There are lots of different diets

There are lots of different diets. On of them is called the low-carb diet. If you were on a low-carb diet you would eat...
节食方法有很多种，有一种叫做“低碳水化合物饮食”，若你就是这种情况，你会吃什么呢？

a) less fish
b) less pasta¹（意大利面条）
c) less roughage（纤维食品）
Dieting

Doug:Hello, I’m Doug Campbell and this is 6 minute English. Today we’re talking about going on a diet（节食）. And I’m here with Jackie Dalton.
Jackie:Hi Doug, have you ever gone on a diet to try to lose weight?
Doug: No I haven’t Jackie, but I am sure if I did go on a diet, I wouldn’t be successful. It’s very, very difficult! To start the programme I have a question for you though, Jackie, about going on a diet. Well there are lots of different diets – loads of different diets, but I want to talk about one of them – the low-carb diet.
Jackie:Yes, I’ve heard of that.
Doug: Okay Jackie, if you were on a low-carb diet, you would eat… a) less pasta b) less fish c) less salad
Jackie:Okay, yes, I think I do know this one because low-carb is short for low- carbohydrate² which is a food group that releases³ lots of energy and I know that fish is protein（蛋白质）, salad is roughage, which is leafy stuff⁴, and pasta is a carbohydrate so if you are eating low-carb you would cut out or cut down on pasta.
Doug: Okay, you are sure about that.
Jackie:I’m sure about that. Today, we’re going to hear from two people who have gone a diet. Were they successful? Did they lose weight?
Man
I went on the 28 day detox(用以戒毒的)diet which really helped you lose weight and detox the body at the
same time and it really worked. You just ate hardly anything at all.
Jackie:Hmm. I don’t think I would like that diet.
Doug:Well he said that he did lose weight and also it was a detox diet. That’s when you eat and drink things that…it’s hard to explain...clean you inside. Fresh things. Water can be part of a detox diet
Jackie: You won’t gain weight drinking water. Doug: Gain weight – that’s the opposite of lose weight. And with that detox diet, he did lose weight. Jackie: And if you eat less you certainly will lose weight. He said that he ate hardly
anything at all! Doug: I don’t like the sound of that diet! Jackie: When you go on a diet you need to be strong. You mustn’t say, “Oh I’ll start
my diet…tomorrow!” Yes, you need a lot of will-power. Doug: Right, you can eat some things but maybe not the things you like. There is no such thing as a chocolate cake diet for instance⁵ …unfortunately! You’re
listening to BBC⁶ Learning⁷ English.com. Doug: Here’s another diet. Listen to this woman. Was her diet successful? Did it work? Woman
When I was in my twenties I went on a diet where you were only allowed to drink liquids and it worked. It worked for a week. I lost 6 pounds and then over the weekend I just ate normally⁸ again. And by Monday morning I put all the weight back on again and so it was completely⁹ pointless.
Doug: Oh dear, that diet didn’t work.
Jackie:Yes, she said it was a waste of time. It was completely pointless.
Doug: Well it worked….for a week! But that’s the problem with diets. You lose weight but then you often put the weight back on.
Jackie:And again, that diet sounded awful, if not unhealthy. She could only drink liquids.
Doug:According to experts you can’t just go on a diet for a couple of weeks and expect to keep that weight off. You need to change what you eat permanently(永久的)You have to change your lifestyle.
Jackie:And of course you should always get the advice of your doctor before you do this kind of thing. And they might suggest you eat different foods. Stay away from fattening（发胖的） foods like cakes and chips.
Doug: All the foods we like.
Jackie:All the foods we like!
Doug: You can get more advice on this from the BBC Website in an article called “How to Lose Weight”.
Jackie:Let’s look again at some of the language about diets. You can gain weight or….
Doug:  You can lose weight. Many people go on a diet to try to lose weight. They go 
on a diet to try to lose weight, but it doesn’t always work. 
Jackie:  No the diet doesn’t work – they don’t lose any weight. Or they lose the weight 
and then they put it back on again. 
Jackie:  Listen again to those two people talking about their diets. 
Diets 

I went on the 28 day detox diet which really helped you lose weight and detox the body at the same time and it really worked. You just ate hardly anything at all. When I was in my twenties I went on a diet where you were only allowed to drink liquids and it worked. It worked for a week. I lost 6 pounds and then over the weekend I just ate normally again. And by Monday morning I put all the weight back on again and so it was completely pointless.
Doug: Finally, my question Jackie.
Jackie:Yes, the one I was so sure I had the correct answer to.
Doug: If you were on a low-carb diet you would eat? a) less pasta b) less fish c) less salad
Jackie:And I said less pasta. Was I right?
Doug:  You were absolutely correct. I love pasta though.
Jackie:No, I don’t think I could ever do a low-carb diet. It would never work.
Doug:  Well, it certainly wouldn’t for me. Okay the answer was a) less pasta. If you 
were on a low-carb diet you would eat less pasta. That’s all for now. Goodbye. 
Jackie:  Goodbye.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 pasta   

n.生面团，意大利通心粉

参考例句：

• Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling water.在一大锅沸水中煮意大利面。
• Would you like some pasta?想来点意大利面食吗？

2 carbohydrate   

n.碳水化合物；糖类；(plural)淀粉质或糖类

参考例句：

• You should not have too much carbohydrate in your diet.你日常饮食中不该有过多碳水化合物。
• Cashew nuts are rich in carbohydrate.腰果含丰富碳水化合物。

3 releases   

v.释放( release的第三人称单数 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• Nuclear fission releases tremendous amounts of energy. 核裂变释放出巨大的能量。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the mineral. 泽莫尔博士说，当人体中的钙含量偏低时，身体里就会产生一种荷尔蒙，它能帮助肌体最大限度地吸收所摄入的钙。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

6 BBC   

abbr.（=British Broadcasting Corporation）英国广播公司

参考例句：

• She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
• The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。

7 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

8 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

9 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。