2015年11月18日 每天半小時學英語
中文素材:
對整天對著辦公桌上的電腦工作的上班族來說,久坐帶來的健康風險類似於每天抽一包煙。實際上,許多研究表明,久坐加大了各類起因的死亡風險,即便你在辦公室外積極鍛鍊。
英文:From Financial Times of London
For office workers who spend their days working on a computer at a desk,sitting for hours is a health hazard akin to smoking a pack of cigarettes
every day.In fact,a number of studies have found that sitting increases risk of death by all causes even if you have a fairly active workout schedule outside the office.
好詞好句整理:
1、健康風險:a health hazard 例句:Poverty leads to slums(貧民窟),which is a real health hazard.
2、 類似於: akin to 例句:The process is akin to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle.(拼成七巧板)
3、即便你在辦公室外積極鍛鍊:even if you have a fairly active workout schedule[有真正在外積極鍛鍊的計劃](名詞形式的"積極鍛鍊")outside the office. 例子:If you make a workout schedule,you have to stick to it.
重要語法點:
介詞的使用:介詞是有各種含義的;For office workers who spend their days working on(表“在…上面”)[專注在] a computer at(表在某個位置點) a desk;/ sitting for(表時間段) hours is a health hazard akin to(表對於) smoking a pack of cigarettes; / sitting increases risk of(表屬性) death by(表方式) all causes