美国文化脱口秀 第356期:超实用的夏日健身英语

 今天说说高人气的健身主题。爱健身、注重健康的朋友越来越多。希望今天的这些英语对大家有用！

关键词：

Summer is in the air, so a lot of people are working out and watching what they eat: 夏天到了，很多人在健身、注意饮食

They might have started a little late: 现在开始好像迟了点

Better late than never: 迟做总比不做好

It's never too late: 只要做了，就为时不晚

A lot of our listeners are into fitness as well, so today we'll talk about some specialized¹ fitness terms: 很多我们的听众也很爱健身，所以今天我们就来聊一聊专业的健身术语

Kill two birds with one stone: 一石二鸟

I could talk about this for days: 我三天三夜也说不完

We need to condense your knowledge and passion: 节目会浓缩你的健身知识和热情

健身在英语里的N种说法

“健身”、“锻炼”、“运动”在英语里有很多表达方式，但意思有微小的差别：

Working out: 健身，通常指在健身房

Exercise: 所有的锻炼、运动基本都包括在内

Bodybuilding: 健美

Fitness: 强身健体，形容全方位良好的身体状态，涵盖的范围最广

There're many expressions for that, but they mean slightly different things: 有很多表示“锻炼”、“健身”的词，但他们的意思有微妙的差别

Exercise incorporates everything, whether you're swimming or lifting: “Exercise”涵盖的范围最广，各种形式的锻炼，不管是游泳还是举重，都算“exercising”

If you say you're working out, it implies that you're in the gym: 在英语里如果你跟别人说你在“work out”，大家普遍会认为你是在健身房锻炼

If you're running outdoors, you wouldn't say "I'm working out": 如果你在户外跑步，你不会说“I'm working out”

You would say "I'm going for a run": 通常跑步会独立说“I'm going for a run"

Bodybuilding: 健美

Muscles: 肌肉

健身是一种生活态度

Fitness更多是一种追求健康的生活态度，有些人坚持运动，有些人吃得健康。

If you're into fitness, it doesn't mean you're into bodybuilding: 如果你说自己“into fitness”, 这个指的不是喜欢健美

You could be into yoga, eating right, focusing on your diet, running, swimming, rock climbing, martial² arts: 你可能喜欢瑜伽，很注意饮食，或者是对跑步，游泳，攀岩，武术感兴趣

Fitness implies a healthy and balanced lifestyle, not just exercise, but dietary as well: Fitness指的是一种很健康很均衡的生活方式，不仅是锻炼，饮食也是一部分

A way of life: 一种生活方式、生活态度

值得注意的语言点

Spencer和Jenny这集节目里一直用到“into”这个词。它的意思是很喜欢、很着迷一件事。如果你爱健身，口语里最好的说法就是“I'm into working out", "I'm into fitness".

谈到健身、健康，“balanced"这个词也很常用，意思就是均衡的、平衡的；

大家要特别注意Diet (形容词dietary)这个词，它可以是减肥的意思。比如“I'm going on a diet", 但是它另外一个意思就是饮食、膳食。

超实用的夏日健身英语

不同身型、不同说法

同样是健身、练肌肉，英语里有很多不同的词，来形容不同的身材；

If you say someone is fit, they don't have to be muscular, but they look toned at least: 说一个人“fit”, 他不一定要肌肉很大块，但至少看上去身材不错

toned and tight: 身材紧致

In essence, they are healthy: 总而言之就是他们很健康

muscular: 肌肉发达

muscle head: 四肢发达、头脑简单暗，贬义词

ripped: 肌肉精干型

If you say someone is ripped, it means their body fat percentage is low and they look sculpted³: 说一个人"ripped"，那他应该是体质很低，肌肉看上去跟雕刻出来的一样

You don't have to be huge to be ripped, for example Bruce Lee was ripped: 一个“ripped”的人不一定要人高马大、大块肌肉，比如李小龙，就是“ripped”的代表

最常说的肌肉类型，英语怎么说？

见过Spencer的人都知道，他的手臂可谓是让人望而生畏！

Spencer's got huge arms: Spencer的手臂练得非常壮

Biceps: 二头肌

Triceps: 三头肌

Weightlifting, lift weights: 举重

Body weight workouts, for example pull-ups: 靠身体自重来进行的锻炼，比如引体向上

Dumbbells: 哑铃

Barbells: 杠铃

人鱼线、马甲线

这两个被炒得很热的中文词，英语怎么说？

可以叫V lines，因为线条很像V字型。

腹肌则是abs。美国人日常用abs一词更多，V lines这个概念似乎没有中国这么热。比如Google, Instagram上的搜索，关键词"abs"要比"v lines"多得多。

I want toned abs: 我想要紧致的腹肌

core strength exercises: 核心肌群训练

V lines (not mermaid⁴ lines): 人鱼线

Many people are obsessed⁵ with getting these lines: 很多人特别迷这两条线

Looking and feeling good is important, but sometimes people go overboard: 锻炼是为了身材好，心情好，但有些人太极端了

A while back, the A4 waist meme was trending: 前一阵子，A4腰风靡一时

I like a girl with a nice, developed waist: 我喜欢女生稍微有点腰

butt⁶: 臀部

wide hips⁷: 宽的胯部

A waist that's too thin might come off as sickly: 腰瘦过头了可能看起来会有些病态

There's a point where something that's healthy becomes unhealthy: 凡事都有个度，如果做过了头，健康的东西也变的不健康了

Too much of a good thing is a bad thing: 过犹不及

说到腹肌，美国网络上有句话非常红，也很有道理，分享给大家

30% gym, 70% diet: 三分靠健身、七分靠饮食

Abs are carved in the kitchen, built in the gym: 腹肌是在厨房里塑造出来的，在健身房里练出来的

常用健身器械英语名

Elliptical: 椭圆机

Treadmill⁸: 跑步机

What's your workout routine? 你都练什么？

Spencer不愧是健身达人，去健身房一次最少也要45分钟，一般一次要一个半到两个半小时。看来要出效果，还是得下苦功夫！Jenny去健身最喜欢的项目是ab cruncher，就是专门练腹肌的一个“虐腹神器”。

Ab cruncher: 腹肌锻炼器

Anaerobic⁹: 无氧的

Cardio, aerobic¹⁰: 有氧的

What's your workout routine?: 你健身一般做哪些项目？

How long do your workouts normally last?: 一般去健身房一次锻炼多久？

The shortest is around 45 minutes, but usually I work out for one and a half to two and ahalf hours: 最少是45分钟，当我通常会花一个半到两个半小时

健康饮食最重要

想要好身材，不仅要运动， 最根本的是健康、科学的饮食。图上这句话，就很好概括了这一点："You are what you eat."

Since summer's around the corner, and a lot of people want to get in shape, so what's the best routine for losing weight? 夏天快到了，很多人想塑身，那么要减肥的话怎么锻炼最好呢？

How many times a week should we work out, and what kind of exercise should we do? 一周要去健身几次，最好做一些什么运动？

Exercise is important, but you are what you eat, so food is the biggest factor: 锻炼很重要，但吃才是最重要的

Some people will starve themselves and eat very little, but that's a big mistake: 有的人不吃，或者吃得很少，但这是个大误区

If you don't eat, it slows down your metabolism¹¹: 如果你不吃，新陈代谢就会慢

When that happens, your body goes into survival mode by preserving the fat and feast on your muscle: 这样一来你的身体会进入一种求生模式，存储脂肪，消耗肌肉

You might weigh less, but your body fat goes up: 也许你体重会减下来，但你的体脂会升高

You might become "skinny fat": 可能变成瘦胖子

It's not about how much you weigh but how much fat is on your body: 关键不是你体重多少，而是你身体上有多少脂肪

Spencer has given me a lot of workout tips, and whatever abs I have is all thanks to him:Spencer 给了我很多的健身建议，我有的腹肌都是多亏他

Six-pack abs, six-packs: 六块腹肌

I don't think women need really developed abs. It's kinda gross: 我不觉得女生需要腹肌，怪吓人的

Health is important and balance is important too: 健康很重要，均衡适度也很重要

最后我们说说在美国健身的事儿

美国健身房多少钱？

在北美，健身可以说是一个全民运动。上期节目中我们也提到Adam的爸爸七十岁了还每天去健身房健身。

那在美国健身价格如何呢？

许多美国的大学都有自己的健身房，一般对在校学生是免费开放的，就算收费也非常的便宜，可能两块钱一次之类的。

如果你在商业健身房办卡，一般一个月40、50美金，年卡可能五、六百刀。

小编所在的地方有些健身房会推出家庭套餐，鼓励大家带动家人一起健身，但前提是要两个人住址一样才可以办理。

美国健身房礼仪，用完器械一定要擦！

健身房也有健身房的礼节，美国著名网站Huffington Post有篇文章整理出了13 Rules of Gym Etiquette，13条健身房的礼节，小编这里抽两条特别重要的说：

Wipe off your sweat after you work out: 运动完把汗都擦掉

＊美国健身房器械旁边通常都会放wet wipes(湿纸巾), 目的不是擦你自己，而是擦器械＊

If you can bench 300 lbs, congratulations. Brag¹² about it on Facebook, but don’t leave all the plates on the bar for the next person to remove: 如果你杠铃能举300磅，恭喜你！但咬炫耀的话请上脸书，别把杠铃片都留在杆子上，等着下个人帮你卸。

前面说到我们好多听众都爱健身。也许健身、学英语都会给身心灵带来巨大的改变和提升,带给我们一种蜕变"transformation"，这种感受真的很美妙！

1 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

2 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

3 sculpted   

adj.经雕塑的

参考例句：

• a display of animals sculpted in ice 冰雕动物展
• The ladies had their hair sculpted by the leading coiffeur of the day. 女士们的发型都是当代有名的理发师做的。

4 mermaid   

n.美人鱼

参考例句：

• How popular would that girl be with the only mermaid mom!和人鱼妈妈在一起，那个女孩会有多受欢迎！
• The little mermaid wasn't happy because she didn't want to wait.小美人鱼不太高兴，因为她等不及了。

5 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

6 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

7 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 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。

9 anaerobic   

adj.厌氧的

参考例句：

• Anaerobic respiration occurs only in particularly active tissues such as muscles during severe exercise. 厌氧呼吸只有在处于剧烈运动状态的肌肉等特别活跃的组织中才会发生。
• Infection,especially anaerobic infection, is much more apt to occur.感染，特别是厌氧感染很容易发生。

10 aerobic   

adj.需氧的，增氧健身法的，有氧的

参考例句：

• Aerobic exercise helps to build up stamina.有氧健身操有助于增强耐力。
• Aerobic dance is conductive to the health.有氧舞蹈有助于健康。

11 metabolism   

n.新陈代谢

参考例句：

• After years of dieting,Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.经过数年的节食，卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
• All living matter undergoes a process of metabolism.生物都有新陈代谢。

12 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。