老外想聊的100個口語話題 35 垃圾食品
JunK Food 垃圾食品
dialogue 1
Amanda: my friend Emily recently lost 18 pounds.
我朋友艾米麗最近瘦了20磅.
Carl: oh, really?
哦,是嗎?
A: the point is that she has been persuading me to lose weight too.
問題是她一直勸我也減肥.
C: well, it's a good thing for you.
這是好事啊.
A: good? Yes, it's good for her but not for me. You see, she tells me that I'll feel better about myself if I slim down. She keeps giving me newspaper clipping about the latest miracle diet and insists that I join a health club, as she has.
好事?是啊,對她而言是好事,對我就不是了.你知道嗎,她說我如果再瘦一點自我感覺會更好.她還一直給我看報紙上最新的減肥計劃,堅持讓我像她一樣加入健康俱樂部.
C:so you don't think you are fat and need to lose weight?
那就是說你不覺的自己胖,也沒必要減肥是吧?
A: I just can't bear it that Emily made me feel like a baby who always pigs out on junk food.
我只是不能忍受她讓我感覺自己像一個亂吃零食的小孩子.
C: junk food is not good for your health. Too much of it will make you fat.
可是垃圾食品對你并無益處啊.吃太多會讓你變胖的.
A:but junk food is so easy. It requires no silverware or plates, no rigid mealtimes, no pleases and thank yous.
可是對我而言,它真是完美至極,不需要漂亮精致的餐具,方便快捷,既省人工,還省得說謝謝.
C: ok, but junk food has many disadvantages. As junk food contains high amout of iol and fat, you'll feel sleepy, not be able to concentrate when you have a lot of it.
沒錯,可是垃圾食品也有很多壞處.垃圾食品脂肪含量高,你吃太多機會覺得昏昏欲睡,不能集中注意力.
A: yes, but life without chips, ice cream and coca cola is boring.
可能吧,但是對我而言,生活中沒有了薯條,冰激凌和可口可樂,真是乏味至極.
C: let me see. You could exercise more to keep fit.
你或許可以多做一些運動來健身.
A: well, that sounds better than giving it up.
嗯,這總比一點都不吃好.
dialogue 2
A: why are there still so many people overweight despite the current fitness craze?
現(xiàn)在健身這么火,為什么還是有那么多人超重呢?
C: well, there are certain factors that effect people's size and weight.
嗯,還是有一些因素會影響人們的體型和體重的.
A: what are they?
都有哪些因素呢?
C: one study said that low-income groups have a higher percentage of over-weight people than higher income families.
有研究表明低收入人群超重的比例比高收入人群高.
A: why?
為什么呢?
C: the survey said that the low, income groups eat more junk food on a daily basis.
說低收入人群每天吃太多的垃圾食品.
A: that makes sense. Probably less time to make dinner and the junk food is cheaper.
可以理解,他們每天工作忙,沒時間做飯,垃圾食品又比較便宜.
C: and junk food contains lots of fat and oil. There is one final reason why so many people are fat.
垃圾食品油脂含量又高.不過還有另外一個原因.
A: what's that?
什么?
C: nobody exercises anymore-not even kids! The average american home has the TV on for 6 hours a day!
現(xiàn)在很少有人鍛煉身體,甚至小孩都不鍛煉.家里電視一天至少開6個小時.
A: wow! No wonder people are so fat. Say, Carl, looks like you could be doing a bit more exercising.
天啊.怪不得人們變得這么胖.卡爾,你是不是也該鍛煉鍛煉身體了?
C: yeah, I guess so.
可能吧.
A: you should consider eating healthier food and getting some more exercise.
你可要注意飲食了,多做鍛煉啊.
C: hey, I started a diet and lost 10 pounds.
我節(jié)食一段時間,瘦了10磅呢.
A: so what happened?
后來呢?
C: well, I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.
我放棄了,結(jié)果體重反彈,又胖了5磅.
A: you should have kept trying.
貴在堅持啊.
