VOA慢速英语:With Physical Activity, No Need to Be an Olympian

1. The truth is, if physical inactivity were a sport, a lot of us could give a gold-medal performance.

a lot of 大量
例句：Britain does a lot of trade with America. 
英国与美国进行大量的贸易。 

2.  Min Lee at the Harvard School of Public Health worked with a team that studied inactivity.

work with 与…共事/合作；起作用
例句：His secretaries work with system. 
他的几位秘书工作有条不紊。 

3. So when we did our analysis, we looked at increased risk of disease after taking into account other health habits that might be associated with physical activity.

take into account 考虑到;体谅
例句：They had to take the baby into account when they wanted to go out.
每当要外出时,他们总得考虑如何将婴孩安顿好。

4. Harold Kohl points to campaigns that continue to reduce smoking and alcohol use.

point to 表明
例句：All this points to the same conclusion.
所有这些都说明了同样的结论。

5. It is not just telling someone to go out and be physically active, but how we rely on the transportation sector or how our cities or neighborhoods are designed, how crime can be minimized to help people become more physically active in their neighborhoods, simply walking to the store or walking down and being outside with friends and family and so forth.

rely on 依赖,依靠
例句：You can't rely on the weather.
这天气可靠不住。