【生詞預覽】

battle戰役，bulge肥胖，gym健身房，assessment評估

【笑話原文】

Loose-fitting Clothing

Clearly I was not going to win the battle of the bulge on my own, so I decided to join a gym. “Before you start working out, we like to do a health assessment,” explained the gym representative. “When you come in, wear loose-fitting clothing.”

“If I had loose-fitting clothing, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.” I replied.

【中文譯文】

寬松的衣服

很顯然，單靠我自己已經無法戰勝發胖的趨勢，所以我決定參加一個健身房。健身房的代表解釋說：“在你開始之前，我們先來做一個健康評估。你進來的時候，穿一件寬松的衣服。”我回答說：“我如果有寬松的衣服，就不會在這里和你說話了。”

【詞匯講解】

1.battle戰役，交戰／較量，爭論／奮斗，斗爭。也可以作動詞，“爭斗”：The two armies battled all night.兩軍徹夜戰斗。

2.bulge肥胖。也有“膨脹”的意思：The apple made a bulge in his pocket.蘋果把他口袋塞得鼓了起來。也可以作動詞，“凸起”：His stomach bulged.他的肚子凸了出來。

3.gym健身房。We played basketball in the gym.我們在體育館里打籃球。
“體操／（尤指學校的）體育活動”：Gym is his favourite sport.體操是他最喜愛的運動。

4.work out鍛煉。These athletes work out at the gym for two hours every day.這些運動員每天都要在體育館鍛煉兩個小時。還有“解答”的意思：She worked out the problem with no difficulty.她毫無困難地解決了這個問題。

5.assemssment評估。也可以指“評價，看法”：This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.這是一個對該情況的極富洞察力的評價。

6.fitting合身的。也有“適當的”的意思：He is fitting for the job.他適合干這工作。也能作名詞，是“試穿”的意思：I’m going to a fitting tomorrow.明天我要去試穿新衣。