英语导读1000句（五十）

　　Section 50 Positions

　　How many different positions can you think of?你能想到几种不同的姿势?

　　Positions of what? Body positions, you mean?什么姿势?你指的是身体姿势吗?

　　Yeah. You know, like standing, sitting, lying.是的，比如站着、坐着、躺着。

　　Well, even those you mentioned have different positions.你指的那几种，也还有不同的姿势。

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

　　And there is kneeling and crawling.还有跪着和蜷着。

　　Jumping and hopping are sort of positions, but not really.跳，也是一种姿势，但不全是。

　　Why not?为什么不是?

　　Because I always think of positions as fixed for a period of time, you know, longer than a jump or a hop.因为，我总认为姿势应保持一段时间不变，比跳的时间要长。

　　Yeah, okay. So what other body positions are there?好吧，那还有什么别的身体姿势吗?

　　How about the kowtow? I know itrsquo;s a sort of kneeling position.嗑头呢?我知道它是一种跪的姿势。

　　But it still counts, yeah?但也应算做是，你说呢?

　　Okay, squatting thatrsquo;s another position.那蹲也算是另一种姿势。

　　And bowing and curtsying are also positions.那弯腰和屈膝行礼也是姿势。

　　Upside down and back to front, they count too.倒挂和转身也算是。

　　Inside out is also a position, but I canrsquo;t imagine it as a body position, can you?从里向外翻也是一种姿势，但是无法把它想像成身体的一种姿势。你说呢?