欢迎大家再次做客“布朗尼加分”口语课堂。我是rose, 今天要为大家讲的是一个关于“老当益壮”的故事。如果您对健身感兴趣，其中的一些表达法也许用得上。

Ed lives in a nursing home in Boston with other elderly people. Ed is a senior citizen, 91 years old.

When Ed was 84 years old, a doctor came to the nursing home. She saw that Ed was out of shape and his body was weak. She told him to exercise and get in shape. So Ed started going to the exercise center to pump iron. He worked out for seven years, day in and day out.

Now Ed has big muscles, and his stomach is as flat as a pancake. He feels like a million dollars. 8His family and friends are surprised. They can not believe their eyes. Now Ed, at 91, is as fit as a fiddle!

senior citizen, senior意为“地位高的；年长的”，英语中能够被称为senior citizen的人，年龄都在65以上。

虽然后来通过健身Ed拥有了健壮的体魄，但是健身前，他一样是，out of shape的。Shape, 外形,状况，out of shape, 不在状态上，也就是“身体状况不佳”。比如：I get tired easily. I must be out of shape. 我很容易疲倦,一定是身体有毛病。

get in shape again. 也就是“恢复健康，恢复体形”的意思。例如：
Henry is heavy. He should get in shape again. 亨利长得胖，他应该恢复体型。

帮助Ed get in shape的一种锻炼方式叫做pump iron。Pump 有打气，泵水的意思，iron 铁
Pump iron: lift weights。

Day in and day out, 就相当于“regularly; all the time”。
his stomach is as flat as a pancake. Flat,平坦的，pancake, 薄煎饼。以80多岁高龄的老人老说，肚子平坦的跟长薄煎饼，也就是very very flat的状态，真是很不容易了。收到这样的成效，也就难怪Ed会feels like a million dollars了。也就是feel very healthy and happy。 再比如：B: Well, I quit smoking three months ago. I thought I was going to be miserable, but to be honest, I feel like a million (dollars).
嗯,我三个月前戒烟了。本来以为我会很惨的。但说真的,我感觉好棒!
持之以恒的锻炼让现年91岁的Ed as fit as a fiddle。这个习语表达的是“healthy and physically fit” 非常健康, 精神很好的意思。

好了。希望大家学习工作之余，也能留出时间关爱自己的身体。我们下期“布朗尼加分”口语课堂见。