実践ビジネス英語ディクテーション (aired 7/24,25)

こんにちは。実践ビジネス英語Talk the Talkコーナーのディクテーションです。
番組の7月後半のテーマは、‘Don’t Just Sit There!’（座ってばかりいないで！）でした。Vignetteでは、正しい姿勢を保つことの大切さが話題になりました。背中や関節の痛みを軽減するだけでなく、気分や幸福感を高めるというメリットもあるそうです。
"Talk the Talk"は、日常生活で身体を動かす機会について、long time listenersにはおなじみの話題でした。

Don’t Just Sit There! （S: 杉田敏先生　H: Heather Howardさん）

S: Now, our current vignette talks about the importance of staying active throughout the day.
I know your job involves a lot of desk work, Heather.
How do you fit activity into the day?

H: I’m lucky in that respect.
My Job mainly involves editing different articles throughout the day, and after each one is finished, I print it out and take it to the pagemaker or the chief translators― whoever is next in the process.
As a result, I get up from my desk and move around the office many times a day.
I get in a fair amount of movement without even noticing it most of the time.
And I do try to take short breaks every so often: walk down the hall to the coffee machine or go to the convenience store in my building.

S: Anything else?

H: Chatting with other people in the office is another good way to get out of our chairs. I often do that when I’ve taken someone a story―I stand by their desk and talk for a few minutes.
I’ve often seen articles that recommend going to different departments when we need to talk to someone there as opposed to using email or the phone.
That too would make us walk more, but my work rarely involves people in other departments.
So that’s not really a viable option for me.

S: You said in a previous conversation that you get off the train two stops early and walk the rest of the way to your office.
Are you still doing that?

H: I am, and thanks to my daughter I’ve been doing even more walking in the mornings.
She started nursery school in April and the place she goes is about 30 minutes from our house on foot.
I take her there in her stroller and then walk another 15 minutes or so to the nearest train station.
All together I’m walking about one hour three to five days a week.

S: You’ll probably get in great shape.

H: I am feeling stronger.
The other day I had to rush to a meeting at my office, and as I was bounding up stairs to get there, I realized, “Hey, I’m bounding up the stairs!”
My legs must be toughening up.
Though there’s a bit of a funny trade-off.
The daycare doesn’t have room to store the kids’ strollers, so I take ours to the office with me.
When I’m pushing it down the street empty or with my briefcase in the seat, people keep looking at me like, “Ma’am, I think you forgot something.”

S: Collins’ doctor recommends things like walking around during TV commercials.
Do you do anything like that?

H: I’m something of a compulsive tidier, actually.
I love to straighten things up and toss things out. So I often move around the house doing that.
Cleaning is great exercise. You use the whole body: your arms as you dust the bookshelves and wash the dishes, your back and legs as you lift and carry things.
You move in a variety of ways and you’re constantly changing your level: leaning down to get things, reaching up to put something on a shelf.

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