每日英語 #038: Five Minutes for Health
Five Minutes for Health
A little time can “go a long way” (have great results) in improving or maintaining good health. Take a little time each day to “safeguard” (protect) yourself and your family. Here are some tips to be safe and healthy in five minutes or less.
花一點時間可以在改善或維持健康方面「產生重大影響」（取得巨大成果）。每天花一點時間來「保護」（保護）自己和家人。以下是一些在五分鐘或更短時間內保持安全和健康的建議。
Being healthy and safe takes “commitment” (willingness to stay with it), but it doesn't have to be “time-consuming” (taking a lot of time), painful, or boring. Most things are simple and take so little time that you'll wonder why you've been “avoiding” (trying not to do) them. Even small steps can mean big rewards in preventing “illness” (being sick) and “injury” (being hurt).
保持健康和安全需要「承諾」（願意堅持），但不一定是「耗時的」（花費大量時間），痛苦的，或無聊的。大多數事情都很簡單，花費的時間很少，以至於你會懷疑為什麼你一直在「避免」（試圖不做）它們。即使是小步驟也可以在預防「疾病」（生病）和「傷害」（受傷）方面帶來巨大的回報。
Here are some examples of activities you can do to help protect yourself and your family in five minutes or less:
以下是一些你可以在五分鐘或更短時間內做的活動，以幫助保護自己和家人的例子：
- Washing your hands (20 seconds)
- Putting on your “seatbelt” (belt in a car or other vehicle used to keep you in your seat in case of an accident) (4 seconds)
- Testing “smoke alarms” (devices placed in a house or building to detect smoke, usually when there is a fire) (10 seconds per alarm)
- Making a “salad” (food made with vegetables, eaten cold) and eating healthy (2 minutes)
- Taking the stairs (2 minutes to walk two “flights” (levels))
- Making a doctor’s appointment (2 minutes)
- Taking a break (5 minutes)
- 洗手（20秒）
- 繫好「安全帶」（汽車或其他交通工具中用於在事故中保持在座位上的帶子）（4秒）
- 測試「煙霧警報器」（放置在房子或建築物中用於檢測煙霧的裝置，通常在火災時使用）（每個警報器10秒）
- 製作「沙拉」（用蔬菜製成的食物，冷食）並健康飲食（2分鐘）
- 走樓梯（走兩「層」（層級）樓梯需2分鐘）
- 預約醫生（2分鐘）
- 休息一下（5分鐘）
Other things may take more time, but are worth the effort, such as getting “physical activity” (such as exercise), planting your own vegetables, and preparing healthy meals and “snacks” (small amounts of food eaten between meals).
其他事情可能需要更多時間，但值得努力，例如進行「體育活動」（例如鍛煉），種植自己的蔬菜，並準備健康的餐點和「小吃」（在餐間吃的小量食物）。
重要單字
- Go a long way /ɡoʊ ə lɔŋ weɪ/ 產生重大影響
- Safeguard /ˈseɪfˌɡɑrd/ 保護
- Commitment /kəˈmɪtmənt/ 承諾
- Time-consuming /ˈtaɪm kənˌsumɪŋ/ 耗時的
- Avoiding /əˈvɔɪdɪŋ/ 避免
- Illness /ˈɪlnəs/ 疾病
- Injury /ˈɪndʒəri/ 傷害
- Seatbelt /ˈsiːtbɛlt/ 安全帶
- Smoke alarm /smoʊk əˈlɑrm/ 煙霧警報器
- Salad /ˈsæləd/ 沙拉
- Flights /flaɪts/ 層級
- Physical activity /ˈfɪzɪkəl ækˈtɪvɪti/ 體育活動
- Snacks /snæks/ 小吃
