Intermediate Listening Lesson 15

你能相信吗？她还不到100磅，却要减肥

 

A: "Can you believe her? She is not even a hundred pounds and she is going off on how she wants to go on a diet."

B: "Tell me about it. If I was as small as her, I wouldn't think about going on a diet."

A: "Me too. But what are we going to do? I have been on 4 different diets and I can't seem to lose weight."

B: "That's because you don't exercise. If you were more active, you wouldn't have a dieting problem."

A: "What do you know? You are over weight too."

B: "I'm not on a diet though."

A: "I know. But I don't have someone to diet with. If we help each other and motivate¹ each other, then I think we can lose some weight."

B: "I like ice cream too much though."

A: "C'mon. You'll feel better and look better and as a reward² you can eat a little bit of ice cream here and there."

B: "It does sound appealing."

A: "It's a great idea. I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier. Going on a diet with a friend to back you up is a great way to succeed."

B: "Okay. I'm in. Let's do it."

A: "Great. I'll get our plan started right away."

B: "Can we start tomorrow though?"

1 motivate   

vt.给与动机，刺激，提高…的学习欲望，促动

参考例句：

• You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them.你首先得激发孩子的学习兴趣，然后再去教他们。
• Use the salary tool to motivate and manage the workers.利用薪资工具对员工进行激励和管理。

2 reward   

n.报酬，酬谢，赏金；vt.奖赏，酬谢，报应

参考例句：

• He will expect some reward after working so hard.他工作很努力，会得到报偿的。
• I didn't do it for reward;I did it for love.我做这件事不是为了报酬，而是出于爱好。