Shirley: I know but I have no choice. My stomach just keeps crying for more and more.

 

May: Why? I never saw you eat so much before.

 

Shirley: I've been going to the gym these days. The exercise makes me hungry all the time.

 

May: So your stomach is the one that actually gets a lot of work-out.

 

Shirley: Don't pull my leg.

 

May: This way you'll probably put on more weight. Will you give up?

 

Shirley: Surely not. I can feel the results. I'm starting to feel different now.

 

May: Then how are you gonna deal with the problem of getting extra weight?

 

Shirley: I'm planning to meet my personal trainer to have the work-out plan fixed.

 

May: Oh, I've got an idea. Why don't you ask Dad to go with you? He badly needs some exercise.

 

Shirley: Your father is a bit too timid. He even doesn't know how to introduce himself.

 

May: He can just say: “I'm Benjamin. I'm new and shy.”

 

Shirley: Girl, don't make fun of your Daddy. But I can introduce him to my personal trainer. Maybe one day he will be a fitness freak instead of a cough potato.

 

May: Who knows!

 

 

 

听看学

 

 

 

阿美：妈妈，这是你的第三碗米饭了！

 

雪莉：我知道，但是我没办法，我的胃总是想要吃更多。

 

阿美：为什么？以前我从没见过你吃这么多啊。

 

雪莉：我最近去健身房。锻炼时我总是觉得很饿。

 

阿美：你的胃一定做了很多的运动喽！

 

雪莉：别拿我开心了。

 

阿美：这样你可能会增肥的。你会放弃吗？

 

雪莉：当然不了，我觉得非常有效果。现在，我开始感觉到（身体的）变化了。

 

阿美：那你要怎么处理变胖的问题呢？

 

雪莉：我在考虑见一下我的私人健身教练，改一下健身计划。

 

阿美：哦，我有一个主意。干吗不叫爸爸和你一起去呢？他很需要运动。

 

雪莉：你爸爸太胆小了。（我想）他连怎么介绍自己都不知道。

 

阿美：他只要说：“我是本杰明，我是新来的，我很害羞。”

 

雪莉：嗨，别拿你爸爸开玩笑。不过，我可以把你爸爸介绍给我的健身教练，也许有一天，你爸爸会变成一个健身狂而不是现在的电视精。

 

阿美：谁知道呢！

 

 

 

经典背诵 Recitation

 

 

 

May: My mom goes to a gym these days. She says she can feel the difference now. But I think her stomach is the one that actually gets a lot of work-out because she is eating more than before. This way she puts on even more weight. To solve this problem she decides to ask her personal trainer to fix her work-out plan.

 

 

 

生词小结

 

 

 

stomachache n. 胃痛

 

badly adv. 极度地

 

timid adj. 胆怯的

 

introduce vt. 介绍

 

shy adj. 害羞的

 

freak n. 怪人

 

 

 

注释

 

 

 

1.fitness freak: fitness的意思是健康，freak的意思是怪物，有的人疯狂迷恋健身，所以被称为fitness freak(健身狂)。

 

2. couch potato: couch potato长沙发，土豆，当然这里既没有沙发也没有土豆，这是幽默的手法，因为有的人老看电视，什么都不做，像种在沙发中的土豆一样，意思是“电视精”。