跟读练习: Are saunas good for you? ⏲️ 6 Minute English - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Georgie.
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In winter, people find different ways of keeping warm,
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like wearing extra clothes or staying indoors.
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But in some countries, there's another way of keeping the cold out – going for a sauna.
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Yes, Nordic countries like Sweden and Finland have a long history of taking saunas,
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but now they're popping up in Britain too.
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Have you ever been for a sauna, Georgie?
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I have, yes, and if I'm honest,
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I'm not a huge fan.
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I don't really like being too hot, it's uncomfortable.
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What about you, Neil?
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Oh, really?
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I quite like a sauna.
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You feel really refreshed afterwards.
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So, what is a sauna?
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Well, a typical sauna is a small wooden room heated with steam to around 80 degrees Celsius.
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It's hot enough to make anyone sweat.
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But are saunas good for your health as well?
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That's what James Gallagher wanted to find out for BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Health.
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We're seeing what saunas do to the human body.
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They're popping up all over the country with claims that high temperatures boost your health and wellbeing.
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But are they all they're cracked up to be?
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James wants to find out if saunas are all they're cracked up to be.
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He means are they as good as people say.
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And that's exactly what we'll be finding out in this episode,
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along with some useful new words and phrases.
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And remember, you can practise all the new vocabulary from this episode with the quiz and worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
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But now I have a question for you, Georgie.
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The word sauna comes from the Finnish language,
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but what does it mean?
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Does it mean a sweat,
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b hot water or c bathhouse?
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I'm going to guess c bathhouse.
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OK, well we'll find out if you're right at the end of the programme.
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In recent winters, saunas have grown in popularity in the UK.
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BBC reporter James Gallagher met some people going to Moor a Sauna,
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a beach sauna in South Wales.
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He asked them why they love saunas so much.
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Hello everyone!
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Hello!
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Who loves a sauna?
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Me!
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Me!
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Tell me why.
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Oh, it's just so relaxing.
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It just makes you feel at ease.
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It's also great for relaxing muscles if you're up tense or anything like that at all.
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Yeah, I always love coming down here when I'm a bit stressed out.
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And by the time that I'm finished,
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I feel like I've completely reset.
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It's wonderful.
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The first speaker says saunas make her feel at ease.
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A phrase meaning comfortable and relaxed.
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And the next speaker thinks saunas are great if you feel tense,
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an adjective meaning worried and unable to relax.
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Saunas make the final speaker feel like she's reset.
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You might already know the word reset to mean turning a computer off and on again when it's not working,
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but used in connection with a person,
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reset means to start again after a rest so that you feel better about life.
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So it seems saunas do help people feel better.
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But is there actual medical evidence that it's good for us?
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Here's James Gallagher again speaking with Professor Damien Bailey,
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an expert in human physiology for BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Health.
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When we start to connect this to the arguments around health benefits,
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Is there a health benefit to going in a sauna?
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Yeah.
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I mean, I looked at the research really closely.
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I was fascinated by the evidence.
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Huge benefits, I mean, really huge benefits.
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And it's cultural, of course.
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Five million people in Finland,
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90% of them use saunas.
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Maybe we should be copying what the Finns do,
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because there's a 40% reduction in all-cause mortality with the sauna goers.
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Now, this is what we would call observational data,
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but it's based on thousands and thousands of sauna goers.
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These are observational data sets,
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so we really do need what we call RCTs,
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randomized controlled trials, so everything,
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just as you've mentioned there, everything is absolutely controlled.
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But we can't turn our noses up at the current data, the observational data.
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Damien discusses the evidence from Finland,
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a country where 90% of the population are regular sauna-goers.
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And it's impressive, a 40% reduction in deaths from all causes.
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But it's important to remember
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that this is based on observational data – information collected from watching people's natural behaviour and not from controlled medical trials.
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Nevertheless, this observational data is based on evidence from thousands and thousands of Finns over many years.
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That's why Damien thinks we shouldn't turn our noses up at it.
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We shouldn't reject it simply because we think it's not good enough for us.
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Well, all this talk about saunas has made me want to give it another try.
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But not before you reveal the answer to your question, Neil.
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I asked you what the Finnish word sauna means.
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Is it a sweat, b hot water or c bathhouse? bathhouse.
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And I said bathhouse, am I right?
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You are absolutely correct.
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Well done.
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Yay!
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this episode.
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If something is not all it's cracked up to be,
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it isn't as good as people say.
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When someone's at ease, they feel comfortable and unstressed,
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whereas a tense person is worried and unable to relax.
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When someone resets, they start again after a rest,
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which has made them feel better about life.
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Observational data is information collected from watching people's natural behaviour without interfering in it.
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And finally, if you turn your nose up at something,
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you reject it because you think it's not good enough for you.
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Once again, our six minutes are up,
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but if you want to improve your English with more trending topics and useful vocabulary,
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you'll find plenty on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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See you again soon, but for now, it's goodbye.
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Goodbye. from bbclearningenglish.com.
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