2015年11月18日 每天半小时学英语

中文素材：

        对整天对着办公桌上的电脑工作的上班族来说，久坐带来的健康风险类似于每天抽一包烟。实际上，许多研究表明，久坐加大了各类起因的死亡风险，即便你在办公室外积极锻炼。

英文：From  Financial Times of London

     For office workers who spend their days working on a computer at a desk,sitting for hours is a health hazard akin to smoking a pack of cigarettes every day.In fact,a number of studies have found that sitting increases risk of death by all causes even if you have a fairly active workout schedule outside the office.

好词好句整理：

1、健康风险：a health hazard 例句：Poverty leads to slums(贫民窟),which is a real health hazard.

2、 类似于：  akin to   例句:The process is akin to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle.(拼成七巧板)

3、即便你在办公室外积极锻炼:even if you have a fairly active workout schedule[有真正在外积极锻炼的计划](名词形式的"积极锻炼")outside the office.   例子：If you make a workout schedule,you have to stick to it.

重要语法点：

介词的使用：介词是有各种含义的；For office workers who spend their days working on（表“在…上面”）[专注在] a computer at（表在某个位置点） a desk;/ sitting for（表时间段） hours is a health hazard akin to（表对于） smoking a pack of cigarettes; / sitting increases risk of（表属性） death by（表方式） all causes