《英語口語生存手冊》生活英語提高版Unit 20

Unit 20 Fitness and Diet

Dialogues: Diet

Unit 20 Track 1 Paula's homework

M: Yes, 835-128-XB yes,ok thank you good bye.

J:Who is that?

D:The police

J:Is there any news about the burglary?

D:Not really.but they gave me a crime number for the insurance claim.

J:Oh,

P:Jenny?

J:Yes,

P:Did you help me with my homework?

J:Maybe. What is it about?

P:Diet

J:That's uninteresting.

P:Yes, first ,I have to write down everything that we have eaten this week, then I have to list all the proteins ,the carbohydrates, the vitamins and calories

D:Oh,yeah.

J:Oh,deal, what? I think we will find that we eat too much

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Track 2 a nasty surprise

P Oh,so that 's all the calories we had in this week, now ,we have to answer this question

J: Ok, so that's all the calories we had in this week. so we have to answer this question: What would you do if you want to lose weight?

P:I will go swimming every morning. What would you do ,Jenny ,if you want to lose weight?

J:I will eat less.

P:Ok, Dady, What would you do if you're over weight?

D:I'd go jogging every morning. And I'd walk every day.

P:Good, now I have to wave everyone in the family and we all have to answer this question: How much weigh to be put on(增加) since you last weighed yourself ?

J:Ok, I go first. How much do I weigh?

P:Fifty-nine kgs.

J:How much is that in pounds ?

P:Em, a hundred and thirty

J:Oh,good That's the same as I weighed last time.Hi, dady ,your turn.

D:Ok,How much do I weigh?

P: seventy-nine kgs that's a hundred and seventy-four pounds.

D:What? A hundred and and seventy-four? I've put on seven pounds What should I do?

P:You could go jogging

J:You could go to walk every day,.

P:You could eat less.

D:Ok,ok.

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Situations Track 3 Talking about diet and nutrition

W: So my doctor yesterday ,she told me that I need to go on a diet

M:A diet? You don't look overweight to me.

W:I'm not overweight. The problem is my cholesterol level.It's too high.

M:What kind of diet are you going on?

W:Well, the doctor wants me to cut out bread entirely and

M:Cut out bread? I didn't know bread with high cholesterol.

W:It 's not the bread that has cholesterol,it's all the butter I put on the bread..since I don't like margarine, the doctor told me to cut out bread.

M:Tell me more about your diet.Is it a vegetarian diet?

W:No,no,but I can't eat eggs,cheese ,all red meat(牛羊肉) . I have to eat more chichen and fish.

M:That doesn't sound too bad for me. I like chicken and fish.

W:Yes,yes it is.I can't eat any meat at all.

M:What about fish?

W:I can't eat all kinds of fish except shellfish.

M:What about eggs? I thought the eggs have a lot of cholesterol that's like shellfish

W:That's right.I have to cut down eggs, too.

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Vocabulary

Fitness and diet

Track 4 Fitness

Fit , get fit(健身), keep fit, exercise, jog, jogging, jogger, walking, swimming, gym, gymnasium, train, trainer, wit training, exercise machines, exercise video, aerobics(氣健術(shù)), tracksuit (運動服)， trainers, shots, setups, sneakers（旅游鞋）, T-shirt, yoga.

Track 5 Diet

Lose weight, put on weight, diet, go on a diet, a balance diet(均衡飲食), a healthy diet, an unhealthy diet, junk food, slimming, calories, energy, carbohydrate, fat , protein , vitamin, vegetable, fruit, fruit juice, alcohol,