TED演讲：为什么健康的生活方式几乎把我害死(2)

 　　Now the final part of the trilogy was I wanted to focus on the body and try to be the healthiest person I could be, the healthiest person alive. 最后一步是，我希望注重自己的身体，尽可能达到最健康的状态，成为世上最健康的人。

　　So that's what I've been doing the last couple of years. 所以过去几年内我做了刚才提到的那些事情。

　　And I just finished a couple of months ago. And I have to say, thank God. 我几个月前才刚刚停下来，我必须要说，谢天谢地终于结束了。

　　Because living so healthily was killing¹ me. 因为那种健康的生活方式快要害死我了。

　　It was so overwhelming, because the amount of things you have to do, it's just mind-boggling. 太让人受不了了，因为有许多你不得不做的事情，数量多的让人难以置信。

　　I was listening to all the experts and talking to sort of a board of medical advisers². 我听取了所有专家的意见，和许多医疗顾问交流。

　　And they were telling me all the things I had to do. 他们告诉我所有必需做的事情。

　　I had to eat right, exercise, meditate³, pet dogs, because that lowers the blood pressure. 我必须正确膳食，锻炼，冥想，养宠物，因为那样可以降低血压。

　　I wrote the book on a treadmill⁴, and it took me about a thousand miles to write the book. I had to put on sunscreen. 我在跑步机上写书，为了这本书，我跑了近1000公里，我必须涂防晒霜。

　　This was no small feat⁵, because if you listen to dermatologists⁶, they say that you should have a shot glass full of sunscreen. 这可是个大工程，因为如果你严格遵医嘱的话，皮肤专家会告诉你，你要准备满满一玻璃杯的防晒霜。

　　And you have to reapply it every two to four hours. 同时，必须每2-4个小时再涂一次。

　　So I think half of my book advance went into sunscreen. 所以我觉得我的书的前一半都是关于防晒霜的。

　　I was like a glazed⁷ doughnut for most of the year.  我一年中大部分时间就像个光滑的甜甜圈。

　　There was the washing of hands. I had to do that properly. 关于洗手方面，必须洗的正确。

　　And my immunologist told me that I should also wipe down all of the remote controls and iPhones in my house,  免疫学家告诉我，我必须仔细擦拭家里所有的遥控器和iPhone，

　　because those are just orgies of germs. So that took a lot of time. 因为它们滋生大量的细菌。这件事花费了我大量时间。

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

3 meditate   

v.想，考虑，（尤指宗教上的）沉思，冥想

参考例句：

• It is important to meditate on the meaning of life.思考人生的意义很重要。
• I was meditating,and reached a higher state of consciousness.我在冥想，并进入了一个更高的意识境界。

4 treadmill   

n.踏车；单调的工作

参考例句：

• The treadmill has a heart rate monitor.跑步机上有个脉搏监视器。
• Drugs remove man from the treadmill of routine.药物可以使人摆脱日常单调的工作带来的疲劳。

5 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

6 dermatologists   

n.皮肤病学家( dermatologist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Today dermatologists agree that the experiments were not conducted well. 今天，皮肤病学者承认，当时的实验操作上有误。 来自互联网
• Dermatologists consistently recommend the low-cost old favorites, but of good-quality. 皮肤学家一致推荐物美价廉的老品牌。 来自互联网

7 glazed   

adj.光滑的，像玻璃的；上过釉的；呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式)；上釉于，上光；（目光）变得呆滞无神

参考例句：

• eyes glazed with boredom 厌倦无神的眼睛
• His eyes glazed over at the sight of her. 看到她时，他的目光就变得呆滞。 来自《简明英汉词典》