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＊新聞標題
Body image: Men 'most unhappy about beer bellies'
＊標題解說
‧ body image：身體的形象，指外表（固定用法）
‧ beer：啤酒（名詞）
belly 是the part of the body below the chest
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/belly
包括胃部和小腹
bellies 是 belly（肚子）的複數型，對應Men（複數）beer bellies 啤酒肚
標題用“ ”引號打出“most unhappy about beer bellies”因爲是引述某項研究的結論
＊內文解析
█ 西英格蘭大學的網上調查顯示，五個有四個男人坦承對自己的身體不滿意
Four out of five men confess to being unhappy about their body, suggests an online survey by the University of the West of England.
‧ confess：承認（動詞）
confess to doing something：承認做了某事
‧ survey：調查（名詞）
online survey：透過網絡進行的調查
█ 西英格蘭大學外貌研究中心研究384名平均年齡為40的英國男子的反應。
The Centre for Appearance Research at UWE studied the responses of 384 British men with an average age of 40.
‧ appearance：外表（名詞）
‧ UWE：University of the West of England
‧ response：反應（名詞）不同反應用了 responses（複數型）
‧ average：平均的（形容詞）
average age （平均年齡）
█ 對他們來說，最大的外表形象困擾是他們的「啤酒肚」和缺少肌肉。
The biggest body issue for them was their "beer belly" and lack of muscles.
‧ 用 was, 表示 問卷調查已經完成了
‧ issue：在此應該理解為「困擾的問題」
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/issue
a problem or worry that somebody has with something
Money is not an issue.
‧ The biggest body issue：最困擾的形象問題
‧ muscle：肌肉（名詞）可數名詞：muscles多處的肌肉
‧ lack：缺乏（名詞）
█ 35％的受訪者表示，他們願意以一年的生命時光來換得自己理想的體重或體態。
Thirty-five percent of respondents said they would trade a year of their life to achieve their ideal body weight or shape.
‧ trade：交換，交易（動詞）
‧ achieve：達成（動詞）
‧ trade A to achieve B：以 A 來換 B
trade a year of their life to achieve their ideal body weight or shape
‧ respondent：應答者（名詞）
█ 研究顯示，談論自己身體形象的不只是在女人之間。
The research suggests that it is not just women who talk among themselves about their body image.
‧ it is not just women who…強調 not just women
‧ suggest：顯示（動詞）看看英文解釋
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/suggest
to put an idea into somebody's mind; to make somebody think that something is true
█ 從調查結果收集彙編的研究報告發現，80％的回答問卷的男性經常加入談論彼此身體的對話 。
The study compiled from the results of the survey found that 80% of men who responded engaged regularly in conversation about one another's bodies.
► 簡化來看：The study found that…
The study (that was) compiled from the results of the survey 省略 that was 由調查結果收集彙編的研究報告
‧ engage in：參加某活動（動詞片語）
engage in conversation 加入討論
‧ regularly：經常地（副詞）
█ 男人最大的困擾是他們肌肉夠不夠健壯，60％的人說他們的手臂，胸膛和肚子肌肉不夠。
The greatest issue men have is with their muscularity, with 60% saying that their arms, chests and stomachs were not muscular enough.
‧ muscularity：肌肉發達健壯（名詞）
‧ muscular：肌肉發達健壯的（形容詞）
█ 委託此研究的中央基督教青年會執行長Rosi Prescott 說：「從歷史上看，談論身體形象已被視為女人做的事，但這項研究清楚表明，男性也犯了評論彼此體態的毛病；並且在許多情況下，這是具有破壞性的影響。
Rosi Prescott, chief executive of Central YMCA which commissioned the research, said: "Historically conversation about your body has been perceived as something women do, but it is clear from this research that men are also guilty of commenting on one another's bodies; and in many cases this is having a damaging effect.
► 簡化看：
X said: “Historically A has been perceived as something women do, but it is clear from this research that B…; and in many cases C…”
X是何許人也？逗點隔開的内容有說明：chief executive of Central YMCA，
YMCA之後的which 說明YMCA委托做這項研究
這個人講了 A， B， C 三點
A= Historically conversation about your body has been perceived as something women do
B=men are also guilty of commenting on one another’s bodies
C=this is having a damaging effect
‧ YMCA：基督教青年會Young Men's Christian Association (an organization that exists in many countries and provides accommodation and social and sports activities)
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/YMCA
該機構關心男孩如何健康成長為男人
‧ YWCA：基督教女青年會 （W=women）
‧ commission： 委任委托（動詞）commissioned （過去式）
‧ A commission B：A 委托做 B 項目（任務）
‧ YMCA commissioned the research：YMCA委托做此研究
‧ A be perceived as B： A 被看成是B
conversation about your body has been perceived as something women do
談論身體已被視為女人做的事
‧ be guilty of X ：有犯X過失的（片語）men are guilty of commenting on one another’s bodies男性犯了評論彼此體態的毛病
‧ 評論 X ：comment on X (動詞片語)
█ 「我們發現在男性之間太過品頭論足是越來越沉迷於外表的症狀。」
"The high levels of body talk that we have found in men are symptomatic of a growing obsession with appearance."
► 簡化看：High levels of X are symptomatic of Y
高度的 X 是 Y的症狀（用 are 因爲主詞是 high levels）
‧ high levels of body talk：高度的談論外表，太過品頭論足
‧ X be symptomatic of Y：X 是Y的症狀
‧ symptomatic：症狀的（形容詞）
‧ obsession：沉迷（名詞）
‧ an obsession with appearance：對外表的沉迷
‧ growing obsession：增長的沉迷，越來越沉迷
＊字彙整理
有趣的研究，男人對外表也在意，我們也趁機學些談論外表的研究術語：
‧ 身體的形象，指外表：body image （固定用法）
‧ 啤酒肚：beer belly , pot belly（固定用法）
‧ 外表：appearance（名詞）
‧ 承認做了某事：confess承認（動詞）
confess to being unhappy about their body 對身體不滿
‧ 以 A 來換 B：trade A to achieve B（動詞片語）
trade a year of their life to achieve their ideal body weight or shape
‧ 理性的體重或體態：ideal body weight or shape
‧ 沉迷：obsession（名詞）
‧ 對外表的沉迷：an obsession with appearance
‧ X 是Y的 症狀：X be symptomatic of Y
‧ 太過品頭論足是越來越沉迷於外表的症狀：High levels of body talk are symptomatic of a growing obsession of appearance.
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