Amanda: my friend Emily recently lost 18 pounds.
我朋友艾米丽最近瘦了20磅.

Carl: 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.

C: 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?是啊,对她而言是好事,对我就不是了.你知道吗,她说我如果再瘦一点自我感觉会更好.她还一直给我看报纸上最新的减肥计划,坚持让我像她一样加入健康俱乐部.

C: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.

C: 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.
可是对我而言,它真是完美至极,不需要漂亮精致的餐具,方便快捷,既省人工,还省得说谢谢.

C: 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.

C: 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.

dialogue 2

A: why are there still so many people overweight despite the current fitness craze?
现在健身这么火,为什么还是有那么多人超重呢?

C: well, there are certain factors that effect people's size and weight.
嗯,还是有一些因素会影响人们的体型和体重的.

A: what are they?
都有哪些因素呢?

C: one study said that low-income groups have a higher percentage of over-weight people than higher income families.
有研究表明低收入人群超重的比例比高收入人群高.

A: why?
为什么呢?

C: the survey said that the low, income groups eat more junk food on a daily basis.
说低收入人群每天吃太多的垃圾食品.

A: that makes sense. Probably less time to make dinner and the junk food is cheaper.
可以理解,他们每天工作忙,没时间做饭,垃圾食品又比较便宜.

C: and junk food contains lots of fat and oil. There is one final reason why so many people are fat.
垃圾食品油脂含量又高.不过还有另外一个原因.

A: what's that?
什么?

C: nobody exercises anymore-not even kids! The average american home has the TV on for 6 hours a day!
现在很少有人锻炼身体,甚至小孩都不锻炼.家里电视一天至少开6个小时.

A: wow! No wonder people are so fat. Say, Carl, looks like you could be doing a bit more exercising.
天啊.怪不得人们变得这么胖.卡尔,你是不是也该锻炼锻炼身体了?

C: yeah, I guess so.
可能吧.

A: you should consider eating healthier food and getting some more exercise.
你可要注意饮食了,多做锻炼啊.

C: hey, I started a diet and lost 10 pounds.
我节食一段时间,瘦了10磅呢.

A: so what happened?
后来呢?

C: well, I quit and gained it back plus 5 pounds.
我放弃了,结果体重反弹,又胖了5磅.

A: you should have kept trying.
贵在坚持啊.