辦公室取代了勞力工作
As more and more of us spend all day sitting behind desks, poor fitness is becoming a global problem.
越來越多人整天只坐在書桌前工作，糟糕的身體狀態變成一個全球問題。
spend(v.)花費（時間、金錢）poor(adj.)不好的fitness(n.)健壯、健康
A recent study by the WHO has found that 1.4 billion adults around the world are not getting enough exercise, which means that they could have health problems later in life.
世界衛生組織WHO近期的研究發現，全球有14億成人運動量不足，代表他們之後身體可能會出問題。
The report looked at 1.9 million people in 168 different countries, and found that roughly one in three women and one in four men could end up with serious diseases because of a lack of exercise.
這份報告觀察了168個國家中的190萬人，報告中發現，女性約每3人中有1人、男性則是4人中有1人因缺乏運動導致嚴重疾病。
look at深入研究、檢驗roughly(adv.)大致end up最終成為⋯⋯because of=due to=owing to因為lack of缺少
These problems include heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
這些疾病包含心臟病、糖尿病及癌症。
disease(n.)疾病diabetes(n.)糖尿病
Researchers found that people who lived in Middle Eastern countries such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, were the least fit.
研究者發現，住在中東國家如科威特、沙烏地阿拉伯與伊拉克的人，體態最為不佳。
least(adv.)最少、最小
In each of those countries more than half the population were at risk.
在這些國家中，超過一半的人有健康風險。
population(n.)人口at risk處於危險中
In the United States 40 percent of adults were unhealthy, while in China only 14 percent were at risk because of their lack of exercise.
在美國，有40％的成人不健康，而中國僅有14％的人因卻乏運動出現健康危機。
at risk處於危險中because of=due to=owing to因為lack of缺少
The WHO found that there has been almost no change in the number of people who aren’t getting enough exercise since 2001.
WHO發現，自從2001年以來，缺乏運動的人數就幾乎沒有變動。
“One of the biggest problems is our environment. Office jobs have replaced physical work, so we don’t need to do exercise,” says Melody Ding a researcher who took part in the study.
一位參與研究的人員美樂蒂丁（Melody Ding）說：「一個最大的問題就是環境。辦公室工作取代了勞力工作，所以我們不需要運動。」
replace(v.)取代physical(adj.)身體的take part參加、參與
The WHO says that adults should do at least 150 minutes of regular exercise or 75 minutes of intense exercise per week.
WHO表示，成人每週至少要做150分鐘規律運動，或是75分鐘劇烈運動。
at least至少regular(adj.)規律的intense(adj.)強烈的
They say that people who become more active, by cycling to work instead of driving for example, can improve muscle fitness, lose weight, and reduce depression.
WHO也指出，更積極運動的人，例如以騎腳踏車取代開車上班，可以改善肌肉健康狀態、減重並減少憂鬱情緒。
active(adj.)經常運動的instead of以⋯⋯替代improve(v.)改善muscle(n.)肌肉fitness(n.)健康lose weight減重reduce(v.)減少depression(n.)憂鬱、消沈