瑜伽（Yoga）

瑜伽

Yoga

　　As our knowledge of health and fitness increases, people are becoming more and more interested in not only taking care of themselves physically, but mentally and spiritually as well. Yoga’s origins lie in Hidu philosophy, which was developed thousands of years ago in India. There are eight schools of yoga, each varying in its area of emphasis.

　　随着我们对健康和健身知识的与日俱增，人们不仅仅关心体格身体的健康，还越来越关心着心理与精神的健康。起源于印度哲学的瑜伽在印度已经发展了数千年。如今瑜伽已经有八大流派，每一派强调的领域都各有不同。

　　Part 1

　　A: You are always keeping up with the changes in fashion. I hear now you are warming up to yoga. How is it?

　　B: Marvelous! It's fun! And I especially enjoy the headstands and handstands.

　　A: But to the best of my knowledge, most enthusiasts are women.

　　B: 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.

　　A: Why did you want to have a go?

　　B: Because my back was so stiff I couldn't sleep on my stomach anymore.

　　A: It cannot be a thing to easy start, right?

　　B: 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.

　　A: You must be used to it now.

　　B: I still find the physical side of yoga challenging; I also like the contemplative side.

　　A: It sounds beneficial. And it calls for a great perseverance.

　　B: You are right. However hard it may be, a number of men are exercising “mind-fully”, including many athletes-the Yankee’s Orlando Hernandez, known as E1 Duque, practices yoga, and tiger woods does another holistic exercise method called Pilates. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in holistic fitness techniques like yoga, pilates, tai chi and the Feldenkrais Method.

　　1 keep up with… 紧随 keep up with the changes in fashion就是紧随着潮流的变化，紧跟时尚的脚步.在英语中还有一个习语，keep up with the Jones’, 跟隔壁Jones一家比比高低，表示左右攀比，不甘落后。

　　2 warm up to… 热衷于某事.Warm up to yoga, 热衷于练习瑜伽.从字面上很好理解，warm up, 热身起来，投入到运动中来.Become enthusiastic of something or some kind of sports.

　　e.g: Lately many young people are warming up to bungee jumping, a risk to challenge their nerves.

　　3 Marvelous! It’s fun! 棒极了！真有趣！在听到对方陈述自己的某一项兴趣爱好和谈论成绩成就的时候，听者往往是先表达一下自己的赞美或者羡慕之情，这个时候往往就要用到一些词语，它们是：Marvelous! Great! Fantastic! Amazing! （意思相近，都是“了不起！，棒极了！太让人惊叹了！类似的含义。）

　　4 especially enjoy…. B说到他感到瑜伽练习很有趣，他尤其喜欢头支撑倒立和手支撑倒立，I especially enjoy headstand and handstand. 也就是 among all yoga exercises I prefer headstand and handstand, 或者I love headstand and handstand most among all yoga exercises.

　　5 to the best of my knowledge. 就我所知, 相当于so far as I know… 这样的一些短语并没有实际的含义，通常都用在句首，说话人要表达的观点，态度都在后面。

　　e.g: To the best of my knowledge, few Chinese movies are competitive in the world’s movie festivals.

　　6 sb become more receptive to sth…某人开始逐渐接受某物。例如：中医的针灸疗法在国外已经逐渐得到一些人群的接受，这句话怎么说呢：

　　Westerners have gradually accepted acupuncture, a branch of traditional Chinese medicine. 或者说：Westerners have become more receptive to acupuncture, a branch of traditional Chinese medicine.

　　7 want to have a go 试一试。这是口语中常用的表达“尝试一把”的说法。

　　8 sleep on my stomach, 趴着睡。从字面上就很好理解，睡在我的肚皮上，当然就是趴着睡了。B 说因为我的背Stiff, 僵硬得很，所以不能趴着睡觉。

　　9 A问起了B练习瑜伽的感受怎么样，B 说开始的时候感觉比较困难，tough, 艰难，难耐。但是后来终于坚持下来了，Stuck with it=go on with it, not giving up halfway.

　　10 there has been increasing interest in sth。人们对于某一样事务有持续不断的高涨的热情。

　　e.g: there has been increasing interest in volunteering work related to Beijing 2008 Olympic games. 越来越多的人热情高涨地参与到北京2008奥运会志愿者的行动中来了。

　　Useful expressions 脱口而出：

　　you are always keeping up with the changes in fashion.

　　你总是跟紧时尚的变化啊。

　　Marvelous! It’s fun!

　　棒极了！那真有趣！

　　Do you want a go?

　　要不要试一下？

　　It calls for great perseverance.

　　那需要很大的毅力。

　　Part 2

　　A: What are the sequences for beginners?

　　B: Featured Pose: Eagle Pose, Upward-Facing Dog, Face Your Fears of Falling, Carpal Tunnel Relief.

　　A: How can I enhance my Yoga practice?

　　B: Connect with the yoga community and renew your mind, body, and spirit at YJE-vents! Deepen and grow in your practice. Connect with others who share an interest in yoga.

　　A: What’s the name by the way?

　　B: Meditations from the Heart of Yoga: Inner Smile.

　　A: Why are men more reluctant to do yoga than women?

　　B: They don’t think they will get a good enough workout. Also, they aren’t interested in the quiet, non-competitive aspects yoga. Another reason is fear of embarrassment in class. They are unaware that yoga is an option for health and healing.

　　1 featured pose: 典型的姿势. B 为A介绍了几种典型的瑜伽姿势：它们分别是鹰式，狗脸向上，正视摔倒的恐惧，腕骨放松。这是瑜伽在physical side 的几种经典姿势。前面也讲到过，瑜伽分为physical side 和contemplative side，在瑜伽的沉思练习里面，通常练习的是呼吸和冥想. Breathing and meditation are included in the contemplative side of yoga exercises.

　　2 connect with…A 问到B怎样加强瑜伽练习，how to enhance my yoga practice? B给出的建议是与瑜伽团体联系，更新你的思维，身体和精神！还要和同样喜欢瑜伽的人共同练习！两个建议里面都用到了connect with…, 也就是与某某保持联络，还有和某某关系亲密的意思。

　　e.g: I love all my children but I connect with my youngest.

　　我爱我的每一个孩子，不过我跟老幺最亲。

　　3 share interest in yoga. 和同样喜欢瑜伽的人一起练习，这个“同样喜欢瑜伽的人”，不是用的people who also like yoga 这样的直译，来看share，分享。Share interest in something, 分享在某项事物上的共同爱好，也就是同样喜爱某某事物的意思。

　　e.g: All men share interest in football and world cup and so on…

　　All women share interest in cosmetics and fashion clothes.

　　4 meditations from the heart of yoga: inner smile. 当A 问到B瑜伽的是怎样得名的，也就是瑜伽为什么要叫瑜伽，B给出的回答是瑜伽的意思是：用心冥想，它的精髓在于：发自内心的微笑 。meditation, 屏气凝神，沉思冥想。Inner, 内心的，心灵深处的。它的反义词是outside, exterior, external. 外部的，外露的。

　　5 当问到为什么男人没有女人对瑜伽感兴趣, A 说：why are men more reluctant to yoga than women? Feel reluctant / be reluctant to do something, 意思就是：不情愿做某事，不积极做某事，对某事兴趣不高。

　　e.g: Kids are often reluctant to do their homework. 小孩子们总是不情愿做作业。

　　6 get a good enough workout. 男人们不愿意练习瑜伽的原因之一呢是因为他们认为自己可能做不好，they don’t think they will get a good enough workout. Workout. The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit. 男人们觉得不能在瑜伽课堂得到很好的锻炼。

　　除此之外呢，他们还不喜欢瑜伽的无竞技部分，因为瑜伽太安静了，non-competitive, 所以男人们大多不感到interested. 他们还担心在课堂里会感到尴尬，a fear of embarrassment. 特别是和女性学员一起练习瑜伽尤为感到尴尬。

　　7 they are unaware that yoga is an option for health and healing. 男人们有这样那样的原因和难处不好意思参加瑜伽班，同时他们没有意识到瑜伽对身心的好处。Yoga is an option for health and healing.

　　Heal: provide cure for, make healthy again; get healthy again 痊愈，复原。

　　e.g: The medicine and rest will soon heal your wound.

　　药物治疗和休息会让你的上口愈合。

　　Time heals most troubles. 时间会消除痛苦

　　Healing作为heal 的名词形式，它的意思是，康复，复原，有治疗功效的。

　　e.g: Please take your time, the body has a marvelous healing process, but it sometimes works slowly than we’d like.

　　别着急，人体有一个奇妙的痊愈系统，只是有时候比我们希望得来得慢些。

　　Useful expression 脱口而出：

　　How can I enhance my yoga practice?

　　我怎么加强我的瑜伽练习

　　What’s the name by the way?

　　瑜伽是怎么得名的？

　　Why are men more reluctant to do yoga than women?

　　为什么男人更不愿意练习瑜伽?

　　They don’t think they will get a good enough workout.

　　他们觉得在课堂上得不到充分的锻炼。