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186.Rebecca Rowndie
186.丽贝卡·朗黛
Rebecca Rowndie was grossly overweight. Her friends were reluctant to take her out to dinner with them because she would not only finish her meal, but also vacuum up everyone else's, too. When she got so big that she had to buy a new wardrobe for the third time, she finally decided to register at an eating rehabilitation center. She rehearsed her lines and headed off.
丽贝卡·朗黛身材肥硕。她的朋友们都不愿意带她一块出去吃饭，因为每次她吃完自己的那份以，总是风卷残云一般把其他人的东西一扫而光。当她第三次长胖，不得不买一个新衣橱的时候，终于决定去一个体形复原中心登记。反复练习了几次要说的话之后，她去了一趟复原中心。
The reigning nutritionist at the center was Nurse Rechette (as in retch it'). Nurse Rechette during her reign had helped many an obese woman lose weight. She put Rebecca on a strict regimen of beans. This regimentation was designed to regulate her eating, rehabilitate her eating habits, and rejuvenate her youth. One of the regulations of the center was that if the client didn't reach her goal, she would be reimbursed in full. So Nurse Rechette was relentless in her efforts to help Rebecca lose weight. She never relaxed in trying to get her to drop a few pounds for fear that relaxation would result in a relapse of bad eating habits and rekindle the desire to overeat a relaxed dieter could never lose weight. Nurse Rechette, therefore, relegated the duty of administering beans to the clients, reinforced good proper eating, and reiterated that the rejection of eating fatty foods was essential to success. In addition, to reject food that one loved was essential in building character.
中心起支配作用的营养家是护士丽切塔（她的名字暗含“呕吐”之意）。在中心做首席营养师期间，护士丽切塔已经帮助很多肥胖女子成功减肥。她给丽贝卡定了一个严格的以豆类为主的养生法。这个饮食方面的严格控制计划的目的是调节丽贝卡的饮食，修复她的饮食习惯，同时还能使她更年轻。中心有一条规定，如果顾客没有达到预期目标，那么中心就必须偿还顾客的所有款项。所以护士丽切塔非常努力，甚至是无情地帮助丽贝卡减肥。她从不放松一个使丽贝卡减肥的机会，因为她担心一点松弛就会使不良饮食习惯复发，会重新点燃大吃一顿的欲望——一个悠闲的减肥者是永远没有办法成功减肥的。因此，护士丽切塔把监督吃豆子的权力转移给了顾客自己，加强培养他们的良好饮食习惯，并—再重申拒绝油腻食物是减肥成功的关键。另外，抵制自己喜欢的食物也是锻炼性格的一种方式。
On occasion, as a part of the exercise regimen, Nurse Rechette would organize a relay race among the clients. As you know, a side effect of eating beans is gas. As the clients were running the relay race, there were squeaky little releases going on all around the track. Nurse Rechette attributed these releases to the healthy eating.
有时，作为整个减肥计划的一部分，护土丽切塔会在顾客中组织一次接力赛跑。大家都知道，吃豆子有一个副作用，那就是容易放屁。所以在整个接力赛过程中，轻微的吱吱放屁声顺着跑道一直不断。护士丽切塔认为放屁也是健康饮食习惯的一种表现。
Upon Rebecca's departure from the center, she had lost 200 lbs., nearly twice her new body weight. She thanked Nurse Rechette and went home a new woman.
当丽贝卡离开中心的时候，她减了20磅，这个重量几乎是她现在体重的两倍。她感谢护士丽切塔，以全新面貌回了家。
