9月13日午间英语新闻：“海上大熊猫”斑海豹竟然跑三亚来了

Evening workouts can give you health benefits, including better sleep

晚上锻炼怕睡不着？

Getting adequate sleep is one of the best things you can do to maintain and improve your health. The same applies to regular exercise. Doing enough of both lowers risks for a number of diseases, boosts cardiovascular and mental health, protects the brain and much more.

充足的睡眠是保持和改善健康的最佳途径之一。经常锻炼也是如此。做足这两件事可以降低罹患多种疾病的风险，促进心血管和心理健康，保护大脑等等。

Some people’s natural body clocks — chronotypes, which are what make some people night owls and others morning larks — or their work schedules allow them to get to sleep early and wake up early enough to fit in a workout before beginning the day’s tasks. Exercise, after all, is often considered a great way to wake up the body and mind.

有些人的自然生物钟是"时间型"，即有些人是夜猫子，有些人是早起的云雀，或他们的作息时间表允许他们早睡早起，以便在开始一天的工作之前进行锻炼。毕竟，锻炼通常被认为是唤醒身心的好方法。

Fortunately, research shows that although there are benefits to morning exercise, evening exercise is beneficial, too, and it doesn’t necessarily harm your sleep.

幸运的是，研究表明，虽然晨练有好处，但晚间锻炼同样也有好处，而且不一定会影响睡眠。

“If you have the luxury to be able to pick your time to do this, there are many reasons you’d want to be physically active earlier in the day,” says Marie-Pierre St-Onge, associate professor of nutritional medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and director of Columbia’s Center of Excellence for Sleep & Circadian Research. But if morning exercise doesn’t work with your schedule, getting some evening exercise may be your best bet. “Any physical activity is good,” St-Onge says.

哥伦比亚大学医学中心营养医学副教授、哥伦比亚大学睡眠与昼夜节律研究卓越中心主任玛丽·皮埃尔·圣翁格表示：“如果你有能力选择锻炼的时间，那么你有很多理由想要在一天的早些时候进行身体活动。”但如果你的时间安排不适合晨练，那么晚上锻炼可能是你最好的选择。“任何体育活动都是有益的，”圣翁格说。

If you are able to give yourself just a little time between your workout and bed, you can get the benefits of exercise — including better sleep — even with an evening workout. “It comes down to biological rhythms; everybody’s situation is different,” says Michael Rogers, a professor of human performance studies and the research director for the Center for Physical Activity and Aging at Wichita State University in Kansas.

如果你能在锻炼和睡觉之间留出一点时间，那么即使在晚上锻炼，也能获得锻炼的好处，包括更好的睡眠。堪萨斯州威奇托州立大学人类表现研究教授兼体育活动与老龄化中心研究主任迈克尔·罗杰斯说：“这归结于生物节律，每个人的情况都不一样。”

重点词汇：

1.cardiovascular

英/ˌkɑːdiəʊˈvæskjələ(r)/
美/ˌkɑːrdioʊˈvæskjələr/
adj.心血管的；心脏强化运动的

2.chronotype

睡眠类型

3.lark

英/lɑːk/
美/lɑːrk/
n.云雀；百灵鸟；欢乐
vi.骑马玩乐；嬉耍
vt.愚弄

4.rhythm

英/ˈrɪðəm/
美/ˈrɪðəm/
n.（声音或运动的）节奏，韵律，节拍；节奏感；规则变化，节律；（艺术作品的）匀称，和谐；（韵文或散文）抑扬节奏

‘Sea panda’harbor seal first appeared in Sanya waters

“海上大熊猫”斑海豹竟然跑三亚来了

A harbor seal was recently spotted in waters near Sanya, Hainan province. Since it was first spotted near Wuzhizhou Island on Aug 23, divers have encountered it several times and filmed it lounging in the sea or climbing to rest on a float.

最近，一只斑海豹出现在海南省三亚附近海域。自从8月23日蜈支洲岛工作人员首次发现它以来，潜水员们已经多次和它偶遇，并拍摄到它时而在海里慵懒地游来游去，时而爬到浮漂上休息的画面。

Harbor seals are national first-class protected wild animals, living in temperate coastal areas, such as the Bering Sea and the Sea of Japan in the North Pacific. In China, this species is mainly found in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and where they were recorded in the southernmost part of China is Guangdong province.

斑海豹是国家一级保护野生动物，生活在如北太平洋的白令海、日本海等温带沿海地区。在中国主要见于渤海、黄海海域，之前有记录它们在我国出现的最南端是广东省一带。

Harbor seals primarily swim by using their hind legs and the back of their bodies to propel themselves forward. They are highly skilled divers, making an average of more than 30 dives per day, with the ability to reach depths of up to 300 meters and stay submerged for over 20 minutes before needing to resurface. When swimming on the surface, harbor seals can achieve speeds of up to 27 kilometers per hour.

斑海豹游泳时主要依靠后肢和身体的后部左右摆动前进，很擅长潜水，平均每天潜水30多次，能潜入100多米甚至300米深的水中，并能持续20分钟以上。在水面游泳的时候，斑海豹的速度可以达到每小时27公里。

Harbor seals can only use their forelimbs and upper body to move on land, resulting in a somewhat silly and cute appearance. They often capture the hearts of numerous fans when seen in zoos and are affectionately referred to as "sea pandas".

而斑海豹在陆地上只能靠前肢和上体蠕动，样子很蠢萌的，所以在动物园里常常圈粉无数，还被称为“海上大熊猫”。

Wang Aimin, a professor at Hainan University who is an expert in the Wuzhizhou Island Marine Ranch National Demonstration zone, said: "The recent survey shows that the fishery resources in the Wuzhizhou Island marine ranch area have increased by more than two times in the past decade, and the fishery resources in the artificial reef area are nearly five times higher than the surrounding area, and the live coral coverage of the coral reef has increased from 18 percent to 25 percent."

海南大学教授、蜈支洲岛海洋牧场国家示范区专家王爱民说：“近期调查表明，蜈支洲岛海洋牧场海域渔业资源近十年来增长了2倍以上，在人工鱼礁区渔业资源是周边区域的近5倍，珊瑚礁的活珊瑚覆盖率由原来的18%提高到了25%。”

重点词汇：

1.seal

英/siːl/
美/siːl/
n.印章，图章；表示确认的事物；密封装置，密封物；密封，密封状态；水止，水封（根据排污管道深度U形管中防止臭气上升的存水）；封蜡，火漆；封蜡模（印），封铅模（印）；海豹；海豹皮；装饰性的背面涂胶水的邮票（印花）
v.封上（信封）；密封（容器）；确定，使成定局；给……涂上保护层；（给文件）加封，盖印；封锁；（为避免烹调时失去过多水分，将食物放在热油中）快速煎炸；猎捕海豹

2.lounge

英/laʊndʒ/
美/laʊndʒ/
n.（机场等的）等候室；（旅馆、俱乐部等的）休息室；（私宅中的）起居室，客厅
v.懒洋洋地站（或坐、躺）着

3.primarily

英/praɪˈmerəli/
美/praɪˈmerəli/
adv.主要地，首要地，根本地

4.hind

英/haɪnd/
美/haɪnd/
adj.后部的
n.雌鹿

5.propel

英/prəˈpel/
美/prəˈpel/
v.推进，驱动；推搡（某人走向特定方向）； 驱使，促使

6.forelimb

英/ˈfɔːlɪm/
n.前肢；前翼

7.reef

英/riːf/
美/riːf/
n.礁，暗礁，礁脉；（尤指含金的）矿脉；缩帆部，帆的可收缩部
v.收帆，卷起缩帆部；缩短，收进（中桅，船首斜桁）