在英语学习领域，新概念英语第二册凭借系统化的教学理念和丰富实用的课程材料，为广大英语学习者搭建起坚实的语言基石。今日，我们将聚焦于“对美德的奖赏”这一课题，希望通过这一真实而实用的场景，为大家带来富有深度的学习素材和有价值的参考资料！

【课文】

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

我的朋友休一直都很胖，但最近情况越来越糟，于是他决定节食。他一周前开始了节食计划。首先，他列出了一份长长的禁食食物清单。清单上大部分都是他爱吃的东西：黄油、土豆、米饭、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。昨天我去看望他。我按了门铃，看到休还是像以前一样胖，并不感到惊讶。他把我领进房间，匆忙把一个大包裹藏到了桌子下面。很明显，他感到非常尴尬。当我问他正在做什么时，他愧疚地笑了笑，然后把包裹放到了桌子上。他解释说，他的节食计划太严格了，所以他不得不偶尔奖励一下自己。然后他给我看了包裹里的内容。里面装了五块大巧克力和三包糖果！

【生词】

reward n. 报偿

virtue n. 美德

diet n. 节食

forbid v. 禁止

hurriedly adv. 匆忙地

embarrass v. 使尴尬

guiltily adv. 内疚地

strict adj. 严格的

reward v. 给奖赏

occasionally adv. 偶尔地

以上就是“新概念英语第二册：对美德的奖赏”的内容，希望对大家有所帮助!