JunK Food 垃圾食品

　　dialogue 1

　　Amanda: my friend Emily recently lost 18 pounds.

　　我朋友艾米丽最近瘦了20磅.

　　Carl: oh, really?

　　哦,是吗?

　　A: the point is that she has been persuading me to lose weight too.

　　问题是她一直劝我也减肥.

　　C: well, it's a good thing for you.

　　这是好事啊.

　　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,对她而言是好事,对我就不是了.你知道吗,她说我如果再瘦一点自我感觉会更好.她还一直给我看报纸上最新的减肥计划,坚持让我像她一样加入健康俱乐部.

　　C:so you don't think you are fat and need to lose weight?

　　那就是说你不觉的自己胖,也没必要减肥是吧?

　　A: I just can't bear it that Emily made me feel like a baby who always pigs out on junk food.

　　我只是不能忍受她让我感觉自己像一个乱吃零食的小孩子.

　　C: junk food is not good for your health. Too much of it will make you fat.

　　可是垃圾食品对你并无益处啊.吃太多会让你变胖的.

　　A:but junk food is so easy. It requires no silverware or plates, no rigid mealtimes, no pleases and thank yous.

　　可是对我而言,它真是完美至极,不需要漂亮精致的餐具,方便快捷,既省人工,还省得说谢谢.

　　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.

　　没错,可是垃圾食品也有很多坏处.垃圾食品脂肪含量高,你吃太多机会觉得昏昏欲睡,不能集中注意力.

　　A: yes, but life without chips, ice cream and coca cola is boring.

　　可能吧,但是对我而言,生活中没有了薯条,冰激凌和可口可乐,真是乏味至极.

　　C: let me see. You could exercise more to keep fit.

　　你或许可以多做一些运动来健身.

　　A: well, that sounds better than giving it up.

　　嗯,这总比一点都不吃好.

　　dialogue 2

　　A: why are there still so many people overweight despite the current fitness craze?

　　现在健身这么火,为什么还是有那么多人超重呢?

　　C: well, there are certain factors that effect people's size and weight.

　　嗯,还是有一些因素会影响人们的体型和体重的.

　　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?

　　为什么呢?

　　C: the survey said that the low, income groups eat more junk food on a daily basis.

　　说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,他们每天工作忙,没时间做饭,垃圾食品又比较便宜.

　　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.不过还有另外一个原因.

　　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!

　　现在很少有人锻炼身体,甚至小孩都不锻炼.家里电视一天至少开6个小时.

　　A: wow! No wonder people are so fat. Say, Carl, looks like you could be doing a bit more exercising.

　　天啊.怪不得人们变得这么胖.卡尔,你是不是也该锻炼锻炼身体了?

　　C: yeah, I guess so.

　　可能吧.

　　A: you should consider eating healthier food and getting some more exercise.

　　你可要注意饮食了,多做锻炼啊.

　　C: hey, I started a diet and lost 10 pounds.

　　我节食一段时间,瘦了10磅呢.

　　A: so what happened?

　　后来呢?

　　C: well, I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.

　　我放弃了,结果体重反弹,又胖了5磅.

　　A: you should have kept trying.

　　贵在坚持啊.