情景對(duì)話

As our knowledge of health and fitness increases, people are becoming more and more interested in not only taking care of themselves physically, but mentally and spiritually as well. Yoga’s origins lie in Hidu philosophy, which was developed thousands of years ago in India. There are eight schools of yoga, each varying in its area of emphasis.

隨著我們對(duì)健康和健身知識(shí)的與日俱增，人們不僅僅關(guān)心體格身體的健康，還越來(lái)越關(guān)心著心理與精神的健康。起源于印度哲學(xué)的瑜伽在印度已經(jīng)發(fā)展了數(shù)千年。如今瑜伽已經(jīng)有八大流派，每一派強(qiáng)調(diào)的領(lǐng)域都各有不同。

Part 1

A: You are always keeping up with the changes in fashion. I hear now you are warming up to yoga. How is it?

B: Marvelous! It's fun! And I especially enjoy the headstands and handstands.

A: But to the best of my knowledge, most enthusiasts are women.

B: Yes, that's true. At the beginning, women go in for it mainly. But as its popularity grows, men are becoming more receptive to the idea. As a boy, I liked to stand on my head. When my wife started taking yoga four years ago, I thought I should try it.

A: Why did you want to have a go?

B: Because my back was so stiff I couldn't sleep on my stomach anymore.

A: It cannot be a thing to easy start, right?

B: sure, the first few classes were tough, but I stuck with it. The first major effect I noticed was that I'd feel very relaxed after a class. I become stronger, more flexible and my posture improved.

A: You must be used to it now.

B: I still find the physical side of yoga challenging; I also like the contemplative side.

A: It sounds beneficial. And it calls for a great perseverance.

B: You are right. However hard it may be, a number of men are exercising “mind-fully”, including many athletes-the Yankee’s Orlando Hernandez, known as E1 Duque, practices yoga, and tiger woods does another holistic exercise method called Pilates. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in holistic fitness techniques like yoga, pilates, tai chi and the Feldenkrais Method.

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1 keep up with… 緊隨 keep up with the changes in fashion就是緊隨著潮流的變化，緊跟時(shí)尚的腳步.在英語(yǔ)中還有一個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)，keep up with the Jones’, 跟隔壁Jones一家比比高低，表示左右攀比，不甘落后。

2 warm up to… 熱衷于某事.Warm up to yoga, 熱衷于練習(xí)瑜伽.從字面上很好理解，warm up, 熱身起來(lái)，投入到運(yùn)動(dòng)中來(lái).Become enthusiastic of something or some kind of sports.

e.g: Lately many young people are warming up to bungee jumping, a risk to challenge their nerves.

3 Marvelous! It’s fun! 棒極了!真有趣!在聽到對(duì)方陳述自己的某一項(xiàng)興趣愛好和談?wù)摮煽?jī)成就的時(shí)候，聽者往往是先表達(dá)一下自己的贊美或者羨慕之情，這個(gè)時(shí)候往往就要用到一些詞語(yǔ)，它們是：Marvelous! Great! Fantastic! Amazing! (意思相近，都是“了不起!，棒極了!太讓人驚嘆了!類似的含義。)

4 especially enjoy…. B說(shuō)到他感到瑜伽練習(xí)很有趣，他尤其喜歡頭支撐倒立和手支撐倒立，I especially enjoy headstand and handstand. 也就是 among all yoga exercises I prefer headstand and handstand, 或者I love headstand and handstand most among all yoga exercises.

5 to the best of my knowledge. 就我所知, 相當(dāng)于so far as I know… 這樣的一些短語(yǔ)并沒有實(shí)際的含義，通常都用在句首，說(shuō)話人要表達(dá)的觀點(diǎn)，態(tài)度都在后面。

e.g: To the best of my knowledge, few Chinese movies are competitive in the world’s movie festivals.

6 sb become more receptive to sth…某人開始逐漸接受某物。例如：中醫(yī)的針灸療法在國(guó)外已經(jīng)逐漸得到一些人群的接受，這句話怎么說(shuō)呢：

Westerners have gradually accepted acupuncture, a branch of traditional Chinese medicine. 或者說(shuō)：Westerners have become more receptive to acupuncture, a branch of traditional Chinese medicine.

7 want to have a go 試一試。這是口語(yǔ)中常用的表達(dá)“嘗試一把”的說(shuō)法。

8 sleep on my stomach, 趴著睡。從字面上就很好理解，睡在我的肚皮上，當(dāng)然就是趴著睡了。B 說(shuō)因?yàn)槲业谋砈tiff, 僵硬得很，所以不能趴著睡覺。

9 A問(wèn)起了B練習(xí)瑜伽的感受怎么樣，B 說(shuō)開始的時(shí)候感覺比較困難，tough, 艱難，難耐。但是后來(lái)終于堅(jiān)持下來(lái)了，Stuck with it=go on with it, not giving up halfway.

10 there has been increasing interest in sth。人們對(duì)于某一樣事務(wù)有持續(xù)不斷的高漲的熱情。

e.g: there has been increasing interest in volunteering work related to Beijing 2008 Olympic games. 越來(lái)越多的人熱情高漲地參與到北京2008奧運(yùn)會(huì)志愿者的行動(dòng)中來(lái)了。

Useful expressions 脫口而出：

you are always keeping up with the changes in fashion.

你總是跟緊時(shí)尚的變化啊。

Marvelous! It’s fun!

棒極了!那真有趣!

Do you want a go?

要不要試一下?

It calls for great perseverance[,p?:si:'vi?r?ns].

那需要很大的毅力