万花筒 2009-03-25&03-26 最新瘦身科技！

"Oh yeah, work that booty."

 

Wanna give your workout a kick? Then check out some of the new fitness technology on display, at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Trade Show. This anti-gravity treadmill¹ makes you feel like you are running in space.

 

“We have marathon runners that have gone to Beijing and have trained in this for hours at a time to increase their training volume and also to minimize their stress-related injures, stress fractures, shrinked bones and so forth².”

 

How about working out inside a video game? You can do just that in the X-arcade.

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Extremely high-tech³. We’re combining video games and fitness together. So users have to use their bodies to be active. So you control the video game. You're actually what we called the human joystick.”

 

This new eco-treadmill allows you to take care of the environment while you are taking care of your body.

 

“It is the first completely self-powered treadmill. It allows us to not have to plug in and draw electricity based on our patented design. We are able to actually recharge a battery by the user.”

 

“Any other takers? Don't be shy. ”

 

The TRX suspension trainer leverages⁴ the user's weight to allow for maximum results.

 

“How about one more?”

 

Anyway the human body wants to move, the TRX will accommodate it and then allow you to load resistance on to it with your body weight and train that till repetition makes you stronger and better able to perform.

 

This machine could help you climb the ladder of fitness success. The company’s owner says Robert Downey Jr. used it to get in shape for the movie Iron Man.

 

“It would go as fast as you want it to. So colleges use it to train their athletes in interval⁵ training, high intensity⁶ interval training.”

 

They are all about 30,000 health clubs in the US with annual revenues approaching 20 billion dollars. You can expect to see all this new equipment at a local health club near you coming up later this year.

 

Haven⁷ Daley, the Associated Press, San Francisco.
 

1 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。

2 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

3 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

4 leverages   

促使…改变( leverage的第三人称单数 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• Additionally, this approach leverages the benefits of incremental and full backups. 除此之外，这一个作法也使渐近式以及完全的备份变得容易。
• A simple formula for building mutual value-creating relationships with consumers leverages dialogue, data, and insights. 与客户建立共同的价值创造关系，一条简单的准则就是利用对话、数据和洞察力。

5 interval   

n.间隔，间距；幕间休息，中场休息

参考例句：

• The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
• There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone.隔了好久他才回了电话。

6 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

7 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。