English Podcast for Learning English B2 C1 Health and Wellness · High Level Listening Advanced English Podcast
本集围绕现代健康话题展开，适合B2-C1英语学习者提升听力和词汇。涵盖饮食、运动、压力、科技等多方面内容，帮助你掌握高级表达并练习口语。
Hello, everyone.
大家好！
Welcome back to High Level Listening.
欢迎回到“高级听力”课程！
Today's lesson is all about really testing your English skills with more advanced B2 and C1 level discussions.
今天的课程重点在于通过更高级的 B2 和 C1 级别的讨论来真正检验你的英语水平。
So today we're going to be discussing one of the biggest topics that affects every single one of us,
那么今天，我们将讨论一个影响我们每个人的重大话题。
and that's our health.
而这，就是我们的健康。
Yeah, exactly.
是的，完全正确。
And we're not just talking about healthy
我们所说的不仅仅是健康方面……
food or going to the gym to really challenge your English listening skills and stretch your B2 and C1 vocabulary.
你可以选择通过吃食物来放松身心，或者去健身房锻炼身体；这两种方式都能有效提升你的英语听力水平，并帮助你扩展B2和C1级别的词汇量。
We're looking at the bigger questions surrounding modern health that require much more advanced and precise words and phrases to describe.
我们正在探讨与现代健康相关的那些更为重要的问题；这些问题需要用更为先进、更为精确的词汇和表达方式来加以描述。
I will also be discussing more difficult questions about health, like, is modern life making us less healthy?
我还将讨论一些关于健康的更为复杂的问题，比如：现代生活是否让我们变得更不健康了？
Why is it so difficult to build good habits?
为什么养成好习惯如此困难呢？
And what does being healthy actually mean in today's world?
在当今世界，健康究竟意味着什么呢？
Absolutely.
当然可以。
And this is a great B2 and C1 discussion because it's something we all think about, but there aren't that many simple answers.
这是一次非常精彩的 B2 和 C1 级别的讨论话题——因为这是我们所有人都会思考的问题，然而却并没有太多简单的答案。
You really can't just think of health as just about diet and exercise anymore.
如今，我们真的不能再仅仅将健康问题归结为饮食和锻炼这两个因素了。
There's so many nuances and so many things to talk about.
其中包含了许多细微差别，也有很多值得讨论的内容。
It also includes stress, sleep, technology, mobility, daily habits and all of these choices that we make without even thinking about them.
这其中还包括压力、睡眠、科技、出行方式、日常习惯，以及我们不假思索就做出的所有选择。
Now, before we get into today's discussion, if you are feeling like you understand a lot of what's going on in the discussion,
现在，在我们开始今天的讨论之前，如果你觉得自己已经理解了讨论中的很多内容……
but you really can't get the words out of your mouth, you might want to have a look at our B2 and C1 active discussion pack.
不过你真的不知道该说什么好……或许你可以看看我们的 B2 和 C1 活动讨论资料包。
This basically is designed to help you move from that passive listening into more active speaking.
这个工具的设计目的主要是帮助你从被动倾听的状态转变为更积极主动的发言状态。
And we sort of help you through guiding you through opinion building exercises.
我们会通过引导你完成一些意见形成相关的练习来帮助你。
We give you all the dictionaries for the advanced vocabulary.
我们为您提供所有用于学习高级词汇的词典。
You can read the transcript of the entire thing.
你可以阅读整个事件的文字记录（即转录文本）。
We've got MP3s and lots more exercises.
我们提供了 MP3 文件以及更多练习内容。
And you can find the link in the description and a pin comment below.
你可以在描述部分以及下面的评论中找到相关链接。
All right.
好的。
So let's start with our first question.
那么，让我们从第一个问题开始吧。
Is modern life quietly making us unhealthy?
现代生活是否正在不知不觉中让我们变得不健康？
Okay.
好的。
So that's a big topic.
这确实是一个非常重要的话题。
That's an interesting question.
这是个有趣的问题。
And before we get into the thick of it, I mean,
在我们开始讨论这个问题的核心内容之前，我的意思是……
we have to start by recognizing that modern life has made our lives considerably more comfortable, not to mention longer.
首先，我们必须承认：现代生活让我们的生活变得更加舒适，寿命也变得更长了。
And in many ways, that's something worth appreciating for sure.
在很多方面，这确实是一件值得欣赏的事情。
Technology and healthcare have advanced dramatically, even just in the past 50 to 100 years.
即使在过去的50到100年里，技术和医疗保健领域也取得了巨大的进步。
And reliable information about healthy living has never been more accessible.
关于健康生活方式的可靠信息，如今比以往任何时候都更容易获取。
Whether we want to understand nutrition, sleep, mental health, or exercise we can learn from experts within minutes at the click of a button.
无论我们想了解营养、睡眠、心理健康还是运动方面的知识，只需点击一下按钮，几分钟内就能从专家那里获得所需的信息。
Compared with previous generations, like our parents and our parents' parents, we probably have a much better understanding of what actually contributes to a healthy lifestyle.
与我们的父母以及他们的父母那一代人相比，我们可能对真正有助于健康生活方式的因素有了更深刻的理解。
So while it is far from perfect, modern lifestyles and advancements have certainly made us healthier than ever before,
虽然现代生活方式和科技发展远非完美，但它们确实让我们比以往任何时候都更加健康。
which is undeniably a good thing.
这无疑是一件好事。