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Athletics: Advanced
今天我们为您播出“美语三级跳”节目“体育运动”单元的高级课程。
Professor: Today Ryan is meeting for coffee with his friend Alice, who he hasn't seen for a few months. Ryan has been working out a lot during that time and has gotten in really fantastic shape.
Ryan原来的身材可不怎么样，不知道他现在的样子会不会让Alice大吃一惊？
Professor: Let's listen and find out!
Alice: Oh my gosh, Ryan, is that you? I hardly recognized you! Wow, you look so .... different! Have you been working out?
Ryan: Hey Alice. Yeah, I've been working out pretty hard core lately. I go to the gym every day to work out with my personal trainer, Hans.
Alice: Uh... yeah I can tell. I mean, your shirt barely fits you anymore because your muscles are so big.
Ryan: Yeah, I've been spending all my money on my personal trainer and gym fees so I didn't have any money left over to buy new clothes.
Alice: Are you sure you aren't going a little overboard?
Ryan: No way! You know, girls like guys with huge muscles, and I can't blame them. Sometimes I spend hours just looking at myself in the mirror.
Alice: Right... girls love guys who spend more time in front of the mirror than they do.
看来，Ryan是真下功夫锻练啦! 他一直在 working out "hard core"——坚持不懈地锻练。现在他变成肌肉男啦，Alice都快认不出他了！
Professor: Right. And not only that, he has gotten so big that his clothes don't fit him anymore. But why does he say he doesn't get new clothes?
因为他把所有钱都花在健身房会员费和雇personal trainer——“私人健身教练”上了! 这的确是有点go overboard——过份了。
Professor: So you agree that women don't like guys who spend all their time at the gym? 去健身房锻练是可以，不过，Ryan 说他现在经常花几个小时照镜子，欣赏自己的肌肉，这可就让人受不了！
Alice: Well, I'm interested to hear more about what you've been doing lately. But first I want to get a latte. What kind of coffee do you want?
Ryan: No coffee for me! That's way too many calories, and I have to stay on my fitness regimen. I'll just have a glass of water.
Alice: We're meeting at a coffee shop, and you don't want any coffee? Well OK ... do you want something to eat? Maybe a sandwich or something?
Ryan: No thanks, there are way too many carbohydrates in the bread. I'm just going to have this protein drink that I brought with me.
看来，Ryan在严格执行fitness regimen - 瘦身养生法。Alice请他喝咖啡，可他嫌咖啡的calories——“卡路里”太多。
Professor: That's right. It's one thing to maintain a healthy diet, but that sounds a little crazy. 就是的! 他还说，三明治他也不吃，因为面包里有太多carbohydrates——碳水化合物！
Professor: That definitely doesn't sound like a healthy diet to me. 可不！Ryan现在似乎只喝protein drinks——蛋白质饮料！这有点过头了吧！
Alice: You know, Ryan, I totally support you getting in shape, and I'm really impressed that you have been able to stay so motivated. But I think exercise is best done in moderation.
Ryan: Oh yeah, I totally agree. For example, I usually do at least two workouts at the gym per day, but on Christmas I only did one because it was a holiday.
Alice: Well let me ask you a question. If women really love your new physique, how will you have time to date when you have to spend all your time at the gym working out?
Ryan: Don't worry! Once I find a girlfriend, I'll stop working out and get really fat.
Alice: Well, Ryan, I am very jealous of whatever lucky lady finds you.
啊？原来Ryan健身的目的就是吸引女孩子啊？他说，一旦找到女朋友，就立刻停止锻练，让自己变成大胖子。根本不想保持现在全新的physique——体形。 Professor Bowman，不会所有男人都在打这种如意算盘吧？
Professor: Well if you have to choose between a really vain guy and a lazy guy, who would you pick?
是要vain guy——虚荣的男人，还是lazy guy——懒惰的男人？ 我想，我还是养只狗吧！
A: 原来Ryan has been working out hardcore, 坚持不懈的锻炼，而且只喝protein shake 蛋白质饮料，目的就是为了吸引女孩子啊！
B: I think a lot of guys just go to the gym to show off their muscles!
A: 哈哈，不过啊，如果能一边健身一边欣赏帅哥，也不错！
B: 你又做梦了！Showing off is annoying, but there are worse things: yesterday I was at the gym and there was this guy who was on the phone, chatting away like there was no one else around! So annoying!
A: I know. People today don't pay attention to etiquette the way they used to. Yesterday I was having dinner with a friend and she was constantly checking her phone! 简直就像患了电话迷恋症！
B: That's a modern day disease. In today's business etiquette, we are going to take a look at a brand new idea: allowing people to use their cell phones while in the air!
A: 哦？在飞机上也能打电话？这听着还不错， 咱们赶快去一探究竟吧！
