英语口语大赢家Topic112:瑜伽Yoga

为了降低锻炼强度，私人教练建议雪莉练强度较小的瑜伽，一堂课下来，雪莉有什么感受呢？

难度系数：GESE6,PETS2

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Trainer: You look great!

Shirley: Thanks to you. I'm totally pumped up.

Trainer: So you are happy that you made the decision to join us.

Shirley: I surely am. But still there is one single problem.

Trainer: What's that?

Shirley: I eat more and more these days. And it puts even more weight on me.

Trainer: It's not good to start with too much work-out at the beginning. What about trying something else?

Shirley: I'd love to do that. What do you recommend?

Trainer: More and more people are warm up to Yoga these days. Do you want to have a try?

Shirley: Do you think it's a good option for health and relaxation¹?

Trainer: Absolutely. But it takes great perseverance² to master.

Shirley: I can so that.

Trainer: Here is a free class going on right over there. Go and join them.

(After having the Yoga lesson, Shirley comes back to the trainer.)

Trainer: How did it go?

Shirley: Everything was okay when it started, but the music made me drowsy³. So I think I may have dozed⁵ off for a minute over there.

 

听看学
 

教练：你看起来真棒！

雪莉：多亏了你。我感觉很精神。

教练：所以你应该高兴做了加入我们的决定。

雪莉：当然了。但是还有一个问题。

教练：是什么呢？

雪莉：我最近吃得越来越多。我甚至比以前更胖了。

教练：开始的时候运动量过大是不好的。要不要试点别的？

雪莉：很乐意。你有什么推荐的吗？

教练：越来越多的人热衷于瑜伽。你想试试看吗？

雪莉：你觉得那是健康和放松的好选择吗？

教练：当然了。但是想要掌握的话需要很大的毅力。

雪莉：我可以的。

教练：那边正在上一堂免费的瑜伽课，过去加入他们吧！

（雪莉练完瑜伽回来找教练。）

教练：怎么样？

雪莉：开始的时候一切都很好。但是音乐让我感觉昏昏欲睡。后来有好几分钟我都在打瞌睡。

 

经典背诵 Recitation
 

Trainer: I'm a personal trainer in a gym. My job is to help people achieve their fitness⁶ levels and goals. Everything would be exciting at the beginning when it starts but it calls for great perseverance to hold on to it. But they can do it if they try. And the biggest reward for me is to see my customers look good.

 

生词小结
 

pump vi. 激发

option n. 选择

relaxation n. 放松

perseverance n. 毅力

master vt. 掌握

join vt. 加入

drowsy adj. 昏昏欲睡的

doze⁴ off 打瞌睡

 

Grammar 语法小结
 

动词不定式作主语、宾语

动词不定式一般由“to+动词原形”构成。“to”仅为符号，无实义，个别情况下可省略。

1.动词不定式作主语

（1）动词不定式作主语，看作单数第三人称，它的谓语应用单数第三人称

To do more exercise is good for health. 多做运动对身体有益。

To see is to believe. 眼见为实。

（2）“疑问句+动词不定式”作主语

How to use computer is a question. 如何使用电脑是个问题。

What to do in holiday is a question. 在假期做什么是个问题。

2.作宾语

（1）带to 的不定式直接作动词的宾语

They failed to meet each other. 他们没看见对方。

I want to be an English teacher. 我想当个英语老师。

（2）不定式和疑问词一起作宾语（what,where,when,who,whom,which,whether,how等）

I don't know how to get there. 我不知道怎么去那里。

She asked what to do next. 她问接下来做什么。

 

家庭总动员 Do it together
 

两人一组，一方朗诵下面的中文句子，另一方挑选出合适的翻译。

1.如何才能见到我的私人教练是个问题。

2.开始运动量过大不适合身体健康。

3.他不知道怎样介绍自己。

4.想出这种办法不容易。

5.雪莉不知道怎样保持好的身材。

1.How to meet my personal trainer is a problem.

2.To come up with these thoughts is not easy.

3.He doesn't know how to keep a nice figure.

4.Shirley doesn't know how to keep a nice figure.

5.To start with too much work-out is bad for health.

 

1 relaxation   

n.松弛，放松；休息；消遣；娱乐

参考例句：

• The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。

2 perseverance   

n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠

参考例句：

• It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
• Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。

3 drowsy   

adj.昏昏欲睡的，令人发困的

参考例句：

• Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.废气把他熏得昏昏沉沉，还引起了头疼。
• I feel drowsy after lunch every day.每天午饭后我就想睡觉。

4 doze   

v.打瞌睡；n.打盹，假寐

参考例句：

• He likes to have a doze after lunch.他喜欢午饭后打个盹。
• While the adults doze,the young play.大人们在打瞌睡，而孩子们在玩耍。

5 dozed   

v.打盹儿，打瞌睡( doze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon. 他喝了个通霄，昏沉沉地一直睡到下午。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• I dozed off during the soporific music. 我听到这催人入睡的音乐，便不知不觉打起盹儿来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 fitness   

n.适合，适当，健康，健身

参考例句：

• They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
• No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。