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Part 1 Weight Problem 体重问题
Dialogue Script 对话原文
Anne: My sister Ellie, who recently lost 20 pounds, has been pressuring me to lose weight too.
Joe: It's a good thing for her to fulfill that, isn't it? 
Anne: Good?! Yes, it's good for her but not good for me. You see, she tells me that I'll feel better about myself if I slim down and keeps giving me newspaper clippings about the latest miracle diet or exercise plan and insists that I join a health club, as she has.
Joe: So you mean you don't think you are fat and need to lose weight?
Anne: I simply can't bear it that Ellie made me feel like a child who was pigging out on junk food.
Joe: Come on, there must be something wrong.
Anne: Yes, the other night when I asked for a second helping of the low-fat casserole she served for dinner she totally went off on me. "That's why you have a weight problem." she chided, "You never know when you've already had enough!" I felt so humiliated by this and left right after dinner and haven't spoken to her since.
Joe: Yes, I understand. You are happy the way you are. But you can't stop talking to your sister for good, can you?
Anne: No, I can't. But I'm not going to put up with this nagging. I know if she doesn't let up soon, I'm going to blow up at her. How do I handle this without ruining our relationship?
Joe: Tell her that you already feel good about yourself...
讲解：
1. 这段对话中Anne在向Joe抱怨她妹妹强迫她减肥的事。lose weight，减肥，那减掉了多少重量，就是lose直接加上重量就可以了。
2. Anne的妹妹对她说，如果能瘦下来会让自己感觉好得多。feel good about oneself，自我感觉不错，slim down 就是瘦下来，slim是苗条的意思，在加上一个down，让人有体重掉下来的感觉，很形象。
3. newspaper clippings，剪下来的报花。Anne的妹妹一直给她看报纸上的一些介绍最新减肥计划和减肥食品的内容，latest miracle diet，最新的神奇减肥食谱，这里latest相当于newest，最近的，最新的。diet是指人或动物的日常的饮食，但是diet还表示节食，例如：She's on diet. 她在节食。He began his diet a week ago.他在一星期前开始节食。
4. diet food，减肥食品， diet pill ，减肥药。Ellie还劝 Anne报名参加健身俱乐部，a health club，其实有点像我们的减肥中心。但是Anne却对所有这一切感到反感。为什么呢？因为她的妹妹让她感觉自己像一个乱吃垃圾食品的小孩子。pig out on something 狼吞虎咽地吃东西，这里pig 这个词成了动词。junk food 垃圾食品，像油炸食品等，有很高的热量但是却没有营养，最容易导致肥胖。
5. 对话中一天晚上Anne到他妹妹家吃饭，Ellie就因为她的饮食习惯大发脾气。当Anne还想再要一份砂锅炖菜的时候，Ellie 就开始发火，go off on someone，跟某人发脾气。她说That's why you have a weight problem. You never know when you've already had enough. 这就是为什么你有体重问题的原因，你从来不知道适可而止。
6. 这让Anne感觉到很受侮辱，feel humiliated，感到羞辱。Joe 对Anne的反应表示理解，You are happy the way you are. 你对自己的现在感到满意。for good 是forever的意思，也就是Anne不能就因为这件事情就永远不跟她妹妹说话了呀。
7. 但是Anne并不想忍受她妹妹的唠叨，can't put up with this nagging，put up with someone/something，容忍某人某物。nag，就是“唠叨“的意思，常和at连用，例如： Stop nagging at me。别唠叨了。
8. let up 在口语当中是“闭嘴”的意思，相当于“shut up”，blow up at someone， 冲某人大发脾气，跟上面的go off on someone 一样。如果Ellie再不停止唠叨的话，Anne也要发火了。
Part 2 Why Are We Overweight？我们为什么会肥胖？
Dialogue Script 对话原文
Susan: Why are there still so many people overweight despite the current fitness craze?
Jack: I don't know. But there are some factors that affect people's size.
Susan: What are they?
Jack: One study said that low-income groups have a higher percentage of over-weight people than higher income families.
Susan: Are there any other factors?
Jack: Yes, the study also said that the hotter the climate, the lower the percentage of obese people.
Susan: That makes sense. When it's hot, you don't feel like eating a lot.
Jack: And the diet has a lot fat and oil. We eat a lot of meat. And also we eat more sugar and junk food. But there is another reason why so many people are fat.
Susan: What's that?
Jack: Nobody exercises anymore---not even kids. The average American home has the TV on for six hours a day!
Susan: Wow! No wonder people are so fat. You don't get enough exercise. Say, Jack, aren't you getting a little bigger in the waist?
Jack: Yeah, I guess so.
Susan: You really need to watch what you eat and get some exercise.
Jack: Hey, I started a diet and lost 10 pounds.
Susan: So what happened?
Jack: Well, I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.
Susan: You should have kept trying.
讲解：
1. 这里Susan 和Jack在讨论肥胖的原因。造成肥胖的原因非常复杂。people's size，人体的体形、体重。肥胖不只是因为吃得太多或是运动不足所引起的，虽然饮食不当及运动不足可能导致体重过重，但事实上还有很多原因也会造成肥胖。 比如，基础代谢率低、身体活动量少、遗传基因等等。
2. 在这段对话当中说了几个原因, 第一个就是One study said that low-income groups have a higher percentage of over-weight people than higher income families. 低收入人群超重的比例比高收入人群高。overweight超重，那么underweight就是低于正常体重。
3. 对话中出现的第二个原因就是越热的地区，肥胖的人就越少， the hotter the climate, the lower the percentage of obese people. 这个形式大家要注意，用形容词的比较级来表示 “越…，就越…”。例如：The more, the better. 多多益善。
4. Anne表示同意，她说，That makes sense. make sense表示“有意义；意思清楚；有道理”。例如：It doesn't make any sense to me. 我完全不明白。feel like doing something 愿意或想做某事，比如对话中的 I don't feel like eating a lot. 我不想吃太多。
5. 第三个原因就是饮食习惯不好，And the diet has a lot fat and oil. 我们的食物当中有很多脂肪和油。Jack提到了肉，糖和垃圾食品。吃的太多当然会长胖。
6. Jack又接着说了第四个原因，Nobody exercises anymore---not even kids. 现在没有人锻炼了，甚至是孩子们。吃的多，动的少，当然体重会飙升。exercise表示“做运动，锻炼身体”，例如： You don't exercise enough. 你锻炼不够。或者是You don't get enough exercise. 还可以用work out 这个词组来表示，Peter works out in the gym everyday.彼得每天都在健身房锻炼。
7. 那不做运动做什么呢？The average American home has the TV on for six hours a day! 一个美国普通家庭平均每天看电视的时间是6个小时。has the TV on 让电视打着，就是看电视。No wonder people are so fat. 怪不得人们变的那么胖，缺乏锻炼。no wonder 这个短语表示“怪不得”，后面直接加上句子就行了。
8. Susan觉得Jack的腰又胖了一点，她是这么说的，aren't you getting a little bigger in the waist? get bigger in 加上身体部位，表示“身体的某部分开始发胖”。 但是Jack说他前一阵子已经开始节食了，并且减掉了10磅，但是没多久就放弃了，所以又胖回来了，还比原来重了5磅，I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.
9. 看来减肥是一项长期而艰巨的任务，否则就前功尽弃了，还特别容易反弹，所以那些在减肥或是打算减肥的朋友们，一定要坚持住啊，Keep Trying！
Part3 Diet Craze 疯狂节食
Dialogue Script 1 对话原文 1
Den: Hi, Anne, what's up?
Anne: I look awful in a swimsuit. I am thinking of getting my clothes at "Big and Beautiful".
Den: Well, you're pleasantly plump, but you aren't obese.
Anne: By the way, how was your drink with Stan?
Den: OK, he thinks I'm getting fat.
Anne: To be honest, you're a little pudgier.
Den: That's it. I have to take off some weight!
Anne: Well, before that, I made your favorite dinner.
Den: Why is there only one plate setting?
Anne: I'm only having juice for dinner.
Den: There you go with your crazy diet. How are you going to get enough vitamins and minerals?
Anne: I have my multivitamin and mineral supplements.
Den: At least have some green beans.
Anne: There's butter in them. There are at least 5 grams of fat in each serving.
Den: How about half of this steak?
Anne: They say you are what you eat. And I don't wanna look like a cow. But you go ahead.
Den: How about this salad? What could an innocent salad do to you?
Anne: Think about the calories in the dressing!
Den: Is the ice cream dessert out of the question?
Anne: If I were to eat it, there wouldn't be enough for you. You go ahead.
Den: Well, you have your low-calorie apple juice.
Anne: Actually, carrot juice would be better. It's even lower in calories.
Den: Well, then, better yet, why don't just have water?
Anne: Good idea. But I was actually thinking of going on a two-day starvation diet.
讲解：
1. 这段对话中Anne觉的自己很胖，决定用节食的办法来减肥。I look awful in a swimsuit. 我穿泳衣太难看了。look awful 看起来很糟糕，例如：You look awful today. 你今天看起来很憔悴。
2. Big and Beautiful 就是指专卖大号衣服的那种店。Den安慰她说，you're pleasantly plump, but you aren't obese. 你很丰满，但你不算非常胖的那种。plump 是一个褒义词，所以如果下一次你看见一位胖胖的女士，就要说她plump，而不要说fat, 因为fat让人听了不舒服。obese 极度肥胖的。同样，说人家很瘦的时候呢，也最好不要用thin，可以用slim，苗条的，lean瘦而结实的。
3. Anne 觉得Den好像也胖了一点，她说的是you're a little pudgier。pudgy是矮胖的意思。Den为自己的体重发愁，That's it. I have to take off some weight! 我受够了，我要减肥。That's it.这句话可以用在两种情况下，一个是表示不耐烦，不愿意再继续下去的时候，例如: That's it! You're late again! 我受够了！你又迟到了！另一个就是表示“到此为止”、“所有的都在这了”。例如：That's it. All my boxes are here. 好了，我所有的箱子都在这了。
4. take off some weight 减肥，相当于lose some weight。正当Den决定减肥，Anne又为他做了一顿丰盛的晚餐。但是Anne却不想吃，所以只摆了一副餐具，there is only one plate setting, plate setting 是一副餐具的意思。那饭前摆放餐具这个动作就是set the table for dinner.
5. Anne晚餐只喝果汁。果汁是“juice”，比较浓稠。Den问道，How are you going to get enough vitamins and minerals? 你怎么摄入足够的维他命和矿物质呢？vitamins and minerals维他命和矿物质，是人体必需的。Anne自有办法，那就是吃multivitamin and mineral supplements，多维片和矿物质补充剂。
6. Den劝Anne吃些四季豆和牛排，但是Anne怕里面的脂肪太多，她的理由是you are what you eat，吃什么补什么，如果吃了牛排，
就会长的像牛一样了，这个理由真是荒谬，不过节食的人都会找各种理由来拒绝食物的。下面Anne又说了一大堆这个东西不能吃，那个东西不能吃，连沙拉也不行。Den不明白，What could an innocent salad do to you? 这些无辜的沙拉又能把你怎样呢？这是一种幽默的说法。
7. Anne辩解到，Think about the calories in the dressing! 想想沙拉酱的热量吧。Calorie就是我们平常说的卡路里，是热量单位的一种。等于食物中所含的被人体氧化后而释放的热量。例如：One can eat only 1500 calories a day on this diet. 按这个节食法，我们每天只能吃一千五百卡路里。
8. 那冰淇淋甜品就更不行了，The ice cream dessert is out of the question. out of the question 不可能，例如：Marrying Jack is out of the question. 跟Jack结婚是绝 对不可能的。还有一个跟它非常相近的词组，out of question 毫无疑问，没有问题。Money is out of question. 钱没有问题，尽管用好了。大家一定要区分开。
9. 开始Den还以为Anne喝的是苹果汁，但是Anne喝的是胡萝卜汁，因为carrot juice is even lower in calories. 胡萝卜汁的卡路里更低。这里的“in”就表示某物中含有的某种东西，比如：Orange is high in Vitamin C. 橙子维他命C含量高。Den开玩笑说那还不如喝水呢，结果Anne还当真了，竟然说要来个两日断食法，go on a two-day starvation diet . starvation挨饿，动词形式是starve，例如：I'm starving.我很饿。
