英文原版对话1000个:870 Weight Lifting

Todd: Mike, I thought we would talk about weight training. You're kind of an expert. I see you in the gym a lot. You're always, you know, lifting weights. How did you get involved in weight training?

Mike: Well, I started in high school. I've played sports since I was little and once I got to high school, we had to start weight training for our team.

Todd: OK, and so did you just start with like, you know, the basics, like free weights or did you do like the machines?

Mike: Yeah, well, we had a weight lifting coach so we did both machines and free weights and he made sure that our form was correct and we did everything properly, so...

Todd: Right, now, actually which did you prefer, the machines or the free weights?

Mike: I prefer free weights. Yeah, I think machine is a little bit more restrictive than free weights so if you know how to... if you have proper guidance, then free weights are better.

Todd: So, actually you play soccer. Is that correct?

Mike: Yes.

Todd: See, that's interesting cause I wouldn't think that soccer players would be into weight training.

Mike: Yeah, that's the usual way of thinking for a lot of people, but actually now people into playing soccer are doing a lot more weights.

Todd: But when you lift weights, don't you feel that you're more tight? Or you're tighter? That you're not flexible?

Mike: Yeah, but that means that you have to stretch. Do a lot of stretching as well.

Todd: So, stretching is just as important as the weight training?

Mike: Yes.

Todd: OK, well, you don't play soccer anymore, do you?

Mike: No, after college I've retired¹ from competitive² sports.

Todd: So, do you still follow the same regiment³ that you did with your soccer training?

Mike: No. Weight lifting when you're not playing sports is different than when you are playing sports, so now I just lift to keep fit and not actually for sports performance.

Todd: Well, that's interesting. Like, what is different about doing weight training for sports and doing it just to be fit?

Mike: The exercises vary⁴ a lot. If you're doing, for sports, you do things that you need to do a lot of explosion⁵ work so that you can move faster or better and... whereas⁶ if you're just staying fit, it just more to get exercise and you know, to keep your shape.
 

1 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

2 competitive   

adj.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的

参考例句：

• Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
• These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。

3 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。

4 vary   

vi.变化，有不同；vt.改变，使不同

参考例句：

• Cherries vary in colour from almost black to yellow.樱桃的颜色由近乎黑到黄各不相同。
• Old people don't like to vary their habits.老年人不喜欢改变他们的习惯。

5 explosion   

n.爆发，发出，爆炸

参考例句：

• The police arrived right at the moment of the explosion.警察就在爆炸的那个时候赶到了。
• The shock of the explosion was felt far away.爆炸引起的震动很远都可感觉到。

6 whereas   

conj.而，却，反之

参考例句：

• They want a house,whereas we would rather live in a flat.他们想要一座房子，而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。
• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。