英文原版对话1000个:1158 Rehab and Yoga

 　　Nathan: So we're talking about gyms and exercises and stuff¹, Jules, and I want to ask you a question. It may be a bit of advice.

 

　　Jules: OK.

 

　　Nathan: You know Madonna?

 

　　Jules: Not personally but.

 

　　Nathan: Right. Well, I heard that Madonna had like started this craze where people do gym, they do yoga in hot rooms and the benefit is that because your muscles are all warm, you can do much longer like stretches. You can stretch much further but the counter-argument is that you get dehydrated and you might damage yourself.

 

　　Jules: Yeah. To be honest, I don't know so much about it. Madonna certainly didn't start it. It's called bikram yoga.

 

　　Nathan: OK:

 

　　Jules: And it originates² I think in India but they, I think the underlying³ idea is that because yoga originates in India that we should practice yoga in the same climactic conditions.

 

　　Nathan: Great.

 

　　Jules: Therefore you should be stretching and working out in the hot humid thirty five plus. And of course your body is much more flexible when it's warm and you get a lot, I've never done it actually because I, when I go, I can go in a sauna but only for a couple of minutes.

 

　　Nathan: Yeah.

 

　　Jules: Because I start to feel my heart beat and I get dizzy and stuff.

 

　　Nathan: Oh really?

 

　　Jules: I don't like it so the thought of working out in that kind of climate would kind of scares me a little bit.

 

　　Nathan: Mmm, maybe I don't need to try that then.

 

　　Jules: But I think you'd benefit from yoga. Everybody benefits from yoga especially someone with your back issues.

 

　　Nathan: My poor back, yeah.

 

　　Jules: Your weight training, was that on your doctor's advice or are you just trying to strengthen up so that you can protect your body?

 

　　Nathan: I have a physio and they advised me that one of the problems I have with my back is that the muscles get tired and there's like a vicious⁴ circle. So if you get tired muscles, they go hard and as they're hard they get, what would I say tense and as they get tense they get more tired more easily so you've got like a vicious circle. They're tense so they get tired and as they're tired they get more tense.

 

　　Jules: Tired, OK.

 

　　Nathan: And one of the reasons they get tired is because they're not strong and you overdo⁵ the activity. So like if you run a marathon, you know the next day your legs are really tired and they really hurt. It's the same kind of principle that if you do the same position like using a computer for a long time, the small controlling muscles get tired so if you can strengthen them, you can sit at the computer without getting tired for as long.

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 originates   

v.起源于，来自，产生( originate的第三人称单数 )；创造；创始；开创

参考例句：

• The theory of relativity originates with Albert Einstein. 相对论是爱因斯坦创立的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All knowledge originates from labour. 一切知识起源于劳动。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 underlying   

adj.在下面的，含蓄的，潜在的

参考例句：

• The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
• This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。

4 vicious   

adj.恶毒的，恶意的，凶残的，剧烈的，严重的

参考例句：

• He gave the dog a vicious blow with his stick.他朝着那只狗狠狠地打了一棍子。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard.作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。

5 overdo   

vt.把...做得过头，演得过火

参考例句：

• Do not overdo your privilege of reproving me.不要过分使用责备我的特权。
• The taxi drivers' association is urging its members,who can work as many hours as they want,not to overdo it.出租车司机协会劝告那些工作时长不受限制的会员不要疲劳驾驶。