俄羅斯：連續深蹲30次 免費乘地鐵

Get ready to drop down and give 30 squats if you want to ride the Moscow metro.
想在莫斯科乘地鐵？準備好彎下膝蓋做30個深蹲吧！

In an effort to promote both the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and physical fitness, Moscow city officials and the Russian Olympic Committee are allowing subway riders to pay 30 squats instead of 30 rubles (about 92 cents) for a trip on the train.
一則爲了宣傳即將在俄羅斯城市索契舉辦的冬奧會、二則爲了宣傳全民健身，莫斯科市政當局和俄羅斯奧委會決定，市民只要做30個深蹲就可以免去30盧布的車費，免費乘坐地鐵。

Riders perform the squats in front of a special machine which can tell if the person is in the correct position. The machine is located right next to the electronic vending machines at a station in western Moscow.
乘客們要在一臺特殊的機器上做深蹲，這臺機器能識別使用者的姿勢是否正確。這部特殊的機器現被放置在莫斯科西部的一個地鐵站裏，正擺在電子售票機的旁邊。

"We wanted to show that the Olympic Games is not just an international competition that people watch on TV, but that it is also about getting everyone involved in a sporting lifestyle," Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee, said to Russian state news wire RIA-Novosti.
俄奧委會主席亞歷山大·朱可夫對俄羅斯新聞社記者說：“我們想要展示的是，奧運會不僅僅是人們在電視上觀看的國際競賽，奧運會也傳達着這樣一種理念，即每個人都應該經常鍛鍊，有健康的生活方式。”

The task isn't so simple, according to some people who dared to try it out.
據那些大膽嘗試的人稱，30個深蹲並不是輕而易舉的事情。

"It was hard at first but I managed it," Lyudmila, a young woman who tried out the machine, told AFP. "Two minutes is enough time."
“一開始感覺很難，但我最終做到了，”一位在機器上嘗試了30個深蹲的青年女性柳德米拉對法新社記者說，“兩分鐘就足夠了。”

The Russian Olympic Committee has been offering several physical challenges to the public in order to promote a healthier lifestyle, AFP reported. Other events have included turning handles hanging on buses into exercise bands and providing bikes that can create electricity to charge cell phones. The goal is to "add elements of sport into daily life."
據法新社報道，俄奧委會爲了宣傳更健康的生活方式，已經對公衆提供了多種體育類的挑戰活動。除了30個深蹲乘地鐵的活動之外，還有把公共汽車上的吊環換成鍛鍊肌肉的阻力帶，對市民提供可發電、爲手機充電的自行車等等。這些活動的目標是“在日常生活中添加運動元素”。

The option for squat payment will be available throughout the month of November.
在整個11月份期間，市民都可以選擇用做深蹲來付地鐵車費。