原视频：The benefits of doing nothing ⏲️ 6 Minute English（BBC Learning English）
难度：中级；分类：知识与科普；时长：6:19；标签：英音、对话、心理
BBC 六分钟英语从动物“偷懒”的科学研究聊到人为什么也需要放空，节目附带词汇讲解，适合中级学习者练习听懂话题讨论。
本期 BBC 6 Minute English 探讨动物与人类“偷懒”的进化意义，指出多数动物大部分时间静止不动，蚂蚁约半数不活跃，无聊反而催生创造力，适度放空和“关机”有益身心。
nothing… relaxing and kicking back! Lucky you! Don’t you have work to do?
exhausted, Beth! What have you been doing today?
is hard work, why have some animals evolved to do nothing?
a reputation for lounging about – lions, for example,
of them just sitting there motionless.
I think ants are a symbol of industriousness, you know,
half the colony is inactive at any given time.
half the colony is inactive at any given time.