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Part 1 Weight Problem 體重問題
Dialogue Script 對話原文
Anne: My sister Ellie, who recently lost 20 pounds, has been pressuring me to lose weight too.
Joe: It's a good thing for her to fulfill that, isn't it? 
Anne: Good?! Yes, it's good for her but not good for me. You see, she tells me that I'll feel better about myself if I slim down and keeps giving me newspaper clippings about the latest miracle diet or exercise plan and insists that I join a health club, as she has.
Joe: So you mean you don't think you are fat and need to lose weight?
Anne: I simply can't bear it that Ellie made me feel like a child who was pigging out on junk food.
Joe: Come on, there must be something wrong.
Anne: Yes, the other night when I asked for a second helping of the low-fat casserole she served for dinner she totally went off on me. "That's why you have a weight problem." she chided, "You never know when you've already had enough!" I felt so humiliated by this and left right after dinner and haven't spoken to her since.
Joe: Yes, I understand. You are happy the way you are. But you can't stop talking to your sister for good, can you?
Anne: No, I can't. But I'm not going to put up with this nagging. I know if she doesn't let up soon, I'm going to blow up at her. How do I handle this without ruining our relationship?
Joe: Tell her that you already feel good about yourself...
講解：
1. 這段對話中Anne在向Joe抱怨她妹妹強迫她減肥的事。lose weight，減肥，那減掉了多少重量，就是lose直接加上重量就可以了。
2. Anne的妹妹對她說，如果能瘦下來會讓自己感覺好得多。feel good about oneself，自我感覺不錯，slim down 就是瘦下來，slim是苗條的意思，在加上一個down，讓人有體重掉下來的感覺，很形象。
3. newspaper clippings，剪下來的報花。Anne的妹妹一直給她看報紙上的一些介紹最新減肥計劃和減肥食品的內容，latest miracle diet，最新的神奇減肥食譜，這里latest相當于newest，最近的，最新的。diet是指人或動物的日常的飲食，但是diet還表示節食，例如：She's on diet. 她在節食。He began his diet a week ago.他在一星期前開始節食。
4. diet food，減肥食品， diet pill ，減肥藥。Ellie還勸 Anne報名參加健身俱樂部，a health club，其實有點像我們的減肥中心。但是Anne卻對所有這一切感到反感。為什么呢？因為她的妹妹讓她感覺自己像一個亂吃垃圾食品的小孩子。pig out on something 狼吞虎咽地吃東西，這里pig 這個詞成了動詞。junk food 垃圾食品，像油炸食品等，有很高的熱量但是卻沒有營養，最容易導致肥胖。
5. 對話中一天晚上Anne到他妹妹家吃飯，Ellie就因為她的飲食習慣大發脾氣。當Anne還想再要一份砂鍋燉菜的時候，Ellie 就開始發火，go off on someone，跟某人發脾氣。她說That's why you have a weight problem. You never know when you've already had enough. 這就是為什么你有體重問題的原因，你從來不知道適可而止。
6. 這讓Anne感覺到很受侮辱，feel humiliated，感到羞辱。Joe 對Anne的反應表示理解，You are happy the way you are. 你對自己的現在感到滿意。for good 是forever的意思，也就是Anne不能就因為這件事情就永遠不跟她妹妹說話了呀。
7. 但是Anne并不想忍受她妹妹的嘮叨，can't put up with this nagging，put up with someone/something，容忍某人某物。nag，就是“嘮叨“的意思，常和at連用，例如： Stop nagging at me。別嘮叨了。
8. let up 在口語當中是“閉嘴”的意思，相當于“shut up”，blow up at someone， 沖某人大發脾氣，跟上面的go off on someone 一樣。如果Ellie再不停止嘮叨的話，Anne也要發火了。
Part 2 Why Are We Overweight？我們為什么會肥胖？
Dialogue Script 對話原文
Susan: Why are there still so many people overweight despite the current fitness craze?
Jack: I don't know. But there are some factors that affect people's size.
Susan: What are they?
Jack: One study said that low-income groups have a higher percentage of over-weight people than higher income families.
Susan: Are there any other factors?
Jack: Yes, the study also said that the hotter the climate, the lower the percentage of obese people.
Susan: That makes sense. When it's hot, you don't feel like eating a lot.
Jack: And the diet has a lot fat and oil. We eat a lot of meat. And also we eat more sugar and junk food. But there is another reason why so many people are fat.
Susan: What's that?
Jack: Nobody exercises anymore---not even kids. The average American home has the TV on for six hours a day!
Susan: Wow! No wonder people are so fat. You don't get enough exercise. Say, Jack, aren't you getting a little bigger in the waist?
Jack: Yeah, I guess so.
Susan: You really need to watch what you eat and get some exercise.
Jack: Hey, I started a diet and lost 10 pounds.
Susan: So what happened?
Jack: Well, I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.
Susan: You should have kept trying.
講解：
1. 這里Susan 和Jack在討論肥胖的原因。造成肥胖的原因非常復雜。people's size，人體的體形、體重。肥胖不只是因為吃得太多或是運動不足所引起的，雖然飲食不當及運動不足可能導致體重過重，但事實上還有很多原因也會造成肥胖。 比如，基礎代謝率低、身體活動量少、遺傳基因等等。
2. 在這段對話當中說了幾個原因, 第一個就是One study said that low-income groups have a higher percentage of over-weight people than higher income families. 低收入人群超重的比例比高收入人群高。overweight超重，那么underweight就是低于正常體重。
3. 對話中出現的第二個原因就是越熱的地區，肥胖的人就越少， the hotter the climate, the lower the percentage of obese people. 這個形式大家要注意，用形容詞的比較級來表示 “越…，就越…”。例如：The more, the better. 多多益善。
4. Anne表示同意，她說，That makes sense. make sense表示“有意義；意思清楚；有道理”。例如：It doesn't make any sense to me. 我完全不明白。feel like doing something 愿意或想做某事，比如對話中的 I don't feel like eating a lot. 我不想吃太多。
5. 第三個原因就是飲食習慣不好，And the diet has a lot fat and oil. 我們的食物當中有很多脂肪和油。Jack提到了肉，糖和垃圾食品。吃的太多當然會長胖。
6. Jack又接著說了第四個原因，Nobody exercises anymore---not even kids. 現在沒有人鍛煉了，甚至是孩子們。吃的多，動的少，當然體重會飆升。exercise表示“做運動，鍛煉身體”，例如： You don't exercise enough. 你鍛煉不夠。或者是You don't get enough exercise. 還可以用work out 這個詞組來表示，Peter works out in the gym everyday.彼得每天都在健身房鍛煉。
7. 那不做運動做什么呢？The average American home has the TV on for six hours a day! 一個美國普通家庭平均每天看電視的時間是6個小時。has the TV on 讓電視打著，就是看電視。No wonder people are so fat. 怪不得人們變的那么胖，缺乏鍛煉。no wonder 這個短語表示“怪不得”，后面直接加上句子就行了。
8. Susan覺得Jack的腰又胖了一點，她是這么說的，aren't you getting a little bigger in the waist? get bigger in 加上身體部位，表示“身體的某部分開始發胖”。 但是Jack說他前一陣子已經開始節食了，并且減掉了10磅，但是沒多久就放棄了，所以又胖回來了，還比原來重了5磅，I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.
9. 看來減肥是一項長期而艱巨的任務，否則就前功盡棄了，還特別容易反彈，所以那些在減肥或是打算減肥的朋友們，一定要堅持住啊，Keep Trying！
Part3 Diet Craze 瘋狂節食
Dialogue Script 1 對話原文 1
Den: Hi, Anne, what's up?
Anne: I look awful in a swimsuit. I am thinking of getting my clothes at "Big and Beautiful".
Den: Well, you're pleasantly plump, but you aren't obese.
Anne: By the way, how was your drink with Stan?
Den: OK, he thinks I'm getting fat.
Anne: To be honest, you're a little pudgier.
Den: That's it. I have to take off some weight!
Anne: Well, before that, I made your favorite dinner.
Den: Why is there only one plate setting?
Anne: I'm only having juice for dinner.
Den: There you go with your crazy diet. How are you going to get enough vitamins and minerals?
Anne: I have my multivitamin and mineral supplements.
Den: At least have some green beans.
Anne: There's butter in them. There are at least 5 grams of fat in each serving.
Den: How about half of this steak?
Anne: They say you are what you eat. And I don't wanna look like a cow. But you go ahead.
Den: How about this salad? What could an innocent salad do to you?
Anne: Think about the calories in the dressing!
Den: Is the ice cream dessert out of the question?
Anne: If I were to eat it, there wouldn't be enough for you. You go ahead.
Den: Well, you have your low-calorie apple juice.
Anne: Actually, carrot juice would be better. It's even lower in calories.
Den: Well, then, better yet, why don't just have water?
Anne: Good idea. But I was actually thinking of going on a two-day starvation diet.
講解：
1. 這段對話中Anne覺的自己很胖，決定用節食的辦法來減肥。I look awful in a swimsuit. 我穿泳衣太難看了。look awful 看起來很糟糕，例如：You look awful today. 你今天看起來很憔悴。
2. Big and Beautiful 就是指專賣大號衣服的那種店。Den安慰她說，you're pleasantly plump, but you aren't obese. 你很豐滿，但你不算非常胖的那種。plump 是一個褒義詞，所以如果下一次你看見一位胖胖的女士，就要說她plump，而不要說fat, 因為fat讓人聽了不舒服。obese 極度肥胖的。同樣，說人家很瘦的時候呢，也最好不要用thin，可以用slim，苗條的，lean瘦而結實的。
3. Anne 覺得Den好像也胖了一點，她說的是you're a little pudgier。pudgy是矮胖的意思。Den為自己的體重發愁，That's it. I have to take off some weight! 我受夠了，我要減肥。That's it.這句話可以用在兩種情況下，一個是表示不耐煩，不愿意再繼續下去的時候，例如: That's it! You're late again! 我受夠了！你又遲到了！另一個就是表示“到此為止”、“所有的都在這了”。例如：That's it. All my boxes are here. 好了，我所有的箱子都在這了。
4. take off some weight 減肥，相當于lose some weight。正當Den決定減肥，Anne又為他做了一頓豐盛的晚餐。但是Anne卻不想吃，所以只擺了一副餐具，there is only one plate setting, plate setting 是一副餐具的意思。那飯前擺放餐具這個動作就是set the table for dinner.
5. Anne晚餐只喝果汁。果汁是“juice”，比較濃稠。Den問道，How are you going to get enough vitamins and minerals? 你怎么攝入足夠的維他命和礦物質呢？vitamins and minerals維他命和礦物質，是人體必需的。Anne自有辦法，那就是吃multivitamin and mineral supplements，多維片和礦物質補充劑。
6. Den勸Anne吃些四季豆和牛排，但是Anne怕里面的脂肪太多，她的理由是you are what you eat，吃什么補什么，如果吃了牛排，
就會長的像牛一樣了，這個理由真是荒謬，不過節食的人都會找各種理由來拒絕食物的。下面Anne又說了一大堆這個東西不能吃，那個東西不能吃，連沙拉也不行。Den不明白，What could an innocent salad do to you? 這些無辜的沙拉又能把你怎樣呢？這是一種幽默的說法。
7. Anne辯解到，Think about the calories in the dressing! 想想沙拉醬的熱量吧。Calorie就是我們平常說的卡路里，是熱量單位的一種。等于食物中所含的被人體氧化后而釋放的熱量。例如：One can eat only 1500 calories a day on this diet. 按這個節食法，我們每天只能吃一千五百卡路里。
8. 那冰淇淋甜品就更不行了，The ice cream dessert is out of the question. out of the question 不可能，例如：Marrying Jack is out of the question. 跟Jack結婚是絕 對不可能的。還有一個跟它非常相近的詞組，out of question 毫無疑問，沒有問題。Money is out of question. 錢沒有問題，盡管用好了。大家一定要區分開。
9. 開始Den還以為Anne喝的是蘋果汁，但是Anne喝的是胡蘿卜汁，因為carrot juice is even lower in calories. 胡蘿卜汁的卡路里更低。這里的“in”就表示某物中含有的某種東西，比如：Orange is high in Vitamin C. 橙子維他命C含量高。Den開玩笑說那還不如喝水呢，結果Anne還當真了，竟然說要來個兩日斷食法，go on a two-day starvation diet . starvation挨餓，動詞形式是starve，例如：I'm starving.我很餓。
