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squats

深蹲

(shēndūn)

A: A man who just got married forgot to buy a birthday gift for his wife. In order to apologize to his wife he punished himself by doing 200 squats. He ended up passing out from exhaustion. When he got to the hospital they discovered that this punishment caused him to have acute renal failure.

有个男人忘记给他新婚不久的老婆买生日礼物了。他为了向老婆道歉就自罚深蹲200次。做完了之后累倒了,去医院检查才发现这个惩罚导致了急性肾衰竭。

(yǒuɡè nánrén wànɡjì ɡěi tā xīnhūn bùjiǔ de lǎopó mǎi shēnɡrì lǐwù le. tā wéile xiànɡ lǎopó dàoqiàn jiù zìfá shēndūn liǎnɡbǎicì. zuòwán le zhīhòu lèi dǎole, qù yīyuàn jiǎnchá cái fāxiàn zhèɡè chénɡfá dǎozhì le jíxìnɡ shèn shuāijié.)

B: He doesn't exercise much I guess. His body couldn't handle the sudden exercise.

他平时很少运动吧。忽然做这么剧烈的运动,身体恐怕受不了。

(tā pínɡshí hěnshǎo yùndònɡ bā. hūrán zuò zhème jùliè de yùndònɡ, shēntǐ kǒnɡpà shòubùliǎo.)

A: Exercise should be done progressively. If you push yourself too hard it can be dangerous.

运动还是要循序渐进才行,太逞强有时候挺危险的。

(yùndònɡ háishì yào xúnxùjiànjìn cáixínɡ, tài chěnɡqiánɡ yǒushíhòu tǐnɡ wēixiǎn de.)