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Owning a Dog May Encourage You to Exercise

研究:外出遛狗運動量大增

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Owning a Dog May Encourage You to Exercise
懶得運動?狗狗陪你!
Jack and Rose are co-workers.
傑克跟蘿絲是同事。
Jack: Good morning! Did you have a good weekend?
傑克:早安啊!週末過得好吧?
Rose: Yeah, I did. I stayed at home all weekend.
蘿絲:是啊,過得很好。我週末都待在家裡。
Jack: What? I know you like staying at home, but you really should go out more often.
傑克:什麼?我知道妳喜歡待在家裡,但妳真的應該更常出門。
Rose: Well, there is not much I want to do outside.
蘿絲:嗯,外頭沒什麼事好做的啊。
outside(adv.)在外面地;(adj.)在外面的;(prep.)在~外面
Jack: Hey, I think you could get a dog. That way, you would have a reason to go out every day. In addition, you would have to exercise, so you would get healthier as well.
傑克:嘿,我想妳可以養隻狗,那樣一來,妳就會有理由每天出門。此外,妳就得運動,所以妳也會變得更健康。
reason(n.)理由;原因addition(n.)增加的人或物in addition此外healthier(adj.)較健康的as well也
Rose: Hmm, that’s not a bad idea.
蘿絲:嗯,那不是個壞點子。
Jack: Come on! That’s a great idea! You know what? I read an article the other day. It said that a study in the UK showed that owning a dog may encourage older people to exercise.
傑克:拜託!那是很棒的點子啊!妳知道嗎?我前幾天讀到一篇文章,它說在英國有個研究顯示,養狗可以激勵老人運動。
article(n.)文章say-said-said說show(v.)顯示own(v.)(合法)擁有encourage(vt.)激勵;助長
Rose: Are you saying that I am old?
蘿絲:你是在說我老嗎?
Jack: No. Don’t get me wrong. I’m just saying that by raising a dog, you could go out more and be healthier.
傑克:不是啊,別誤會我。我只是說藉由養狗,妳可以更常出外活動變更健康啊。
raise(vt.)飼養;養育;舉起;提高
Rose: I was just kidding. I know you have good intentions. Yeah, I might adopt a dog. Thanks for your advice!
蘿絲:我剛只是在開玩笑啦,我知道你是出於好意。是啊,我可能會領養一隻狗,謝謝你的忠告。
kid(v.)開玩笑intention(n.)意圖;打算adopt(v.)收養;領養advice(不可數n.)忠告;意見

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own(v.)(
合法)擁有
encourage(vt.)
激勵;助長
outside(adv.)
在外面地;(adj.)在外面的;(prep.)在~外面
reason(n.)
理由;原因
addition(n.)
增加的人或物
in addition
此外
healthier(adj.)
較健康的
as well
article(n.)
文章
say-said-said
show(v.)
顯示
raise(vt.)
飼養;養育;舉起;提高
kid(v.)
開玩笑
intention(n.)
意圖;打算
adopt(v.)
收養;領養
advice(
不可數n.)忠告;意見
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