Is it bad to be lazy? 懒惰是坏事吗？
你感觉自己懒吗？假如答案是一定的，那你是不是该为此担心？大家对于 懒 的怎么看可谓见仁见智，专家们对此更是各持己见。有人觉得，假如生活可以更轻松省力，那何乐而不为？有人则觉得懒人工作效率低下，而且对周遭的事物漠不关心。听 随身英语 节目就这一话题展开讨论，看你赞同哪种看法。
词语：laziness懒惰
Would you call yourself lazy? If you live in a messy house and are reluctant tolift a fingerto help out, maybe you are. But laziness is a subjective thing sloppinessto one person might be a form ofrelaxationto another. And if you can be bothered to read on, youll see that opinion is pided on whetherlazinessis a bad thing.
Generally speaking, we tend to look on our laziness as a negative thing.Inertia,slothfulness,idlenessandapathyare used as criticisms and insults against inpiduals and groups of people. We think of lazy people asunproductiveor that they dont really care about things. And when we find ourselves doing nothing, we feel guilty about it. Could this be because we are not instinctively lazy creatures? And is that why we often do things we dont need to do and which are sometimes painful like running a marathon? Writing for BBC Future, Claudia Hammond explains that enforced and extended rest, unless we are ill and our bodies demand it, leads not to feelings of being relaxed but ofrestlessnessandirritability.
Others may suggest we are naturally lazy, and that we cant helptaking it easy, though its hard to believe because were constantly told to do more. Butkicking backand livinglife in the slow lanecould be better for our health. A study by psychologist Dr Robert Levine in 1999, for example, concluded that people living in cities with a fast pace of life had the highest rates ofcoronary heart disease.
Laziness has also been shown to be good for our mental health, so having anapor somedowntimeshouldnt be frowned upon. And there are other possible benefits too. Dr Masud Husain, Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford, told the BBC: We found that people who have tended to be moreapatheticmight in some ways be more creative, so that although they might be acouch potato, they might be coming up with one great idea that might be very interesting and useful. So, in ourfreneticlives, maybe we shouldchill out, get intogoblin modeand contemplate the benefits laziness can bring.
词语表
lift a finger 帮忙，尽举手之劳
sloppiness 懒散
relaxation 消遣，放松
laziness 懒惰
inertia 惰性
slothfulness 懒散，懈怠
idleness 懒散，什么事都不干
apathy 漠不关心，懈怠
unproductive 效率低的，徒劳的
restlessness 焦躁不安
irritability 烦躁，易怒
take it easy 放松，休息
kick back 放松
life in the slow lane 慢半拍的生活
coronary heart disease 冠心病
nap 小睡，打盹
downtime 休养期
apathetic 懈怠的，（对要紧事情）无动于衷的
couch potato 沙发土豆，总看电视的人，懒惰的人
frenetic 极为忙碌的，疯狂的
chill out 轻松一下
goblin mode 躺平模式，心安理得地好逸恶劳的行为和生活态度
