时差N小时 你被炒了

Yael: Welcome to A Moment of Science, the popular science radio show that's both fun and informative¹. Today's Topic on Moment of Science is: You're Fired. Hey, did I read that right?

雅艾尔：欢迎来到科普广播节目——科学时刻，这是一个既有趣又丰富的节目。今天科学时刻的主题是：你被炒了。嘿，我读的对吗？

Don: Yep. You're fired. How do you feel?

唐：对。你被炒了。感觉如何？

Yael: What do you mean, how do I feel?

雅艾尔：你说“感觉如何”是什么意思？

Don: I mean, do you feel less healthy than before I fired you? How's your weight? What about your cholesterol² rate?

唐：我是说，你觉得你没有被解雇之前健康吗？你的体重如何？你的胆固醇怎么样？

Yael: Okay, okay...this is one of your set-ups. I'm not really fired, am I?

雅艾尔：好吧，好吧...这又是你的实验之一。我并没有真的被解雇，对吗？

Don: Well, no. It's all a cruel ploy³ to get me to today's subject... which is that job insecurity can affect your health.

唐：嗯，没有。这是一种引导话题的残酷手段，今日的话题就是就业不安全感会影响你的健康。

Yael: Yeah. It just about gave me a heart attack.

雅艾尔：是的。刚刚的确把我吓出心脏病了。

Don: A study in the American Journal of Public Health shows that heart attacks are no joke for people who suspect they are going to be laid off. Over four years, a study group with imperiled jobs was found to have a forty to sixty percent greater occurrence⁴ of heart disease than a control group whose jobs were secure. And that's not all. People in insecure jobs also gained weight, overslept, tended to avoid exercise, and had higher cholesterol rates.

唐：一项发表在《美国公共卫生杂志》的研究表明，对于那些怀疑自己会被解雇的人来说，心脏病可不是开玩笑的。四年来，一个研究小组发现，与工作有保障的对照组相比，工作不稳定的人心脏病发作的几率要高百分之四十至六十。问题还不止这些。工作不稳定的人还容易体重增加，失眠，总是避免运动，胆固醇也偏高。

Yael: Wow. I guess the shaky economy hurts everything. Even our bodies!

雅艾尔：哇。我想经济萧条会伤害一切。甚至是人们的身体！

Don: Even our bodies.

唐：甚至是我们的身体。

1 informative   

adj.提供资料的，增进知识的

参考例句：

• The adverts are not very informative.这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。
• This intriguing book is both thoughtful and informative.这本引人入胜的书既有思想性又富知识性。

2 cholesterol   

n.（U）胆固醇

参考例句：

• There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
• They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。

3 ploy   

n.花招，手段

参考例句：

• I think this is just a government ploy to deceive the public.我认为这只是政府欺骗公众的手段。
• Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder,not a cynical marketing ploy.圣诞节应该是兴奋和美妙的时刻，而不该是一种肆无忌惮的营销策略。

4 occurrence   

n.发生，出现，事件，发生的事件

参考例句：

• Two things account for its occurrence.发生这件事的原因有两个。
• For a military commander，winning or losing a battle is a common occurrence.胜败乃兵家常事。