新奇事件簿 瑜伽利于身心健康

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked world leaders to start a U.N. International Yoga Day. He was speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. It was his very first speech at the 193-member General Assembly. He spoke¹ about the benefits of yoga, saying it was good for the mind and body, and could also help climate change. He said yoga provides harmony between humans and nature, and is "an invaluable² gift" from India's 5,000-year-old culture. Modi said: "It is not about exercise, but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature." He added: "By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change."

印度总理.纳伦德拉.莫迪要求世界领导人设立联合国瑜伽日。他在纽约举行的联合国大会上发表演讲。这是他在拥有193个成员国的联合国大会上演讲。他讲述了瑜伽的好处，说瑜伽有利于身心健康，还能帮助他适应气候变化。他说，瑜伽能够达到天人合一的效果，是拥有5千年文明史的印度的无价之宝。莫迪说，瑜伽并不关乎运动，而在于发现自我、世界与自然的融合。他还说，通过改变我们的生活方式，原创意识，瑜伽可以帮助我们应对气候变化。

Many doctors and people in the medical community say yoga is a good way to stay physically³ and mentally healthy. Yoga makes you focus on exercise, breathing and meditation⁴. A lot of research says it can help people with heart disease, high blood pressure and lower back pain. Studies also say yoga can improve our mood, However, there is also research that says people need to be careful when doing yoga. Wikipedia says: "An extensive survey of yoga practitioners⁵ in Australia showed that about 20 per cent had suffered some physical injury while practicing yoga." A World Yoga Day already exists. It was started by the world-yoga-day.org website in 2007.

医学界的许多医生和其他人都认为瑜伽是保持身心健康的良好方式。瑜伽可以让人专注运动、呼吸和沉思。大量研究表明，瑜伽有益于治疗心脏病，高血压及下腰酸痛。研究还表明，瑜伽能够改善情绪。然而，还有研究表明，人们在做瑜伽的时候需要注意安全。维基百科称，通过广泛调查澳大利亚的瑜伽练习者发现，其中20%的人曾因练习瑜伽而受伤。世界瑜伽纪念日早已存在。2007年由world-yoga-day.org这一网站设立。

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 invaluable   

adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的

参考例句：

• A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
• This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。

3 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

4 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

5 practitioners   

n.习艺者，实习者( practitioner的名词复数 )；从业者（尤指医师）

参考例句：

• one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction 最了不起的科幻小说家之一
• The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing. 这种技术是试验性的，但是采用它的人正在增加。 来自辞典例句