实战口语情景对话 第211期:健身房 Gym

 Jessica: Kate, how do you normally¹ spend your evenings? 

杰西卡：凯特，你通常怎么度过晚上的时光？

Kate: I've joined the gym here, so I go and exercise and go for a swim. 

凯特：我加入了这里的健身俱乐部，所以我会去锻炼，游泳。

Jessica: Swim. How long do you stay each time? 

杰西卡：游泳。你每次锻炼多长时间？

Kate: About 2 hours. 

凯特：大约两个小时。

Jessica: Wow. So what do you do during those two hours. 

杰西卡：哇。那这两个小时里你都做什么呢？

Kate: So we go to the gym for about an hour and then have a swim for half an hour and then sauna for about ten minutes and then finish off with a massage². 

凯特：我们在健身房运动一个小时，然后游泳半个小时，之后蒸桑拿10分钟，最后去按摩。

Jessica: Really, a massaging³ chair? 

杰西卡：是按摩椅吗？

Kate: A massaging chair! 

凯特：对，是按摩椅！

Jessica: Wonderful, and so who do you go with? 

杰西卡：真好，那你和谁一起去呢？

Kate: I go with Nicola. 

凯特：我和尼科拉一起去。

Jessica: And Nicola is? 

杰西卡：尼科拉是谁？

Kate: She's another teacher and she's who I live with, so. 

凯特：她也是老师，她和我一起住。

Jessica: Alright, good, good, good, good. Now when you're in the gym, do you do weights? Do you do cardio? Aerobics⁴? Running? Walking? 

杰西卡：哦，真好，真好，太好了。那你们在健身房会做力量练习吗？你们做有氧运动吗？健美操？跑步？健步走？

Kate: We do everything really. Aerobics and weights. 

凯特：其实我们什么都会做。有健美操和力量练习。

Jessica: Aerobics and weights are the best. 

杰西卡：健美操和力量练习是最好的运动。

Kate: The gyms here are much better than back home. 

凯特：这里的健身房比我们家乡的好太多了。

Jessica: Oh, yeah. What's the biggest difference? 

杰西卡：哦，这样啊。最大的区别是什么？

Kate: They have games on the machines so if you're cycling, you're also playing a game where you have to blow up the other cyclists so it makes it a bit more interesting than just exercising. 

凯特：他们的健身器材上有游戏，你在骑单车的同时也在玩游戏，你必须要击败其他的自行车手，这种游戏比只做运动要有意思。

Jessica: Uh-huh! So it passes the time by. Yeah, lot quicker. And then why are you exercising? Do you have a certain reason, a goal in mind? 

杰西卡：啊哈！这样时间过得很快。嗯，快很多。那你为什么要健身呢？你是有特定的理由，还是有想达成的目标？

Kate: Yeah, because I put on a lot of weight when I was in Australia because I was eating too much pizza and, good breakfast, and drinking far too much beer. 

凯特：对，因为我在澳大利亚的时候体重增加了很多，我吃了太多的批萨，早餐吃得很丰盛，还喝了过多的啤酒。

Jessica: So you just want to shed⁵ those extra pounds. 

杰西卡：所以你是想减去多余的体重。

Kate: Yeah, that I put on and get back to the original weight that I was. 

凯特：没错，就是我增加的那些体重，我要恢复我原来的身材。

Jessica: Well, good luck to you. 

杰西卡：嗯，祝你好运。

Kate: Thank you. 

凯特：谢谢你。 

1 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

2 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

3 massaging   

按摩，推拿( massage的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He watched the prisoner massaging his freed wrists. 他看着那个犯人不断揉搓着刚松开的两只手腕。
• Massaging your leg will ease the cramp. 推拿大腿可解除抽筋。

4 aerobics   

n.健身操，健美操，韵律操

参考例句：

• Doing aerobics is a good way to improve one's health.做有氧健身操是改善健康状况的一个好方法。
• Aren't you going to the aerobics class this morning?今天上午你不是去上有氧运动课吗？

5 shed   

n.车棚，小屋，脱落之物，分水岭；vt.使流出，放射，脱落，散发，摆脱；vi. 流出

参考例句：

• There are a lot of straws in the shed.棚子里有许多稻草。
• His nose told him that he was getting near the cow shed.他的嗅觉告诉他，他正走近牛棚。