【一起闲话英语】一天当中的大餐与错过的一餐-Big meals and skipped meals

 Gareth / England 

speaker Probably, my biggest meal is dinner. I do skip meals, but that's because of my work schedule¹; it kind of prevents me from eating lunch until very late in the day. I like to have a big breakfast, so that I can prepare for that.

 

Warren / Canada

speaker My biggest meal of the day is dinner. I think I heard it's actually not as healthy. I heard you should have a heavier breakfast and a lighter² dinner, but just time-wise, it's easier for me to do that, and I end up wanting to eat a heavy dinner. But I never miss a meal; I always eat all three meals.

 

Kat / Germany

speaker My biggest meal of the day is dinner. That is usually because I eat lunch in school, and it's never really good, so I kind of rush it and don't eat too much. Breakfast, I skip most every day. I don't want to, but I always oversleep, so I really don't have time for breakfast. I know that breakfast should be the biggest meal of the day, but that just never works³ out for me.

Paul / England 

speaker My biggest meal of the day is my evening meal, which I eat after finishing work, around seven or eight. I try not to skip meals. I always try to at least eat something, even if it's on the go. At times, with my job, I don't get time to eat a proper lunch or breakfast, so I tend⁴ to kind of snack quite a lot.

 

Tim / United⁵ States 

speaker Usually, my biggest meal is lunch, but sometimes, I'll have a very large dinner. It really depends on what I do during the day and when I take my meals. I'll have a big lunch on days that I skip breakfast, and I tend to skip breakfast a lot, because I sleep until the last minute before I have to go to classes.

 

Rese / Botswana 

speaker My biggest meal of the day would have to be dinner, and normally⁶ I skip breakfast because I can't wake up early enough to eat breakfast and make it to class because of my sleeping pattern⁷.

1 schedule   

n.时间表，进度表，计划表，议事日程；vt.预定，编制目录，为某事安排时间

参考例句：

• The schedule of tomorrow is Paris.明天的日程是巴黎。
• This task is behind schedule.该任务落后于进度。

2 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

3 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

4 tend   

vt.照管，照料；vi. 服侍，招待；注意，留心；走向，趋向；倾向；有助于

参考例句：

• We should tend on customers warmly.我们应该热情招待顾客。
• I tend to prefer have a holiday at seaside.我往往更喜欢在海滨度假。

5 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

6 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

7 pattern   

n.图案，模范，榜样；型，式样；样品；图样；vt.摹制，仿造；以图案装饰

参考例句：

• This box is made after a new pattern.这箱子是仿照新样式制作的。
• Why should all writers follow a pattern?为什么作家都遵循一个模式写作呢？