自從媽媽開(kāi)始健身之后，精神變得特別好，不過(guò)胃口似乎也跟著長(zhǎng)，這么一來(lái)減肥是沒(méi)希望了，看看阿美給媽媽出了什么好主意？

難度系數(shù)：GESE6,PETS2


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May: Mom, this is your third bowl of rice!

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!

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阿美：媽媽，這是你的第三碗米飯了！

雪莉：我知道，但是我沒(méi)辦法，我的胃總是想要吃更多。

阿美：為什么？以前我從沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)你吃這么多啊。

雪莉：我最近去健身房。鍛煉時(shí)我總是覺(jué)得很餓。

阿美：你的胃一定做了很多的運(yùn)動(dòng)嘍！

雪莉：別拿我開(kāi)心了。

阿美：這樣你可能會(huì)增肥的。你會(huì)放棄嗎？

雪莉：當(dāng)然不了，我覺(jué)得非常有效果?，F(xiàn)在，我開(kāi)始感覺(jué)到（身體的）變化了。

阿美：那你要怎么處理變胖的問(wèn)題呢？

雪莉：我在考慮見(jiàn)一下我的私人健身教練，改一下健身計(jì)劃。

阿美：哦，我有一個(gè)主意。干嗎不叫爸爸和你一起去呢？他很需要運(yùn)動(dòng)。

雪莉：你爸爸太膽小了。（我想）他連怎么介紹自己都不知道。

阿美：他只要說(shuō)：“我是本杰明，我是新來(lái)的，我很害羞?！?/p>

雪莉：嗨，別拿你爸爸開(kāi)玩笑。不過(guò)，我可以把你爸爸介紹給我的健身教練，也許有一天，你爸爸會(huì)變成一個(gè)健身狂而不是現(xiàn)在的電視精。

阿美：誰(shuí)知道呢！

經(jīng)典背誦 Recitation
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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.

生詞小結(jié)
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stomachache n. 胃痛

badly adv. 極度地

timid adj. 膽怯的

introduce vt. 介紹

shy adj. 害羞的

freak n. 怪人

注釋
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s freak: fitness的意思是健康，freak的意思是怪物，有的人瘋狂迷戀健身，所以被稱為fitness freak(健身狂)。

2. couch potato: couch potato長(zhǎng)沙發(fā)，土豆，當(dāng)然這里既沒(méi)有沙發(fā)也沒(méi)有土豆，這是幽默的手法，因?yàn)橛械娜死峡措娨?，什么都不做，像種在沙發(fā)中的土豆一樣，意思是“電視精”。