减肥瘦身英语口语话题 第121期:利用午餐时间散步

 　　Unit¹ 121：Have a walk for lunch

　　第121单元：利用午餐时间散步

　　Over the course² of a year,Carla Moore lost 100 pounds³ at lunchtime⁴.Her secret⁵?

　　在过去一年的时间里 ，卡拉·摩尔利用午餐时问瘦了一百磅。她的秘诀是什么呢？

　　The efficient⁶ office manager⁷ simply⁸ took⁹ a long walk every day instead¹⁰ of eating a big meal¹¹.

　　这位做事很有效率的办公室经理所做的只不过是每天走一大段路来代替一顿丰盛的大餐。

　　Not that she didn't eat,but a couple¹² of rice cakes and cup of yogurt¹³ filled¹⁴ her up.

　　这并不是说她完全没吃东西，而是她只吃了几块米糕和一杯酸奶就饱了。

　　"Exercise cuts back on my appetite,"Moore says."Or maybe I felt so good about myself¹⁵ that I didn't feel like pigging out."

　　摩尔说:“可能是运功减低了我的食欲，也可能是我觉得自己目前的身体状况蛮好的而不想大吃大喝吧。”

1 unit   

n.单位，单元，部件，元件，装置

参考例句：

• This unit is very hard.这个单元很难。
• This textbook has twenty units.这本课本有二十单元。

2 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

3 pounds   

n.英镑( pound的名词复数 )；磅；敲打；重击声v.连续重击( pound的第三人称单数 )；咚咚地走；（持续地）苦干；（驾舟时）拍打（水面）

参考例句：

• The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds. 这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。
• He donated thousands of pounds to charity. 他向慈善事业捐款数千英镑。

4 lunchtime   

n.午餐时间

参考例句：

• We only had a little snack at lunchtime.我们午饭只吃了一点小吃。
• It was close to lunchtime when the children arrived.孩子们到家时，已近午饭时间。

5 secret   

n.秘密；adj.秘密的

参考例句：

• Their secret is out.他们的秘密泄露了。
• Last night,we held a meeting in secret.昨晚，我们秘密地举行了一次会议。

6 efficient   

adj.有效的，效率高的；有能力的，能胜任的

参考例句：

• She is an efficient manageress.她是个有能力的经理。
• Your problem lies in lacking efficient methods.你的问题在于缺少有效的方法。

7 manager   

n.经理；负责人

参考例句：

• The manager believes in him.经理信任他。
• In our company the manager has the last word.在我们公司经理有最后决定权。

8 simply   

ad.仅仅,只是；简单地；朴素地；完全，简直

参考例句：

• The cake is made quite simply.这蛋糕做起来很简单。
• The teacher explained the text simply.老师简单地解释了一下课文。

9 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

10 instead   

adv.代替；顶替

参考例句：

• She decided to leave here on Sunday instead of Monday.她决定星期日而不是星期一离开这里。
• Will you go to the party instead of me?你替我赴宴好吗？

11 meal   

n.膳食，一餐，谷物粗粉；vi.进餐

参考例句：

• Did you enjoy the meal?你喜欢这顿饭吗？
• Mother cooked us a good meal.妈妈给我们做了一顿可口的饭。

12 couple   

n.对，夫妇，数个；v.加倍，成双，连结

参考例句：

• I have a couple of things to do.我有几件事要做。
• I'll come again in a couple of days.我过两天再来。

13 yogurt   

n.(=yoghurt)酸奶酪，酵母乳

参考例句：

• All I had for lunch was a yogurt.午饭我只吃了一块酸乳酪。
• How many water melon and yogurt do we need?我们需要多少个西瓜和多少酸奶？

14 filled   

adj.满的；填满的；充气的；加载的v.（使）充满， （使）装满，填满( fill的过去式和过去分词 )；满足；配药；（按订单）供应

参考例句：

• He was filled with anger at the way he had been treated. 他因遭受如此待遇而怒火满腔。
• two wine glasses, filled to the brim 两只斟满的酒杯

15 myself   

pron.我自己

参考例句：

• Should I do it myself?我应该自己做吗？
• I woke up to find myself in the hospital.我醒来发现自己在医院里。