老外最想聊的100個英語口語話題（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,結果體重反彈,又胖了5磅.

　　A: you should have kept trying.

　　貴在堅持啊.