大学英语自学教程 下册 un07

[00:00.00]Unit 7  text A  Leisure and Leadership
[00:03.75] 休闲与引导
[00:07.50]Observations and research findings indicate that people in advanced industrial societies
[00:11.47]观察和研究结果表明,先进工业社会中
[00:15.44]are increasingly concerned with opportunities for leisure
[00:18.68]人们越来越关心休闲机会
[00:21.92]and what they can do in their leisure time.
[00:24.44]和在休闲时间里做些什么.
[00:26.96]The importance people attach to paid holidays
[00:29.69]其标志是人们认为带薪休假
[00:32.42]and the rapid development of services for mass entertainment and recreation
[00:36.14]和众多娱乐,休养服务的快速发展很重要.
[00:39.86]are signs of this increasing concern.
[00:44.72]The term "quality of life" is difficult to define.
[00:47.91]  "生活质量"这个词很难定义.
[00:51.10]It covers a very wide scope such as living environment health,employment,
[00:55.47]它饮食的范围很广,诸如生活环境,健康,职业,
[00:59.85]food,family life,friends,education,material possessions leisure
[01:04.42]食品,家庭生活,朋友,教育,物质财富,
[01:08.99]leisure and recreation,and so on.
[01:11.95]休闲和休养等等.
[01:14.92]Generally speaking,the quality of life especially as seen by the individual,
[01:18.64]一般来说,生活质量,特别是在个人看来,其意义
[01:22.36]is meaningful in terms of the degree to which these various areas of life
[01:26.33]是邮在多大程度上这些不同的生活领域
[01:30.31]are available or provide satisfaction to the individual.
[01:33.54]可以被个人享受或可以使个人满意来衡量的.
[01:36.78]As activity carried out as one thinks fit during one's spare time
[01:40.47]  作为在休闲时进行的自己认为适当的活动,
[01:44.15]leisure has the following functions:
[01:46.49]休闲具有下列功能:
[01:48.83]relaxation recreation and entertainment,and personal development.
[01:52.60]放松,休养和娱乐,以及个人的发展.
[01:56.38]The importance of these varies according to the nature of one's job and one's life-style.
[02:00.35]其重要性随着一个人的工作性质,生活方式的不同而不同.
[02:04.32]Thus,people who need to exert much energy in their work
[02:07.26]因此,需要在工作上花费很多精力的人们
[02:10.19]will find relaxation most desirable in leisure.
[02:13.13]会发现休闲中的放松更大有益处.
[02:16.07]Those with a better education and in professional occupations
[02:19.34]那些受过教育从事专业工作的人们
[02:22.60]may tend more to seek recreationand personal development
[02:26.13]可能更倾向于在休闲时寻求休养和个人发展
[02:29.66](e.g., cultivation of skills and hobbies) in leisure.
[02:33.04](例如:技术和业余爱好的培养).
[02:36.42]The specific use of leisure varies from individual to individual.
[02:39.60]  休闲的具体用途,人与人各不相同.
[02:42.77]Even the same leisure activity may be used differently by different individuals.
[02:46.54]即使同一种休闲活动,不同人用起来也不同.
[02:50.32]Thus,the following are possible uses of television watching
[02:56.77]a popular leisure activity:
[02:58.85]这样,以下是电视,一种流行的休闲活动的几种可能的用途:
[03:00.92]a change of experience to provide "escape" from the stress and strain of work;
[03:05.20]改变感受,从压力和紧张中"逃脱"出来,
[03:09.47]to learn more about what is happening in one's environment;
[03:12.29]更多地了解周围环境中正在发生的事情;
[03:15.11]to provide an opportunity for understanding oneself
[03:17.84]提供一个了解自己的机会,
[03:20.57]by comparing other people's life experiences as portrayed in the programmes.
[03:24.04]通过与节目中所描述的他人的生活阅历比较中.
[03:27.52]In an urban society in which highly structured,
[03:30.40]  在城市社会里,结构严密,步调迅速,
[03:33.29]fast-paced and stressful work looms large in life,
[03:37.36]充满压力的工作笼罩着人们的生活,
[03:41.44]experiences of a different nature,be it television watching or bird-watching,
[03:45.16]某种不同性质的经历,不管是看电视还是看鸟,
[03:48.88]can lead to a self-renewal and a more"balanced"way of life
[03:53.01]都能导致自我更大新和一种"平衡"的生活方式.
[03:57.14]Since leisure is basically self-determined
[03:59.78]由于休闲基本上是自己决定的事,
[04:02.42]one is able to take to one's interests and preferences