英语新闻听写 想坐多久坐多久——这也是一种训练

Sit As Long As You Like--Just Exercise, Too

想坐多久坐多久——这也是一种训练

Sitting all day long can shave years off your life—at least that’s what we’ve been told.

经常听别人说，整天坐着的话会缩短寿命。

Now, researchers from the University of Exeter and University College London are coming to sitting’s defense¹

而现在，来自埃克塞特大学和伦敦大学学院的研究人员正在就这一说法进行辩驳

they say we’ve got it backwards².

他们认为这种观点是错误的。

According to Fusion³.com, the researchers argue in a new study that sitting is not the problem--lack of exercise is.

据Fusion网站报道，研究人员在一份新的报告中声明：久坐是没有危害的，关键是缺乏锻炼。

Richard Pulsford is from the University of Exeter and is lead author of the study.

理查德来自埃克塞特大学，他是这项研究的主要作者。

He said in a press release that the findings suggest reducing sitting time might not be quite as important for mortality risk as previously⁴ publicized.

在一次新闻演讲稿中他称：就像之前所发布的，研究发现减少坐着的时间可能对降低死亡风险来说没有多大的影响。

Rather, "encouraging people to be more active should still be a public health priority."

相反，“鼓励人们积极地锻炼身体才是公共健康事业的重中之重。”

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

3 fusion   

n.溶化；熔解；熔化状态，熔和；熔接

参考例句：

• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc. 黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
• This alloy is formed by the fusion of two types of metal.这种合金是用两种金属熔合而成的。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。