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Recording 24
录音24
A: So what did you think about the research?
A:那么,你觉得这项调研怎么样?
B: I thought it was well thought out, although it did take three years to produce any results.
B:我觉得这是经过了周详考虑的,尽管要花三年才有结果。
A: Yes, but that's to be expected given the age of the participants. I mean, they had to chart their progress over several years.
A:对,但考虑到参与者的年龄,这本在意料之中。我是指,他们要在好几年间跟踪自己的进度。
B: I suppose so.
B:我想也是。
A: But didn't you think the results were astonishing? I know I did.
A:但你不认为结果是非常惊人的吗?我是这么觉得的。
B: Yeah, me too. It's amazing to think that watching TV can have such a clearly demonstrated effect on children's obesity problems. It's quite alarming really.
B:对,我也是。看电视对于儿童肥胖问题的影响已被清晰证实了,这太不可思议了。这可真令人担忧。
A: I agree.
A:我同意。
B: People were generally unimpressed by the findings though, which is typical when there's a suggestion that we change our behaviour.
B:人们往往对于这些研究发现无动于衷,(尤其是)研究结果暗示我们应改变自己的行为,这很常见。