我們的英文好厲害

How Keep Slim

Some people don’t mind being fat. In some countries a good round stomach is nothing to be ashamed of. There is a West African saying:”Laugh and grow fat.” Some people can keep slim without any effort. But a lot of people put on too much weight and don’t like it . The question is, what can they do about it ?

　Some put their faith in exercise, but the trouble with exercise is that it may work up an appetite. Others believe in slimming pills and special clothes that make you sweat. It would be nice if they worked, but they don’t.

In my opinion, the only reliable solution is dieting. But what sort of diet? There are the extremists who believe in a dramatic, thoroughgoing attack on their waistlines. There is another theory that if you eat things like hard-boiled eggs, apples with their s skins on, and lean meat, which are hard to digest, the more you eat, the thinner you can get. This is because you use up the fat in your body to get the energy to digest the food.

　For most of us, these methods are too extreme or too eccentric. The simplest system is probably just to cut down on carbohydrates or, if possible, to cut them out.


Ashamed-
羞愧的,感到難為情的[(+of)][+to-v][+that]
She was ashamed of having failed in the examination.
她因考試不及格而感到羞愧。
2. 恥於...的,因難為情而不願...的[+to-v]
She was ashamed to tell anyone that she had fallen in love with him.
她羞於告訴任何人自己愛上了他。
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slimming pills

減輕體重;減肥藥片
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appetite -
1. 食慾,胃口[(+for)]
Exercise gave her a good appetite.
運動使她胃口大增。
2. 慾望;愛好[(+for)]
At the moment she had no appetite for gossip.
此時此刻她無心閒聊。
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Reliable
1. 可信賴的;可靠的;確實的
I found this to be a reliable brand of washing machines.
我覺得這是一種牌子可靠的洗衣機。
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Extremists

[名詞 (C)] 極端分子
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Dramatic
1. 戲劇的;劇本的
give dramatic performances
演出戲劇
2. 戲劇般的;戲劇性的;充滿激情的
dramatic changes in the international situation
國際形勢的戲劇性變化
3. 引人注目的
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Waistlines

[名詞 (C)] 腰圍

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Digest
1. 消化(食物)
The baby is too small to digest meat.
嬰兒太小,吃肉不消化。
2. 領悟,融會貫通
I have digested most of the important points in the book.
我領悟了書中大部分要點。
3. 整理,做...的摘要
4. 忍受(侮辱等)
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Eccentric
1. (人、行為等)古怪的,反常的
My neighbor is an eccentric young man.
我的鄰居是個古怪的年輕人。
2. 不同圓心的
3. 【天】(軌道)不正圓的;【機】偏心的
That is an eccentric wheel.
那是個偏心輪。
n. (名詞 noun)[C]
1. 古怪的人
The old lady is a bit of an eccentric.
這位老太是個有點古怪的人。
2. 偏心圓
3. 【機】偏心輪
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Carbohydrates

[名詞 (C)] 碳水化合物, 醣