Recording 24

录音24

A: So what did you think about the research?

A：那么，你觉得这项调研怎么样？

B: I thought it was well thought out, although it did take three years to produce any results.

B：我觉得这是经过了周详考虑的，尽管要花三年才有结果。

A: Yes, but that's to be expected given the age of the participants. I mean, they had to chart their progress over several years.

A：对，但考虑到参与者的年龄，这本在意料之中。我是指，他们要在好几年间跟踪自己的进度。

B: I suppose so.

B：我想也是。

A: But didn't you think the results were astonishing? I know I did.

A：但你不认为结果是非常惊人的吗？我是这么觉得的。

B: Yeah, me too. It's amazing to think that watching TV can have such a clearly demonstrated effect on children's obesity problems. It's quite alarming really.

B：对，我也是。看电视对于儿童肥胖问题的影响已被清晰证实了，这太不可思议了。这可真令人担忧。

A: I agree.

A：我同意。

B: People were generally unimpressed by the findings though, which is typical when there's a suggestion that we change our behaviour.

B：人们往往对于这些研究发现无动于衷，（尤其是）研究结果暗示我们应改变自己的行为，这很常见。