【英语时差8,16】击鼓有利于健身

Ya?l: [OVER THE DRUMS] Don! Hey, Don! Hey!

     [DRUMMING STOPS]

D: Did somebody say something?

Y: Yes, over here, hello!?!

D: Oh, hi Ya?l. What a sec, let my take my earplugs out. Man, drums are loud.

Y: Tell me about it! What are you doing? Starting a rock band?

D: Nope. I'm working out.

Y: Uh, OK. It looked to me like you were nurturing¹ your inner² John Bonham.

D: Well, maybe I was living out my rock star fantasies, but I'm also working up a sweat.

    Did you know that during a rock show the drummer's heart rate can get as high as 179 beatsper minute?

Y: Wow! That's like professional athlete range.

D: Yep. Rock drummers burn something like six-hundred calories per hour.

Y: How do you know all this?

D: I'm a big fan of the rock group Blondie. Remember them from the 1970s and early '80s? Anyhow,the group's drummer, Clem Burke, has been working with scientists to study what drumming doesfor the body. Turns out it could be a great form of      exercise.

Y: I can see that. You're using both arms and legs at the same time, and if you're playing  a fast song,that really takes a lot of energy.

D: Exactly. And it's more fun than running on a treadmill³ like a hamster on a wheel.

Y: So are we going to see drumming fitness⁴ centers in the near future?

D: Maybe. There's still more research to be done on drumming as exercise. But drumming could very well emerge⁵ as a new fitness trend.  

1 nurturing   

养育( nurture的现在分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• These delicate plants need careful nurturing. 这些幼嫩的植物需要精心培育。
• The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants. 这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。

2 inner   

adj.内部的，里面的；内在的，内心的；精神的

参考例句：

• The label is on the inner side of the box.标签贴在盒子内侧。
• Other people seek the mountains for renewal of their inner lives.另一些人到深山中去，寻求新的精神生活。

3 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。

4 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。

5 emerge   

vi.（从水中等）出来，出现，浮现，形成

参考例句：

• The baby's head was starting to emerge from the womb.婴儿的头开始从母亲的子宮中露出来。
• It's still hard to tell who will emerge victorious.鹿死谁手尚难逆料。