If you're trying to find your "ideal" weight, you may
not want to bet your bottom dollar on a height-weight chart, or
any one indicator of fitness for that matter. Body size is
actually a pretty hefty topic that deserves a closer look.
However, no matter where the scale points, maintaining a healthy
diet and regular exercise are two signs that you're on the right
track to fitness and overall good health.
One popular way to compare height and weight is the body mass
index or BMI. For a full description, read About BMI for
Adults(link is external) on the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) website. Basically, the BMI uses a math equation
to create a ratio of your weight to height, similar to the older
height-weight charts.
------------------------------------------quoted from Go Ask
Alice!---
to be continued;
・curious (音)kju’эriэs (形)物を知りたがる、好奇心の強い、もの好きな、せんさく好きな
I am a little curious about that.
私はそれが少し気になっている。
・bet (音)bet (他動)賭ける、主張する、確信している
I bet that you know it. 君は知ってるでしょ。
・bottom dollar 最後の1ドル
bet one's bottom dollar 最後に残った1ドルを賭ける、確信している
・height-weigh 身長体重の
height-weight chart 身長体重比の図表、身長体重比のグラフ、
・indicator (音)i'ndike`itэr (名)指針、ダイヤル、インジケーター
indicator of fitness 健康の指標、適応度のバロメーター
・fitness (音) (名)適格、良好、身体の健康、体調の良さ、フィットネス
I went to a fitness gym.
私はスポーツジムへ行きました。
・for that matter そのことについては、ついでに言えば
I am the same, for that matter.
そう言えば僕だって同じことだ
・hefty (音)he'fti (形)非常に重い、大変な努力がいる、とてつもなく大きい
hefty topic 非常に重い話題、大変な努力がいる論題、とてつもなく大きな主題
・closer look よく調べること
deserve a closer look もっと注意してしっかり見る必要がある
・scale points スケールポイント
＝物さし、目盛り、寸法のポイント、要点
・healthy diet 健康に良い食事、保健食、健康食
A healthy diet makes the body more resistant.
健康な食生活は体にいっそうの抵抗力をつける・。
・regular exercise 規則的な運動、定期的な運動
The doctor recommended regular exercise.
医師は規則的な運動を推奨した。
・on the right track 正しい方向に向いて、確かな目標に添って
All these pictures mean is that I'm on the right track.
そんな写真が撮られるってことは、私がいい線を突いている証拠でしょう。
・good health 良好な健康状態、活発で体と精神の病気のない状態
He is in good health in spite of his age.
彼は年にもかかわらず彼は健康だ。
・overall (音)o`uvэro':l (形)全体にわたる,
総合的な, 全般的な
I had many problems during my visit to the U.S., but overall,
I had a good time.
アメリカにいる間、いろいろ大変なことがありましたが、全般に楽しかったです。
・BMI＝Body Mass Index 体格指数、理想体重、ボディマス指数
＝体重[kg]÷（身長[ｍ]×身長[ｍ]）で計算
BMI is sometimes used to measure total body fat and whether a
person is a healthy weight. BMIはときに、全体脂肪量を測定して健康な体重であるかどうかをみるために用いられる。
・link is external リンクは外部へ、外部リンク
・Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) アメリカ疾病管理予防センター(CDC)
＝アメリカ・ジョージア州アトランタにある保健福祉省所管の感染症対策の総合研究所
参照先： http://www.cdc.gov/
・equation (音)ikwe'i∫эn (名)平均化、均衡、方程式
math equation 数学の方程式
・similar to
〜 〜と似ている、〜と同じようである、〜と同類である
You are similar to something.
あたなは何かに似ている。
・older height-weight chart 古くからある身長体重図表、昔ながらの身長体重グラフ
一例：理想体重＝（身長［cm］−100）×0.9と肥満度＝現在の体重／理想体重×100
89％以下は痩せすぎ、90〜110％は安全域、111〜130％は中程度の肥満、131％以上は危険な肥満
■構文チェック! 覚えておくと、会話力がつきます。
・もしあなたが”理想”体重を見つけようとしているなら、
If you're trying to find your "ideal" weight,
・あなたは最後に残った1ドルをそのことについて身長体重比の図表や体調の良さの一つの指標に賭けたくないのかも知れない。
you may not want to bet your bottom dollar on a height-weight
chart, or any one indicator of fitness for that matter.
・身体のサイズは実はもっと注意してしっかり見る必要のあるかなり大きな論題です。
Body size is actually a pretty hefty topic that deserves a
closer look.
・だけど、たとえどこに物さしの要点があるにせよ、
However, no matter where the scale points,
・健康に良い食事と規則的な運動を続けることはあなたが体調の良さと総合的に良好な健康状態の正しい方向に向かっている2つの徴候です。
maintaining a healthy diet and regular exercise are two signs
that you're on the right track to fitness and overall good
health.
・身長と体重を比較する分かりやすい方法の一つはボディマス指数、つまりBMIです。
One popular way to compare height and weight is the body mass
index or BMI.
・詳細な説明については、
For a full description,
・アメリカ疾病管理予防センター(CDC)のウェブサイトの大人用のBMIについて(外部リンク)を読みなさい。
read About BMI for Adults(link is external) on the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.
・一般的にBMIは、あなたの身長体重比を作り出すのに、昔ながらの身長体重の図表と同じように、数学の方程式を使います。
Basically, the BMI uses a math equation to create a ratio of
your weight to height, similar to the older height-weight charts.
もしあなたが”理想”体重を見つけようとしているなら、あなたは最後に残った1ドルをそのことについて身長体重比の図表や体調の良さの一つの指標に賭けたくないのかも知れないわね。
→If you're trying to find your "ideal" weight, you
may not want to bet your bottom dollar on a height-weight chart,
or any one indicator of fitness for that matter.
身体のサイズは実はもっと注意してしっかり見る必要のあるかなり大きな論題だわ。
→Body size is actually a pretty hefty topic that deserves a
closer look.
だけど、たとえどこに物さしの要点があるにせよ、健康に良い食事と規則的な運動を続けることはあなたが体調の良さと総合的に良好な健康状態の正しい方向に向かっている2つの徴候だわ。
→However, no matter where the scale points, maintaining a
healthy diet and regular exercise are two signs that you're on
the right track to fitness and overall good health.
身長と体重を比較する分かりやすい方法の一つはボディマス指数、つまりBMIだわ。
→One popular way to compare height and weight is the body mass
index or BMI.
詳細な説明については、アメリカ疾病管理予防センター(CDC)のウェブサイトの大人用のBMIについて(外部リンク)を読みなさい。
→For a full description, read About BMI for Adults(link is
external) on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
website.
一般的にBMIは、あなたの身長体重比を作り出すのに、昔ながらの身長体重の図表と同じように、数学の方程式を使うわ。
→Basically, the BMI uses a math equation to create a ratio of
your weight to height, similar to the older height-weight charts.
■暗唱練習
If you're trying to find your "ideal" weight, you may
not want to bet your bottom dollar on a height-weight chart, or
any one indicator of fitness for that matter. Body size is
actually a pretty hefty topic that deserves a closer look.
However, no matter where the scale points, maintaining a healthy
diet and regular exercise are two signs that you're on the right
track to fitness and overall good health.
One popular way to compare height and weight is the body mass
index or BMI. For a full description, read About BMI for
Adults(link is external) on the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) website. Basically, the BMI uses a math equation
to create a ratio of your weight to height, similar to the older
height-weight charts.
"As a novel it stands very high, but it is in its qualities
as a "social document" that its great value lies."
--Times Literary Supplement
In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up
in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by
bookies and pawnbrokers, bullied by petty officials and living in
constant fear of the dole queue and the Means Test. His love
affair with a local girl ends in a shotgun marriage, and,
disowned by his family, Harry is tempted by crime. Sally,
meanwhile, falls in love with Larry Meath, a self-educated
Marxist. But Larry is a sick man and there are other more
powerful rivals for her affection.
(amazon.com)
The Girl on the Train is the story of Rachel Watson's life
post-divorce. Every day, she takes the train in to work in
London, and every day the train passes by her old house. The
house she lived in with her husband, who still lives there, with
his new wife and child. As she attempts to not focus on her pain,
she starts watching a couple who live a few houses down -- Megan
and Scott Hipwell. She creates a wonderful dream life for them in
her head, about how they are a perfect happy family. And then one
day, as the train passes, she sees something shocking, filling
her with rage. The next day, she wakes up with a horrible
hangover, various wounds and bruises, and no memory of the night
before. She has only a feeling: something bad happened. Then come
the TV reports: Megan Hipwell is missing. Rachel becomes invested
in the case and trying to find out what happened to Megan, where
she is, and what exactly she herself was up to that same night
Megan went missing.
(imdb.com)