Business Etiquette:De-stressing II

A:Tina說得對，現(xiàn)代人上班壓力大，即使離開了辦公室回到家，Our brains are still so revved up.腦子也還想著工作，輕松不下來。

B:That's right. So you need to find a way to stop thinking about work, and give your brain a good rest.

A:那就聽音樂，看書，跳舞！

B:Or hit the gym!

A:沒錯！ 那咱們就去健身房里鍛煉一下吧！請聽“體育美語”。

American sports English:pumping iron

M:236, 237, 238 Oh hi Yang Chen, I didn't know you were coming to the gym today.

Y:Hi, Marc/Patrick. What are you doing?

M:I'm doing push ups. P-U-S-H, U-P-S.

Y:I know you are doing Pushups 俯臥撐。可是我聽到你在數(shù)238，你真的做了238個俯臥撐? Are you serious?

M:Of course! What, you think I was just pretending to do all those pushups because I knew you were coming to the gym and wanted to impress you? Haha! Don't be ridiculous!

Y:Well, If you don't want to impress me, then who do you want to impress? Oh, Wait. I know, 你交了新的女朋友。You want to impress her. 讓她對你有好感。

M:Well, I do have a hot date next week, so I've been PUMPING IRON at the gym. I'm sure if I have big enough muscles my date will automatically fall in love with me.

Y:PUMPING IRON? 你缺鐵嗎?

M:No, pumping iron just means working out at the gym.

Y:I like it, pumping iron at the gym. 我也需要常常到健身房來 pump iron。

M:Do you want to impress somebody?

Y:No, I don't want to impress anybody. 不過……

M:What do you mean 不過?

Y:We women aren't only concerned with muscles.

M:That's true. They also really care about my great haircut, my designer cologne and my hand-made Italian shoes.

Y:Oh, Marc, I'm so impressed with your great haircut, 你的頭發(fā)是在那里剪的? 還有你的designer cologne，名牌古龍水， 是在Walmart 買的嗎? 還有 hand-made Italian shoes. 手工做的意大利皮鞋；My goodness.

M:Stop it. Yang Chen. I know you are making fun of me. Just tell me what women are really concerned with.

Y:Of course, the inner qualities of a person. 內(nèi)在美!

M:Come on, Yang Chen, 內(nèi)在美? Are you kidding me?

A:看來，去了健身房也逃不開壓力，只不過，現(xiàn)在不是工作壓力，而是外表長相，吸引異性上的壓力！

B:It depends. For example, I myself don't really go to the gym to build muscle. I work out to be healthy.

A:是么？那找女朋友的時候，你也不注重外表？

B:呃，相由心生。I tend to believe nice girls won't be ugly.

A:那祝你好運吧！好了，今天的節(jié)目時間差不多了。這次的撰稿人是曉北，編輯是蔚然。同學(xué)們，我們下次的美語訓(xùn)練班再見!

B:Bye!