Part 3 About Yoga 瑜珈 

Dialogue Script   对话原文   

Linda: You are always keeping up with the changes in fashion. I hear now you're warming up to yoga. How is it?
Tony: Marvelous! It's so much fun! And I especially enjoy the headstands and handstands.
Linda: But to the best of my knowledge, most enthusiasts are women.
Tony: Yes, that's true. At the beginning, women go in for it mainly. But as its popularity grows, men are becoming more receptive to the idea. As a boy, I liked to stand on my head. When my wife started taking yoga four years ago, I thought I should try it.
Linda: Why did you want to have a go?
Tony: Because my back was so stiff and I couldn't sleep on my stomach any more.
Linda: It could not be an easy start, right?
Tony: Sure, the first few classes were tough, but I stuck with it. The first major effect I noticed was that I'd feel very relaxed after a class. I become stronger, more flexible and my posture improved.
Linda: You must be used to it now.
Tony: I still find the physical side of yoga challenging; I also like the contemplative side.
Linda: It sounds interesting. And it calls for a great perseverance.

讲解：

1. 对话中Tony 在Linda讨论瑜珈这项运动。现在瑜珈是一种非常流行的健身方式，是一种既能保持身材，又能舒缓压力的方法。所以最近这项运动不仅受到女性的青睐，越来越多的男性也加入到了练习瑜珈这个队伍中来。

2. 瑜珈起源于印度哲学，在印度已经发展了数千年。现在，瑜珈是一组强调身体控制和修身养性的运动和静坐，是达到“天人合一”境界的一个有效途径。人要经过八个不同阶段的训练才能达到瑜珈的完美境界，这包括自信、信仰、体位，调息，节欲，内醒、冥想和三摩地，对瑜珈修习者来说，这些阶段是从身体到完美精神境界的进程。

3. 我们来看看Tony是怎样练习瑜珈的，Linda说 You are always keeping up with the changes in fashion. I hear now you're warming up to yoga. 你总是跟着时尚来变化，听说你最近又热衷于练习瑜珈，这里warm up大家都知道是“在运动、跳舞等之前做准备活动”。那么warm up to something就表示“喜欢上某事，更加喜欢某事”。

4. Tony说感觉非常好，他特别喜欢手支撑倒立和头支撑倒立，就是headstands 和handstands，是瑜珈的两种动作。但是Linda以为瑜珈只是女人们才热衷的运动，to the best of one's knowledge 表示“据某人所知”。enthusiast的意思是“痴迷于某事物的狂热者”。Tony说的确在最开始的时候，主要是女性热衷于瑜珈这种运动，go in for something/doing something表示“将某事物当作兴趣或爱好”，比如说，He goes in for a lot of sports. 他很喜欢运动。She went in for growing orchids last year. 她去年开始喜欢种植兰花。

5. 但是随着瑜珈越来越流行，男性也开始接受这样运动。be receptive to something表示“对新的思想、建议等易于接受，接受得快的”，比如说，Young people are receptive to new developments. 年轻人对新事物接受得很快。Tony说他喜欢倒立这个动作。当他的妻子四年前开始练习瑜珈的时候，他就决定也要试一试了。Linda问为什么，她说，Why did you want to have a go? have a go at sth/doing sth表示“企图，尝试做某事”，例如，I'll have a go at mending your bike today. 我今天试试修修你的自行车。He had several goes at the high jump before he succeeded in clearing it. 他跳高时试跳了几次才跳过去。

6. go作为名词也可以表示“在游戏中轮到某人的机会”，比如说，Whose go is it? 轮到谁了？It's your go. 轮到你了。这里go 跟turn的意思一样。It's your go. 我们还可以说成It's your turn. go 还可以表示“精力，活力”，我们可以说She's full of go.她充满了活力。或者 She's got a lot of go. 这种用法在英式英语中很常用。还有一个在口语当中常用的短语，就是be on the go，意思是“非常活跃或繁忙”，I've been on the go all week. 我一整个星期都很忙。

7. 那么Tony当初为什么想试一试瑜珈这种运动呢？因为他的后背很疼，而且他再也不想趴着睡觉了。这里大家注意，sleep on one's back表示“脸朝上躺着”，是比较正常的睡姿，那么sleep on one's stomach就表示“脸朝下趴着”。Linda很同情Tony，说It could not be an easy start, right? 开始的时候并不容易吧。这里的start作名词，表示“开头，开始”。用法也是很丰富的，这里多举几个例子给大家，We won't finish the job today if we don't make a start right now. 如果现在不马上开始的话，我们今天的工作就做不完了。还有，I knew from the start the idea was hopeless. 我从一开始就知道这个主意行不通。start还可以表示“起始优势，优势地位，优先权”，比如说，They didn't give me much start. 他们没有给我多少优先权。He has a good start in business. 他在生意上起步时占了很大的优势。

8. Tony说没错，第一节课非常困难，但是他坚持下来了。stick with something or someone，在口语中表示“继续支持某人或某事物”，I'm sticking with my original idea.我还是坚持原来的想法。Stick with me and everything is gonna be fine. 有事你来找我就行了。

9. 坚持下来以后，Tony觉得上完课后感觉很轻松，变得更强壮，更灵活，体态也好了许多。就是my posture improved. posture这里指“坐立或行走的方式”，比如说，我们夸奖一个女孩子举止很优雅，就可以说，She has very good posture. 再举个例子，Poor posture will give you backache. 坐姿不好会让人腰酸背痛。

10. 虽然现在Tony已经习惯了瑜珈的动作，他还是觉得瑜珈这项运动很有挑战性。他尤其喜欢静坐沉思的练习。the contemplative side. Linda觉得瑜珈听起来很有趣，但是也需要持之以恒，And it calls for a great perseverance. call for something这个词组表示“要求，需求或需要某事物”。比如说，---I've been promoted. ---And that calls for a celebration! ---我升职了。---那可要好好庆祝一下！

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