夏说英语新闻晨读 第256期:英国女校的减肥潮

 本期内容：
A girls' school is banning wearable activity trackers and smart watches because of concerns that pupils are skipping lunch if they fail to meet their calorie and exercise targets. Teachers at Stroud high school in Gloucestershire fear the gadgets¹ are exacerbating² some girls' worries about their body image. The deputy³ headteacher, Cindi Pride, said the school's active and healthy pupils did not need to count calories and the number of steps they took each day. She said: “We are banning Fitbits and smartwatches. These monitor the number of calories burned and we found that some girls would monitor the number of steps they had taken and the number of calories they had used. If they didn't feel they had taken enough steps in the morning, they wouldn't eat lunch.

Ban: 禁止
Tracker: 记录仪
Skip: 跳过
Gadget: 设备
Exacerbate: 加剧

David versus Goliath: 以小博大
Underdog: 弱者
Swagger: 张狂的样子
Downgrade: 降低评级
Initially: 一开始
Bullish: 看好（股价）
Ripple: 波动

1 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

2 exacerbating   

v.使恶化，使加重( exacerbate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• This pedagogical understretch is exacerbating social inequalities. 这种教学张力不足加重了社会不平等。 来自互联网
• High fertilizer prices are exacerbating the problem. 高涨的肥料价格更加加剧了问题的恶化。 来自互联网

3 deputy   

n.代理人，代表，副职；adj.代理的，副的

参考例句：

• John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.我离开期间，约翰将代理我的职务。
• She is the deputy headmistress of the school.她是那所学校的代理校长。