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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.

隨著我們對健康和健身知識的與日俱增，人們不僅僅關心體格身體的健康，還越來越關心著心理與精神的健康。起源于印度哲學的瑜伽在印度已經發(fā)展了數千年。如今瑜伽已經有八大流派，每一派強調的領域都各有不同。

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.

1 keep up with… 緊隨 keep up with the changes in fashion就是緊隨著潮流的變化，緊跟時尚的腳步.在英語中還有一個習語，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, 熱衷于練習瑜伽.從字面上很好理解，warm up, 熱身起來，投入到運動中來.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!在聽到對方陳述自己的某一項興趣愛好和談論成績成就的時候，聽者往往是先表達一下自己的贊美或者羨慕之情，這個時候往往就要用到一些詞語，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說到他感到瑜伽練習很有趣，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, 相當于so far as I know… 這樣的一些短語并沒有實際的含義，通常都用在句首，說話人要表達的觀點，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)的針灸療法在國外已經逐漸得到一些人群的接受，這句話怎么說呢：

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

7 want to have a go 試一試。這是口語中常用的表達“嘗試一把”的說法。

8 sleep on my stomach, 趴著睡。從字面上就很好理解，睡在我的肚皮上，當然就是趴著睡了。B 說因為我的背Stiff, 僵硬得很，所以不能趴著睡覺。

9 A問起了B練習瑜伽的感受怎么樣，B 說開始的時候感覺比較困難，tough, 艱難，難耐。但是后來終于堅持下來了，Stuck with it=go on with it, not giving up halfway.

10 there has been increasing interest in sth。人們對于某一樣事務有持續(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. 越來越多的人熱情高漲地參與到北京2008奧運會志愿者的行動中來了。

Useful expressions 脫口而出：

you are always keeping up with the changes in fashion.

你總是跟緊時尚的變化啊。

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