健身运动相关口语对话

工作忙，学习累，很多人现在都处于亚健康状态。我们要怎么做才能让身体有活力、保持健康呢？看看下面对话里的两个人怎么说吧。 A: Hi, how’s everything?

B: Not so good. I went to the doctor for a check up, and he told me I have to eat better and exercise more.

A: It’s important to eat well. Do you eat lots of salads or vegetables? B: I sometimes eat salads, but not often. However, I eat vegetables almost everyday. Potato chips are made from potatoes; that’s a vegetable, right? A: That’s not very healthy. Do you take vitamins?

B: I have vitamins at home and I take them off and on, but I often forget. A: How about green tea? It’s good for your health!

B: I drink it once in a while, but I prefer coffee. Is that healthy? A: It’s not very nutritious. Maybe you should exercise. It’s good to be active. How often do you exercise now? B: I never go to a gym. It’s too expensive.

A: Okay, how about running or jogging? How often do you jog?

B: I occasionally run to catch the bus, but not often, maybe once a month. A: I see. How about walking? How often do you go for a brisk walk? B: I go for a leisurely walk after dinner when the mood strikes me, maybe twice a month, but I almost never take a long, brisk walk. I have no time. A: I see. How about swimming? It’s good for you. Do you swim? B: I used to swim all the time, but now I seldom go swimming, maybe once a year if friends with a pool invite me.

A: How about push-ups or aerobics at home? Do you do that sometimes?

B: Every year, I tell myself to start, but I only do it once in a blue moon, when my jeans get too small, maybe every six months. I use a hula hoop.

A: How about housework? That’s good exercise, too. B: I clean my house now and then, maybe once a month!

Vocabulary

1. troublesome: 令人烦恼的，困难麻烦的。 2. adverbs of frequency: 表频率的副词。 3. gym: 〈口〉健身房，体育馆。 4. push-up: 俯卧撑。 5. aerobics: 有氧运动。 6. hula hoop: 呼拉圈。

Usage Tips

1. 在本对话中，有很多表示“时间频率”的词，如文中出现的once in a while, now and then, occasionally, 它们的时间频率都比sometimes（有时）这个词要低一些。而once in a blue moon则指“难得有一次，极为罕见”，其中blue moon在口语中是“很长的一段时间，很久”的意思，如：I haven’t seen you in a blue moon.（我很久都没看见你了。）另外，如果你想表达否定的意思，可以用seldom, rarely或not often。

2. leisurely可作形容词，如：a leisurely walk（悠闲的步行），也可作副词，如：walk leisurely，但常被当作形容词来用。该词强调的是一种轻松自在的感觉，同时还有一层享受的意味在里面。如：I usually eat breakfast fast, but on Sundays I have a leisurely breakfast. 形容词brisk的副词是briskly，是“轻快的，敏捷的”之意，如：a brisk walk（轻快的步伐），a brisk wave（轻快的挥手），a brisk hello (轻快的打招呼)；在用该词形容风时，则是指“凛冽的”.，如：a brisk breeze（疾风）。