Unit 5 Stay with the program

第五節 減重計劃要執行到底

For 17 years,researchers tracked the success of 1,640 overweight patients who attended a weight-loss program at the Municipal Hospital in Copenhagen,Denmark.The program consisted of nutrition classes and weekly counseling sessions.

研究人員以十七年的時間追蹤了一千六百四十位參加丹麥哥本哈根市立醫院減肥計劃的過重者的成功案例。這個計劃包含了營養課程與每周咨詢會議。

Some people lost a lot of weight,others a little.Some people kept the weight off, others didn’t. What accounted for their varying degrees of success? Not age nor sex nor the amount of weight they had to lose in the first place.

其中有些人減去了許多體重，也有些人則只減去了一點點體重。有些人不再復胖，有些人則又胖了回來。他們減肥成果不同的原因是什么呢?不是因為年齡，也不是因為性別，更不是他們當初必須減去的體重量。

The main factor was how regularly they attended nutrition classes and counseling sessions. People who went every week lost weight every week一:and kept it off. Those who attended inconsistently lost weight inconsistently一and had trouble keeping it off. So if you sign up，show up.

主要的原因是他們是否按時去上營養課程并參與咨詢會議。每星期都上課的人每星期都能減掉重量--一而且不再復胖。上課不規律的人減肥亦就不規律了-一一要想不再復胖也就困難了。因此如果你報了名，就每堂課都去報到吧。

健身短語

1.consist of... 由....構/組成

2.account for...說明/解釋....

3.have trouble十V-ing(做)....有困難

4.sign up 報名(=register)

5.show up 出席