mills thinks in the future we’ll be cycling inside a video game using computer graphics, you know, visiting other planets, travelling to different times…

Catherine
Wow! But people will then be communing with a computer Rob, not really with each other?

Rob
I’m afraid so. And you won’t even have a real instructor barking instructions at you!

Catherine
Well I suppose a computer will have a virtual instructor who will also be equally motivating!

Rob
Yes, I expect so. Now, remember I asked you, Catherine: How many people are members of a gym, here in the UK?

Catherine
I do remember you asking me that Rob and I said 1 in 10.

Rob
And you were wrong, I’m afraid! Figures collected by Leisure Data Base, a company that has audited the fitness industry for fifteen years, show that one in seven of the UK population is a member of a gym. And more and more will be signing up. Total membership could soon exceed ten million for the first time.

Catherine
Wow!

Rob
OK, now let’s talk through the vocabulary items we heard today. Number one is ‘motivating’, meaning something that makes us want to do something, ‘I don’t find the idea of cycling in a small room very motivating.’

Catherine
Now number two, If you push yourself, you force yourself to try harder, ‘It’s important to push yourself if you want to do well in your exams.’

Rob
Good advice there, Catherine. Next up is ‘work out’, which means to exercise in order to improve your health and fitness. For example, ‘Catherine works out three times a week by cycling on the spot.’ Our fourth word is ‘fragmented’ or broken up into small pieces. For example, ‘I suffer from fragmented sleep. I wake up five or six times a night.’

Catherine
Poor you! Alright, number four is ‘tribal’, and the noun is ‘tribe’, a group of people who live together and share the same language and culture.

Rob
‘Football fans often wear the tribal colours of the team they support, some paint their faces too.’

Catherine
And finally we heard ‘commune’, which means to get close to someone or something. For example, Rob likes to commune with nature when he goes running. He enjoys the way the landscape changes with the seasons.’

Rob
Well said, Catherine. Now, that’s all we have time for today. But if you would like to commune with us via our Facebook, Twitter or YouTube pages, please do so.

Catherine/Rob
Bye!

【中英文双语脚本】

Rob(罗伯)
Hello, I’m Rob. Welcome to Six Minute English, where we get together to discuss an interesting topic along with six useful items of vocabulary to wrestle with.
大家好，我是 罗伯。欢迎来到 Six Minute English，我们聚在一起讨论一个有趣的话题以及六个有用的词汇项目。

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Yes, hello I’m Catherine. And today’s topic is all about togetherness, because we’re talking about going to the gym and why gym membership is becoming increasingly popular. So Rob… do you head off to your local gym after work?
是的，你好，我是 Catherine。今天的话题都是关于团结的，因为我们谈论的是去健身房以及为什么健身房会员越来越受欢迎。所以 罗伯…你下班后会去当地的健身房吗？

Rob(罗伯)
No, I hate group exercise. I prefer to go for a run on my own. It’s free, and I enjoy being outdoors. How about you Catherine?
不，我讨厌集体锻炼。我更喜欢自己去跑步。它是免费的，我喜欢在户外活动。凯瑟琳，你呢？

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
I really like group exercise Rob. I find it’s very motivating.
我真的很喜欢集体锻炼 罗伯。我发现这非常有动力。

Rob(罗伯)
When something is motivating it makes us want to do something. So what motivates you to go to the gym, Catherine?
当某件事激励我们时，它会让我们想做某事。那么，是什么促使你去健身房呢，Catherine？

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Well I go because I really like the spin classes.
我去是因为我真的很喜欢旋转课程。

Rob(罗伯)
Is that where you cycle on the spot while an instructor shouts at you?
那是你在教练对你大喊大叫时当场骑自行车的地方吗？

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Well, yes that’s the one! If I wasn’t in a class, I don’t think I would push myself so hard. I need someone to shout at me, to make me go faster and get up those hills.
嗯，是的，就是那个！如果我不在课堂上，我想我不会这么努力地逼迫自己。我需要有人对我大喊大叫，让我走得更快，爬上那些山丘。

Rob(罗伯)
Good and if you push yourself you force yourself to try harder, you set yourself a challenge. OK, Catherine, well you are part of a growing trend of people who like to work out, or exercise in a gym. So perhaps you can tell me, how many people are members of a gym, here in the UK? Is it… a) 1 in 2, b) 1 in 7 or c) 1 in 10?
很好，如果你推动自己，你就会强迫自己更加努力，你就给自己设定了一个挑战。好的，Catherine，你是喜欢锻炼或在健身房锻炼的日益增长的趋势的一部分。所以，也许你可以告诉我，在英国，有多少人是健身房的会员？是吗。。。a） 1 分之 2，b） 1 分之 7 或 c） 1 分之 10？

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
I’m going to go for 1 in 10.
我打算选择 1/10。

Rob(罗伯)
Well, we’ll find out if you chose the right answer later on. Now let’s listen to Philip Mills – he runs the sports fitness company Les Mills, named after his father, who was a track and field athlete who represented New Zealand for twenty years. Philip has a theory to explain why group exercise has become so popular in recent years.
好吧，我们稍后会知道您是否选择了正确的答案。现在让我们听听菲利普·米尔斯 （Philip Mills） 的故事 —— 他经营着一家运动健身公司 Les Mills，以他父亲的名字命名，他父亲是一名田径运动员，代表新西兰工作了 20 年。Philip 有一个理论来解释为什么近年来团体锻炼变得如此流行。

Philip Mills, CEO of Les Mills International(PhilipMills，莱美国际首席执行官)
As people have become more sedentary they’ve realised that they need to move for their health. We work about 35% more hours than we used to work in the 60s. And people are too busy to play sports. Society has become fragmented and a lot of the things that used to bring people together don’t exist anymore. But, you know, we’re tribal animals, pack animals, and the gym has been one of the things that helps people to commune.
随着人们变得更加久坐不动，他们已经意识到他们需要为了自己的健康而移动。我们的工作时间比 60 年代多了大约 35%。人们太忙了，没有时间参加体育运动。社会已经变得支离破碎，许多曾经将人们聚集在一起的东西已经不复存在。但是，你知道，我们是部落动物，是群居动物，健身房一直是帮助人们交流的东西之一。

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Yes our sedentary lifestyles! We do all spend too much time sitting down, don’t we, Rob?
是的，我们久坐不动的生活方式！我们都花了太多时间坐下来，不是吗，罗伯？

Rob(罗伯)
Yes, and according to Philip we’re probably spending more time sitting down than we used to because we’re working a lot more.
是的，根据菲尔ip 的说法，我们坐下来的时间可能比以前多，因为我们工作得更多了。

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
And because we’re busier with work, we have less time to take exercise.
而且因为我们工作更忙，所以我们锻炼的时间更少。

Rob(罗伯)
So why are we choosing to go to the gym these days, rather than heading down to the park to play football? Philip Mills thinks it’s because society has become fragmented, and we’re losing the social connectedness that made it easy to get together and take exercise.
那么，为什么我们现在选择去健身房，而不是去公园踢足球呢？菲利普·米尔斯 （Philip Mills） 认为这是因为社会已经变得碎片化，我们正在失去使聚在一起和锻炼变得容易的社会联系。

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
And fragmented means broken up into small pieces, by the way. The thing is, we miss that social connectedness, that feeling of belonging to a group, because we are essentially tribal animals. And a tribe is a group of people who live together and they share the same language and the same culture.
顺便说一句，fragmented 的意思是被分解成小块。问题是，我们怀念那种社会联系，那种属于一个群体的感觉，因为我们本质上是部落动物。部落是一群生活在一起的人，他们拥有相同的语言和相同的文化。

Rob(罗伯)
So even now most of us have left tribal society behind, we still want to feel like we’re part of a group that we can commune with, which means to get close to someone or something.
因此，即使现在我们大多数人已经离开了部落社会，我们仍然希望感觉自己是可以交流的群体的一部分，这意味着可以接近某人或某事。

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
But the question is Rob, does group exercise at the gym actually succeed in connecting us with other people?
但问题是 罗伯，在健身房进行集体锻炼真的成功地将我们与其他人联系起来吗？

Rob(罗伯)
Well, Philip Mills thinks in the future we’ll be cycling inside a video game using computer graphics, you know, visiting other planets, travelling to different times…
嗯，Philip Mills 认为在未来，我们将使用计算机图形学在视频游戏中循环，你知道的，访问其他星球，穿越到不同的时代……

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Wow! But people will then be communing with a computer Rob, not really with each other?
哇！但是人们会与计算机 罗伯 交流，而不是真正地彼此交流？

Rob(罗伯)
I’m afraid so. And you won’t even have a real instructor barking instructions at you!
恐怕是这样。而且你甚至不会有真正的教练对你吠叫指导！

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Well I suppose a computer will have a virtual instructor who will also be equally motivating!
好吧，我想一台计算机将有一个虚拟讲师，他也将同样具有激励作用！

Rob(罗伯)
Yes, I expect so. Now, remember I asked you, Catherine: How many people are members of a gym, here in the UK?
是的，我想是的。现在，记得我问过你吗，Catherine：在英国，有多少人是健身房的会员？

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
I do remember you asking me that Rob and I said 1 in 10.
我记得你问我，罗伯 和我说 10 分之一。

Rob(罗伯)
And you were wrong, I’m afraid! Figures collected by Leisure Data Base, a company that has audited the fitness industry for fifteen years, show that one in seven of the UK population is a member of a gym. And more and more will be signing up. Total membership could soon exceed ten million for the first time.
恐怕你错了！Leisure Data Base 是一家对健身行业进行了 15 年审计的公司收集的数据显示，英国人口中有七分之一是健身房的会员。而且会有越来越多的人报名参加。会员总数可能很快就会首次超过 1000 万。

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Wow!
哇！

Rob(罗伯)
OK, now let’s talk through the vocabulary items we heard today. Number one is ‘motivating’, meaning something that makes us want to do something, ‘I don’t find the idea of cycling in a small room very motivating.’
好，现在让我们来谈谈我们今天听到的词汇项目。第一是“激励”，意思是让我们想做某事的事情，“我不觉得在小房间里骑自行车的想法很有激励性。

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Now number two, If you push yourself, you force yourself to try harder, ‘It’s important to push yourself if you want to do well in your exams.’
现在是第二点，如果你推动自己，你就会强迫自己更加努力，“如果你想在考试中取得好成绩，推动自己很重要。

Rob(罗伯)
Good advice there, Catherine. Next up is ‘work out’, which means to exercise in order to improve your health and fitness. For example, ‘Catherine works out three times a week by cycling on the spot.’ Our fourth word is ‘fragmented’ or broken up into small pieces. For example, ‘I suffer from fragmented sleep. I wake up five or six times a night.’
这是个很好的建议，凯瑟琳。接下来是“锻炼”，意思是锻炼以改善您的健康和体能。例如，“Catherine 每周在原地骑自行车锻炼 3 次。我们的第四个词是 “碎片化” 或分解成小块。例如，“我患有碎片化睡眠。我每晚醒来五六次。

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
Poor you! Alright, number four is ‘tribal’, and the noun is ‘tribe’, a group of people who live together and share the same language and culture.
可怜的你！好吧，第四个是“部落”，名词是“部落”，一群生活在一起并拥有相同语言和文化的人。

Rob(罗伯)
‘Football fans often wear the tribal colours of the team they support, some paint their faces too.’
“球迷经常穿着他们支持的球队的部落颜色，有些人还会在脸上画画。”

Catherine(凯瑟琳)
And finally we heard ‘commune’, which means to get close to someone or something. For example, Rob likes to commune with nature when he goes running. He enjoys the way the landscape changes with the seasons.’
最后我们听到了 ‘commune’，意思是接近某人或某物。例如，罗伯 喜欢在跑步时与大自然交流。他喜欢风景随季节变化的方式。

Rob(罗伯)
Well said, Catherine. Now, that’s all we have time for today. But if you would like to commune with us via our Facebook, Twitter or YouTube pages, please do so.
说得好，凯瑟琳。好了，这就是我们今天的全部时间。但是，如果您想通过我们的 Facebook、Twitter 或 YouTube 页面与我们交流，请这样做。

Catherine/Rob(凯瑟琳/罗伯)
Bye!
再见！

【核心词汇】

motivating

something that makes us want to do something
激励
促使我们想做某事的事情
He is an excellent manager, good at motivating his staff.
他是一位出色的经理，擅长激励员工。

push yourself

force yourself to try harder
督促自己
强迫自己更加努力
You have to push yourself if you want to succeed.
如果你想成功，就必须督促自己。

work out

to exercise in order to improve your health and fitness
锻炼
为了改善你的健康和体魄而进行锻炼
I try to work out three times a week.
我尽量每周锻炼三次。

fragmented

broken up into small pieces
碎片化的
破碎成小块的
The industry is fragmented and fiercely competitive.
这个行业是碎片化的，竞争非常激烈。

tribal

something that belongs to a group of people who live together and share the same language and culture
部落的
属于共同生活并拥有相同语言和文化的人群
The tribal elders met to discuss the issue.
部落长老们开会讨论这个问题。

commune

to get close to someone or something
亲近
与某人或某物亲近
He went to the woods to commune with nature.
他去树林里与大自然亲近。

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