英語導讀1000句（五十）

　　Section 50 Positions

　　How many different positions can you think of?你能想到幾種不同的姿勢?

　　Positions of what? Body positions, you mean?什么姿勢?你指的是身體姿勢嗎?

　　Yeah. You know, like standing, sitting, lying.是的，比如站著、坐著、躺著。

　　Well, even those you mentioned have different positions.你指的那幾種，也還有不同的姿勢。

　　Yeah. Like standing or sitting up straight or slouched, or lying flat on onersquo;s back.是的，比如站直、坐直、平躺或側臥。

　　And there is kneeling and crawling.還有跪著和蜷著。

　　Jumping and hopping are sort of positions, but not really.跳，也是一種姿勢，但不全是。

　　Why not?為什么不是?

　　Because I always think of positions as fixed for a period of time, you know, longer than a jump or a hop.因為，我總認為姿勢應保持一段時間不變，比跳的時間要長。

　　Yeah, okay. So what other body positions are there?好吧，那還有什么別的身體姿勢嗎?

　　How about the kowtow? I know itrsquo;s a sort of kneeling position.嗑頭呢?我知道它是一種跪的姿勢。

　　But it still counts, yeah?但也應算做是，你說呢?

　　Okay, squatting thatrsquo;s another position.那蹲也算是另一種姿勢。

　　And bowing and curtsying are also positions.那彎腰和屈膝行禮也是姿勢。

　　Upside down and back to front, they count too.倒掛和轉身也算是。

　　Inside out is also a position, but I canrsquo;t imagine it as a body position, can you?從里向外翻也是一種姿勢，但是無法把它想像成身體的一種姿勢。你說呢?

　　Section 50 Positions

　　How many different positions can you think of?你能想到幾種不同的姿勢?

　　Positions of what? Body positions, you mean?什么姿勢?你指的是身體姿勢嗎?

　　Yeah. You know, like standing, sitting, lying.是的，比如站著、坐著、躺著。

　　Well, even those you mentioned have different positions.你指的那幾種，也還有不同的姿勢。

　　Yeah. Like standing or sitting up straight or slouched, or lying flat on onersquo;s back.是的，比如站直、坐直、平躺或側臥。

　　And there is kneeling and crawling.還有跪著和蜷著。

　　Jumping and hopping are sort of positions, but not really.跳，也是一種姿勢，但不全是。

　　Why not?為什么不是?

　　Because I always think of positions as fixed for a period of time, you know, longer than a jump or a hop.因為，我總認為姿勢應保持一段時間不變，比跳的時間要長。

　　Yeah, okay. So what other body positions are there?好吧，那還有什么別的身體姿勢嗎?

　　How about the kowtow? I know itrsquo;s a sort of kneeling position.嗑頭呢?我知道它是一種跪的姿勢。

　　But it still counts, yeah?但也應算做是，你說呢?

　　Okay, squatting thatrsquo;s another position.那蹲也算是另一種姿勢。

　　And bowing and curtsying are also positions.那彎腰和屈膝行禮也是姿勢。

　　Upside down and back to front, they count too.倒掛和轉身也算是。

　　Inside out is also a position, but I canrsquo;t imagine it as a body position, can you?從里向外翻也是一種姿勢，但是無法把它想像成身體的一種姿勢。你說呢?