今天的这段对话，在讨论减肥，
 
为什么不想减肥？为什么不想戒掉垃圾食品
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A: my friend Emily recently lost 18 pounds.
 
我朋友艾米丽最近瘦了20磅.
 
B: oh, really?
 
哦,是吗?
 
A: the point is that she has been persuading me to lose weight too.
 
问题是她一直劝我也减肥.
 
B: well, it's a good thing for you.
 
这是好事啊.
 
A: good? Yes, it's good for her but not for me. You see, she tells me that I'll feel better about myself if I slim down. She keeps giving me newspaper clipping about the latest miracle diet and insists that I join a health club, as she has.
 
好事？是的，这对她有好处，但对我没有好处。你看，她告诉，如果我减肥，我会感觉更好。她不断给我剪报，介绍最新的神奇饮食，并坚持要我像她一样加入健身俱乐部。
 
B:so you don't think you are fat and need to lose weight?
 
那就是说你不觉的自己胖,也没必要减肥是吧?
 
A: I just can't bear it that Emily made me feel like a baby who always pigs out on junk food.
 
我只是不能忍受她让我感觉自己像一个乱吃零食的小孩子.
 
B: junk food is not good for your health. Too much of it will make you fat.
 
可是垃圾食品对你并无益处啊.吃太多会让你变胖的.
 
A:but junk food is so easy. It requires no silverware or plates, no rigid mealtimes, no pleases and thank yous.
 
但垃圾食品是如此简单。它不需要银器或盘子，不需要严格的用餐时间，不需要取悦和感谢。
 
B: ok, but junk food has many disadvantages. As junk food contains high amout of iol and fat, you'll feel sleepy, not be able to concentrate when you have a lot of it.
 
没错,可是垃圾食品也有很多坏处.垃圾食品脂肪含量高,你吃太多机会觉得昏昏欲睡,不能集中注意力.
 
A: yes, but life without chips, ice cream and coca cola is boring.
 
可能吧,但是对我而言,生活中没有了薯条,冰激凌和可口可乐,真是乏味至极.
 
B: let me see. You could exercise more to keep fit.
 
你或许可以多做一些运动来健身.
 
A: well, that sounds better than giving it up.
 
嗯,这总比一点都不吃好.