美语三级跳 Go English：024C 体育运动: 高级课程

 

024C 体育运动: 高级课程

Professor: Today Ryan is meeting for coffee with his friend Alice, who he hasn't seen for a few months. Ryan has been working out a lot during that time and has gotten in really fantastic shape.

Ryan原来的身材可不怎么样，不知道他现在的样子会不会让Alice大吃一惊？

Professor: Let's listen and find out!

Alice: Oh my gosh, Ryan, is that you? I hardly recognized you!

Wow, you look so .... different! Have you been working out?

Ryan: Hey Alice. Yeah, I've been working out pretty hard core¹ lately. I go to the gym every day to work out with my personal trainer, Hans.

Alice: Uh ... yeah I can tell. I mean, your shirt barely² fits you anymore because your muscles are so big.

Ryan: Yeah, I've been spending all my money on my personal trainer and gym fees so I didn't have any money left over to buy new clothes.

Alice: Are you sure you aren't going a little overboard?

Ryan: No way! You know, girls like guys with huge muscles, and I can't blame them. Sometimes I spend hours just looking at myself in the mirror.

Alice: Right ... girls love guys who spend more time in front of the mirror than they do.

看来，Ryan是真下功夫锻练啦! 他一直在 working out “hard core" - 坚持不懈地锻练。现在他变成肌肉男啦，Alice都快认不出他了!

Professor: Right. And not only that, he has gotten so big that his clothes don't fit him anymore. But why does he say he doesn't get new clothes?

因为他把所有钱都花在健身房会员费和雇personal trainer - "私人健身教练”上了! 这的确是有点go overboard--过份了。

Professor: So you agree that women don't like guys who spend all their time at the gym?

去健身房锻练是可以，不过，Ryan 说他现在经常花几个小时照镜子，欣赏自己的肌肉，这可就让人受不了!

Alice: Well, I'm interested to hear more about what you've been doing lately. But first I want to get a latte. What kind of coffee do you want?

Ryan: No coffee for me! That's way too many calories, and I have to stay on my fitness³ regimen. I'll just have a glass of water.

Alice: We're meeting at a coffee shop, and you don't want any coffee? Well OK ... do you want something to eat? Maybe a sandwich or something?

Ryan: No thanks, there are way too many carbohydrates⁴ in the bread. I'm just going to have this protein drink that I brought with me.

看来，Ryan在严格执行fitness regimen--瘦身养生法。Alice请他喝咖啡，可他嫌咖啡的calories--“卡路里”太多。

Professor: That's right. It's one thing to maintain⁵ a healthy diet, but that sounds a little crazy.

就是的! 他还说，三明治他也不吃，因为面包里有太多carbohydrates - 碳水化合物!

Professor: That definitely⁶ doesn't sound like a healthy diet to me.

可不! Ryan现在似乎只喝protein drinks - 蛋白质饮料! 这有点过头了吧!

Alice: You know, Ryan, I totally support you getting in shape, and I'm really impressed that you have been able to stay so motivated. But I think exercise is best done in moderation.

Ryan: Oh yeah, I totally agree. For example, I usually do at least two workouts at the gym per day, but on Christmas I only did one because it was a holiday.

Alice: Well let me ask you a question. If women really love your new physique, how will you have time to date when you have to spend all your time at the gym working out?

Ryan: Don't worry! Once I find a girlfriend, I'll stop working out and get really fat.

Alice: Well, Ryan, I am very jealous⁷ of whatever lucky lady finds you.

啊？原来Ryan健身的目的就是吸引女孩子啊？他说，一旦找到女朋友，就立刻停止锻练，让自己变成大胖子。根本不想保持现在全新的physique--体形。 Professor Bowman，不会所有男人都在打这种如意算盘吧？

Professor: Well if you have to choose between a really vain guy and a lazy guy, who would you pick?

是要vain guy - 虚荣的男人，还是lazy guy - 懒惰的男人？ 我想，我还是养只狗吧!

 

这次的美语三级跳就播送到这里。

1 core   

n.中心；核心；(苹果、梨等果实的)果心

参考例句：

• We didn't get to the core of the subject.我们没触及问题的核心。
• The pear is rotten to the core.这梨全烂了。

2 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

3 fitness   

n.适合，适当，健康，健身

参考例句：

• They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
• No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。

4 carbohydrates   

n.碳水化合物，糖类( carbohydrate的名词复数 )；淀粉质或糖类食物

参考例句：

• The plant uses the carbohydrates to make cellulose. 植物用碳水化合物制造纤维素。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All carbohydrates originate from plants. 所有的碳水化合物均来自植物。 来自辞典例句

5 maintain   

vt.支撑；赡养，抚养；维持，保有

参考例句：

• He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人。
• We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate.我们要尽力使销售额保持在平日的水平上。

6 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

7 jealous   

adj.妒忌的，猜忌的；精心守护的

参考例句：

• He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.当他发现她爱别人的时候，他吃醋了。
• An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利。