10月20日
Good Gym Manners
When you work out, how considerate are you?
Many people go to the gym not only to get healthy, but also for quiet time. But sometimes rude people seem determined to prevent that. Just ask Benjamin Cochran, 31, who worked out in a gym and found it quite pleasant, except for one problem.
“There was a customer who would come in on a pretty regular basis,” he recalled. “This guy stunk the whole gym up. People would leave because of this guy.”
Then, says Claudia Griffin, 52, wouldn’t you think you’d get some quiet relaxation in the sauna? Think again. “Girlfriends yapping and yapping,” she said. “Most people who frequent saunas are quiet. Yapping in the sauna is irritating … and leave your cell phone in your locker.”
Common courtesy
Matthew Joseph, 24, thinks some of the rudeness is on purpose. “What never ceases to amaze us is how large [men] load up a machine that typically requires free weights, go through the motions and leave the weight on, knowing what an unpleasant chore it is for others who would like to use the apparatus.” Joseph said. Smaller people have trouble removing the weights. And let’s not even talk about the person who sits on a machine for 10 minutes, not using it, but instead talks to a friend or on a cell phone while others wait for him or her to decide to move.
Gym etiquette is simply common sense, says Kristie Spalding, head of corporate communications for the American Council on Exercise. A Web survey by her organization said people who avoid gyms do so because of poor gym etiquette. The issue can be as striking as “gym intimidation,” she said. “So many people already are intimidated by a gym setting; rude patrons can make the experience worse.”
Specialized Terms
Sauna (n) 桑拿房 a room for taking a dry heat bath
Free weight (n) 自由重量式训练器材 a heavy object used for exercise that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by the hands and arms
Apparatus (n) 设备；器械 a set of equipment or a machine used for a particular purpose
Vocabulary Focus
Considerate (adj) caring about and respecting other people and their feelings
Rude (adj) not polite; offensive; lacking good manners
Stink up (idiom) to fill with a very unpleasant smell
Frequent (v) to visit a particular place often
Etiquette (n) the set of rules which control accepted behavior in particular social situations
Patrons (n) 顾客
Discussion Question
Gym etiquette? Why should we behave like gentlemen even when we do exercise, it’s time to be wild in gym, do you agree?
Extra Exercise
1. Translate the following sentence into Chinese, ‘The issue can be as striking as “gym intimidation,”’
2. According to the recording, what’s the meaning of ‘pet peeve’?
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