今日主題：Men's body image 男人的身體形象 凱妃老師&派老師共同推薦：雅思聽力最好的課外教材：BBC 康康精選雅思會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!! 建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。 MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/144.mp3 只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了： 中英文稿：
Hello I'm Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm joined today by Finn. Hi Finn.
大家好，我是Rob。歡迎收聽六分鍾英語。今天Finn和我一起做節目。你好，Finn。
Hello Rob.
你好，Rob。
Today we're talking about men's body image – that means how men feel about their physical appearance.
今天我們要討論的話題是男人的身體形象——意思就是男人們對自己身體外貌的看法。
So it's not about fashion – the style of clothes they wear – it's about how they look physically and how they think other people view them. So come on Rob, how do you think I look?
這個跟流行無關——也就是他們穿的衣服——而是他們外表看起來的樣子以及他們認為別人是如何看待自己的。那麼Rob，你覺得我看起來怎麼樣呢？
Hmm… You want me to be honest?! You're a handsome chap really but you're a little skinny, maybe, you don't look like you 'work out' – you know, go to the gym – but look at me,I can't talk – I don't look too good either!
額……你想听實話嗎？！你是個帥小伙，不過看起來有點太瘦了，可能你看起來不是很“健壯”——你懂得，就是去健身館健身——不過你看看我，我還是別說你了——我自己看起來也不怎麼樣啊！
Oh come on Rob, I'm sure your wife thinks you look very handsome!
噢，少來了，Rob，我敢肯定你妻子肯定覺得你帥的不得了！
You'll have to ask her. Well before we explore this subject more and look at some related vocabulary, let's 'work out' with a question. It's about a survey on men's body image. In a survey by the University of the West of England, what percentage of men said they were unhappy about their body? a) 20% b) 55% c) 80%
這個你就得去問她啦。在我們開始深入這個問題之前，先讓我們來看看一些相關的詞彙，讓我們“解決（work out又當健身、鍛煉講）”這個問題這裡有一個關於男人身體形象的調查。是由西英格蘭大學發起的，問題是大約有多少男性對自己的身材不滿意？a) 20% b) 55% c) 80%
Well I think men are quite concerned about their body image so I'm going to say 80%.
我想男人們對自己的身材是很在意的，所以我選80 %。
We'll find out if you are right or wrong later. So let's talk more about body image. We probably know more about women worrying about things like their weight, size, and body shape.
稍後我們來揭曉答案。好的，那麼現在我們就來好好聊聊身體形象的話題。我們可能都知道女性非常關心自己的體重、尺寸以及體型。
But men also have bodily expectations – in other words, a view on how they think they should look. But where does this vanity come from?
但男人們也對自己的身材有所期望——換言之，就是他們想像中自己應該是什麼樣子的。那麼這種幻想是從哪裡來的呢？
Vanity – a good word, that's when you are too interested in yourself and especially interested in how you look –spending a lot of time in front of a mirror. I suppose it's from pressure or influence from people we see on TV or in magazines. People have a perception – or a belief – of what the perfect body should look like.
幻想——沒錯，只有當你對自己過分關注的時候，尤其是自己的外貌——會花很多時間照鏡子。我想可能是因為我們從電視或者雜誌上看到的很多好看的人，從而產生壓力或者受到一定的影響。人們有一種想法——或者信仰吧——那就是一個完美的身材應該是什麼樣的。
Yes, TV and magazines are full of pictures of men with perfect pecs – that's chest muscles – perfect hair and dazzling white teeth. A bit like Arnold Schwarzenegger?
沒錯，電視以及雜誌到處都是這種有著完美肌肉的美男——尤其是胸肌——還有漂亮的頭髮和閃著光的潔白牙齒。就像阿諾•施瓦辛格？
Not my type! Whilst I like to look fit and healthy, big muscles don't suit me! The biggest thing I have at the moment is my beer belly – my stomach is getting a bit too fat –and that's something I'm not too proud of.
那可不是我喜歡的型！我想要看起來壯實健康就可以了，大肌肉可不適合我！現在我身上最大的東西其實是啤酒肚——我的肚子可是有點太肥了——這可不是什麼值得驕傲的事。
It's very impressive, Rob. Well some men cheat to try and achieve the perfect physique. They either take certain drugs or drink protein drinks.
你太令我印象深刻了，Rob。有些人會採用一些投機取巧的方式來獲得完美的身材。比方說吃藥或者喝蛋白飲料。
And then there's a muscle-enhancing shirt –that's a padded shirt that you wear under your clothes that make you look more of a hunk – strong and muscly. Come on Finn, you must have one of those?
還有一種增強肌肉的襯衫——它裡面有襯墊，把它穿在衣服裡面可以讓你看起來很健壯——壯實、有肌肉。Finn，快點從實招來，你是不是也有一件那樣的襯衫？
I'm wearing one right now, Rob. Not really!And Joe Warner, an author and former editor of Men's Fitness Magazine, thinks they are a waste of time. What word does he use to describe wearing a padded shirt –and what does he suggest men should really be doing to improve body image?
我現在就穿著呢，Rob。不是吧！前男性健康雜誌編輯、作者Joe Warner認為，他們這樣做只不過是在浪費時間。他用了什麼詞來形容那些穿“假肌肉”襯衫的人呢——他又是如何建議男人們真正做些有用的事來提高身體的形象呢？
A lot of people now are obese, they are overweight – it's a real issue in the UK. And it's another one of these fitness and health gimmicks we see so much of, I think it's just a real shame people still want shortcuts when it doesn't take an awful lot of effort to get to the gym or go for a walk and men do need to take more exercise.
現在的很多人都很肥胖，超重——這在英國可是一個不太好的現象。我們已經看過太多關於健身和健康方面騙人的噱頭了，但在我看來，人們不想付出汗水去健身或者散步，而只是想走捷徑，這可不是什麼值得驕傲的事情，男人們真的需要好好鍛煉了。
So Joe says many people in the UK are obese – they are too fat and it's dangerous to their health. But he describes trying to pretend to look good by wearing a padded shirt as a 'health and fitness gimmick'.
Joe說在英國很多人都很肥胖——他們太胖了，這樣可對身體健康沒什麼好處。他形容那些通過穿襯墊襯衫來假裝自己身材很好的人是中了那些“健康和健身的騙人的噱頭”。
Yes, a gimmick is something that looks good, but is not really useful. And he says these health and fitness gimmicks are shortcuts to looking healthy. What's the real solution Rob?
沒錯，噱頭就是那些看起來似乎很不錯，但實際上並不怎麼管用的東西。他還說這些噱頭只不過是一些旁門左道，讓人們看起來似乎很好。那Rob，真正有效的方式是什麼呢？
Easy – do more exercise. Walk, run, cycle or go the gym. Of course body image is about how you think you should look – I think the best approach is to accept how you look: we don't want to all look the same anyway.
很簡單啊——多做運動就行了。散步、跑步、騎自行車或者去健身房鍛煉。當然，身體的形像是關於你如何想想自己最佳的樣子的——我想，其實最好的方法就是接受自己本來的樣子：我們並不想讓自己看起來和其他人一模一樣。
Wise words Rob. We shouldn't forget that beauty is only skin deep. So your character is much more important than your appearance.
很有道理，Rob。我們不應該忘記美麗或者帥氣其實是由內而外散發出來的。所以相比起外貌來說，我們的性格要更重要一些。
A good idiom, but still men – and women – are concerned about their body image. And earlier I asked you, according to a survey, what percentage of men are worried?
沒錯，不過男人還有女人們依然很在乎自己的外在形象。對了，之前我問了你一個問題：根據一項調查，大約有多少男性對自己的身材感到擔心？
I said c) 80%. Was I right?
我猜的是c) 80%，對嗎？
You were right. The study by the University of the West of England found that 80% of men who responded, said they regularly had conversations about one another's bodies. And the biggest body issue for them was their beer bellies and lack of muscles. Well before I head off to the pub…I mean gym, could you remind us of some of the vocabulary we've heard today:
對啦。西英格蘭大學的這項調查發現有80%的男性，說他們經常和別人討論另外一些人的身材。然而他們眼中最大的身材問題是啤酒肚以及沒有肌肉。好的，在我去酒吧之前……呃，其實我是想說健身館……你能和大家一起復習一下今天聽到的詞彙嗎：
Yes, we heard:
好的，今天我們聽到的詞彙有：
body image身體形象健身
work out鍛煉；解決
handsome帥氣的
vanity 虛榮
perception 觀念
pecs 胸肌
beer belly 啤酒肚
muscle-enhancing 增強肌肉的
hunk 厚片；大塊
obese 肥胖的
gimmick 花招；噱頭
beauty is only skin deep 美麗由內而來
Thanks. We hope you've enjoyed today's programme. Please join us again soon for another 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
謝謝。希望大家喜歡今天的節目。同時也期待大家繼續收聽我們下期的六分鍾英語節目。
Bye.
再見。
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