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【英语趣味课堂】健身馆与健康-Gyms and Fitness

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 Jules: Hey Nathan, do you go to the gym?

Nathan: Yes, Jules. I do try to but I'm a bit, I don't know what the word is.
 
Jules: Lazy?
 
Nathan: Inconsistent. No, thanks very much.
 
Jules: What do you do at the gym? What do you actually do?
 
Nathan: What do I do at the gym? I try to work on specific back and lower back muscles but it's quite difficult.
 
Jules: On a machine or?
 
Nathan: Well that's the unfortunate part is that the gym that I go to doesn't have a proper barbell so most of it's machine work or...
 
Jules: Bar bell, is that a thing you lift?
 
Nathan: Like the big long bar, all the muscle dudes kind of use.
 
Jules: I don't know much about that kind of stuff.
 
Nathan: But there's enough and then I usually do like forty five minutes of different lifts and then about an hour kind of stretching afterwards. But, yeah, I don't like the gyms so much, you know.
 
Jules: Why not? What don't you like about gyms?
 
Nathan: Number one, I get paranoid.
 
Jules: Do you?
 
Nathan: If there's like really muscly guys there or something. I'm like...
 
Jules: Paranoid or self conscious?
 
Nathan: Self-conscious maybe yeah. And then the other thing is I find that some gyms are not really gyms. They're just socializing places.
 
Jules: I guess that if that's the only function, you become a member, you hang out.
 
Nathan: You sit on a machine that everybody else wants to use and you talk for forty five minutes.
 
Jules: Ah, I see.
 
Nathan: And then...
 
Jules: You have some peeves1 about the gym do you?
 
Nathan: Yeah, and then I'll go up to the guy or the girl who's sitting and just chatting and I say do you mind if I use this machine and then they start using it. I'm like arrrr.
 
Jules: Machine hogs2?
 
Nathan: Yeah. But the thing is you have to, you want to keep your muscles warm so you want to go in a kind of a set routine and if you skip, say you start off with your lower legs and you work up through your body, for example, you want to keep like the next set of muscles around it warm but you can't do that if the machines or the weights you want to use are hogged3.
 
Jules: You have to sit around and wait?
 
Nathan: Yeah and then you have to miss that out so that kind of drives me nuts.
 
Jules: I don't really understand machines. I've never really used a gym machine before.
 
Nathan: No?
 
Jules: No. If I go to a gym, I go to the studio and done some kind of workout.
 
Nathan: Yeah.
 
Jules: I like classes. I like classes to music where you can jump around and dance in front of a mirror.
 
Nathan: Yeah, aerobics4?
 
Jules: Yeah, those kind of things, yeah.
 
Nathan: But you're like a yoga teacher so...
 
Jules: I'm a yoga teacher, yeah. Actually I've never done yoga in a gym. I know that a lot of gyms now offer yoga classes because yoga classes are really, really popular.
 
Nathan: Yeah.
 
Jules: And I guess it's a good partnership5 with muscle work and stuff if you want to stretch out.
 
Nathan: Great.
 
Jules: But for me, yoga is much more philosophical6 and much more about relaxation7 and meditation8 and far more about your inner world, and the gyms don't seem like the right environment for me to practice yoga.
 
Nathan: Right.
 
重点词汇:
 
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
barbell
 
 
The gym I go to doesn't have a proper barbell.
 
A 'barbell' is a long metal rod used for lifting weights. Notice the following:
 
I don't go to the gym, because I have a barbell and weight set in the basement.
We usually use the weight machines instead of the barbells.
paranoid
 
 
Number one, I get really paranoid.
 
When you are 'paranoid,' about something, you are really worried about it.  Usually we use the word paranoid to describe unreasonable9 fears or worries. Notice the following:
 
Being alone in an unfamiliar10 house makes her very paranoid.
After he was robbed, he became very paranoid about people following him.
self-conscious
 
 
Paranoid or self-conscious?
 
You are 'self-conscious' when you don't feel like you are doing something well or you feel like other people are watching you and maybe laughing at you.  Notice the following:
 
He only dances when he drinks, because he's very self-conscious about his dance moves.
She liked to be the center of attention when she was a child, but now she is very self-conscious.
hogged
 
You can't do that if the machines or the weights are being hogged.
 
If someone 'hogs' something, they continue using it so that nobody else can use it.  Notice the following:
 
I share a car with my brother, but he hogs it all the time.
You have been hogging11 the computer all day. Can I please check my email.
drives me nuts
 
That kind of drives me nuts.
 
Something that 'drives you nuts' bothers you or makes you feel crazy. Notice the following:
 
It drives her nuts when he acts like this.
This song drives me completely nuts.
 

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1 peeves f84f0b6cdb5c3a5b43185dcd53adbfa9     
n.麻烦的事物,怨恨,触怒( peeve的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • It peeves me to be ordered out of my own house. 命令我从自己的家中出去,真太气人了。 来自辞典例句
  • Write down two of your pet peeves about home or any other situation. 写下两个你厌烦的家务事或其他的情况。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
2 hogs 8a3a45e519faa1400d338afba4494209     
n.(尤指喂肥供食用的)猪( hog的名词复数 );(供食用的)阉公猪;彻底地做某事;自私的或贪婪的人
参考例句:
  • 'sounds like -- like hogs grunting. “像——像是猪发出的声音。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
  • I hate the way he hogs down his food. 我讨厌他那副狼吞虎咽的吃相。 来自辞典例句
3 hogged 78a183d9b6b05515b407e7e4c77a70e6     
adj.(船)中拱的,(路)拱曲的
参考例句:
  • The guy hogged the whole park bench. 那个人占着整张公园长椅。 来自辞典例句
  • The cat hogged himself to attack a big dog. 那只猫拱起背向一条大狗发起了攻击。 来自互联网
4 aerobics Bznzhw     
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 partnership NmfzPy     
n.合作关系,伙伴关系
参考例句:
  • The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
  • Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
6 philosophical rN5xh     
adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的
参考例句:
  • The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
  • She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。
7 relaxation MVmxj     
n.松弛,放松;休息;消遣;娱乐
参考例句:
  • The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
  • She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。
8 meditation yjXyr     
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。
9 unreasonable tjLwm     
adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的
参考例句:
  • I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
  • They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。
10 unfamiliar uk6w4     
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
参考例句:
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
11 hogging 9e6b67c9428819290450a22f4be0d080     
n.弯[翘]曲,挠度,扭曲;拱曲
参考例句:
  • At first glance, the spotlight-hogging boss seems the villain. 乍一看,好抢镜头的上司似乎是个反面人物。 来自辞典例句
  • This guy has been 5 hogging the bathroom for 25 minutes! 那家伙霸占着洗手间25分钟了! 来自互联网
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