【听英文对话做选择】健康的饮食习惯

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Andrew's Sister: Hey, Andrew! An . . . ? Andrew. [ What? ] Andrew.

Andrew: What? What's going on?

 

Andrew's Sister: What happened to YOU?

 

Andrew: You mean my hair? You like my hair?

 

Andrew's Sister: Uh, I think you know what I mean, Andrew. Do you want me to be honest? [ What? ] Okay. Andrew. You've put on, like, a ton of weight since I saw you at Christmas time. What on earth happened to you?

 

Andrew: Why are you always so blunt¹?

 

Andrew's Sister: Well, I'm your big sister. I'm . . . what am I? Three years older than you, and I can be blunt if I want. Besides, you used to say stuff² like that to me all of the time. You used to call me fatso all the time when I was little.

 

Andrew: Oh, yeah, well, to be honest, uh . . . , I started changing my life . . . . yesterday. [ Oh good! ] I'm on the Wafu Diet.

 

Andrew's Sister: What? I've never even heard of the Wafu Diet. What is that?

 

Andrew: Ah, it's too difficult to explain. I found information about it in my junk³ mail the other day . . .

 

Andrew's Sister: What? You read your junk mail? No one reads their junk mail.

 

Andrew: . . . and I signed up for it, and it only cost $490.

 

Andrew's Sister: You're serious? [ Yeah. ] Four hundred and ninety bucks⁴? [ Yeah. ] Like every month or every week or . . . ?

 

Andrew: I didn't check that . . . ah, ah, but, but, but, but . . . I think . . .

 

Andrew's Sister: Listen. I think you're getting scammed, and it sounds really stupid, so listen. I'm not fat anymore, so trust me. I . . . if you want to lose weight, you need to do it the right way.

 

Andrew: Well, like what?

 

Andrew's Sister: Well, okay.

 

Andrew: Okay, uh, well, look. Look at my running shoes over there.

 

Andrew's Sister: Andrew. They're still in the box. ( Well . . . ). Never used. Besides exercise, yeah, exercise is wonderful. It's great, but you also need to learn how to eat right. For example, you need to eat smaller portions⁵. And, and you can't load up your plate with seconds and thirds like you always used to do at the family parties.

 

Andrew: Well, okay. I'll just get a bigger plate!

 

Andrew's Sister: Andrew! That won't help. Next [ Oh, next? ]. Oh yeah. So, first of all, smaller portions [ Okay. ] Then, you need to make sure you eat a good, well-balanced breakfast first thing in the morning [ I do that. ] and then you follow that up with smaller meals throughout⁶ the day, cause, you know what? If you skip breakfast, then throughout the day, you feel like you need to make up it by overeating at lunch and dinner and lots of snacks. [ Uh . . . ]

 

Andrew's Sister: Anyway, um, oh yeah. Don't eat late at night. [ What? Like what? ] Well, you know a lot of people . . . they want a . . . they want a late night snake and stuff like that, but a lot of times, that's really, really high-calorie stuff like ice cream and things, and your body's not active to burn it off, so you just store all those calories⁷ as fat. You have to throw away . . . Oh my gosh! [ What? ] That's all you have in your freezer! You've only got ice cream in here! You're going to have to throw that all away?

 

Andrew: It's low-calorie (ice cream).

 

Andrew's Sister: Low cal. No, it's not low-cal. Look right here. Andrew! That's all the food you've got in here is ice cream.

 

Andrew: Well, what else, what else?

 

Andrew's Sister: Also, what else are you eating? [ Well, you know . . .] I mean, seriously. All you eat is ice cream? Oh, oh, oh. Look in your trash. You go to McDonalds every day. Every day you're eating at fast food? [ Well . . .] Okay, you got to cut out the fast food. When you know the manger of McDonalds by name, and he's your best buddy⁸ on Facebook, you know that you're going to McDonalds or any fast food place too much.

 

Andrew: Uh, this is going to be tough.

 

Andrew's Sister: Yeah. It' probably will be. But you also need to eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables [ Oh, well. ]; cut way back on sugar. No more sugary drinks like those five gallons⁹ of Coke you drink every day.

 

Andrew: I don't drink five gallons.

 

Andrew's Sister: Close enough. Look at the size of those cups! How many times do you refill them?

 

Andrew: Well, then, drink what?

 

Andrew's Sister: Water! [ Water? ] It's really good for you.

 

Andrew: Oh, this is going to be tough.

 

Andrew's Sister: It might be.

 

1. The man (Andrew) and woman are _________.

A. siblings¹⁰

B. husband and wife

C. close friends

2. Andrew found out about his new diet ______. 

A. from a friend

B. through an email

C. on TV

 

3. From the conversation, we can infer¹¹ that Andrew _______.

A. has started a new exercise program

B. just joined a fitness¹² center

C. hasn't gone running yet

 

4. The problem with eating at night is that _________.

A. the body isn't active to use up the extra calories

B. you feel hungrier in the morning hours

C. your blood pressure increases because of the extra fat

 

5. The woman knows Andrew is a regular customer at McDonalds because ________. 

A. the manager dropped off some food at his house

B. Andrew has hamburgers in the refrigerator

C. the woman found items¹³ in his garbage

 

正确答案：

1. siblings

2. through an email

3. hasn`t gone running yet

4. the body isn`t active to use up the extra calories

5. the woman found items in his garbage

 

1 blunt   

adj.（刀子）钝的，不锋利的，迟钝的，直率的

参考例句：

• The axe is too blunt to cut down the tree.斧头太钝，砍不倒树。
• She is rather blunt in speech.她说话很直率。

2 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。

3 junk   

n.废弃的旧物；破烂物

参考例句：

• I bought this old table in a junk shop.我在旧货店里买了这张旧桌子。
• They cleared out the junk room to make a tiny beds.他们将废品间清理用作小卧室。

4 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 portions   

一部分( portion的名词复数 )； 一份遗产（或赠与的财产）； 分享的部份； 嫁妆

参考例句：

• Three portions of fish and chips, please. 请来三份炸鱼薯条。
• supersize portions of fries 超大份炸薯条

6 throughout   

adv.到处，自始至终；prep.遍及，贯穿

参考例句：

• These magazines are sold at bookstores throughout the country.这些杂志在全国各地书店均有发售。
• Guilin is known throughout the world for its scenery.桂林以山水著称于世。

7 calories   

n.大卡( calorie的名词复数 )；千卡（食物所产生的能量单位）；卡路里；卡（热量单位）；卡路里，大卡路里( calory的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• No sugar for me, thanks—I'm counting my calories . 我不要糖，谢谢。我在控制摄取的热量。
• Her diet restricts her to 1500 calories a day. 她的规定饮食限制她每天摄入1500大卡热量。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

9 gallons   

n.加仑( gallon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A cow will yield several gallons of milk each day. 一头母牛每天产几加仑的牛奶。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I'd like five gallons of gin. 我要五加仑杜松子酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

11 infer   

vt.推论，推断；猜想

参考例句：

• People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact.人们通常从已知的事实中推断未知的事实。
• From your smile I infer that you're pleased.从你的笑容，我断定你很高兴。

12 fitness   

n.适合，适当，健康，健身

参考例句：

• They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
• No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。

13 items   

n.物料项目 （任何一种自制或采购的零部件或组装件，如最终产品、部件、子部件、零件或原材料）；条( item的名词复数 )；一项；一则；一件商品（或物品）

参考例句：

• Bulky items will be collected separately. 大件物品将分开收集。
• Customers with ten items or less can use the express lane. 购买十件商品以内的顾客可使用快速购物通道。