英语听力短文02 Stuff Your Face, Then Diet

 　　"We need to lose weight," she said. He said, "What do you mean, 'we'?" She said, "I mean you and me. I'm 20 pounds overweight, and so are you. We have to worry about diabetes¹, you know. That happens to people who gain weight and don't exercise." He said, "We get plenty of exercise walking around the city. Remember walking up to Central Park last week?" She said, "Yes, but we only do that about once a month. We should stop eating ice cream, candy, cake, cookies, and cupcakes." He said, "You forgot pie. Okay. Shall we start next month?" She laughed. She said, "Today's only the first day of the month! Let's start tomorrow." He agreed. He put on his shoes. She asked, "Where are you going?" He said, "Where do you think? I'm going shopping. We need to splurge on sweets all night, before the suffering starts tomorrow."

1 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。