Reward for Virtue
新概念英语第2册 · 第 51 课 · 中英文对照课文
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- Lesson 51第51课
- Reward for Virtue美德的报酬
- Why did Hugh's diet not work?为什么休的节食计划没有效果呢?
- My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.我的朋友休一直都很胖。但最近情况变得非常糟糕,以至于他决定开始节食。
- He began his diet a week ago.他一周前开始节食了。
- First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.首先,他列出了一份长长的清单,上面列出了所有被禁止食用的食物。
- The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.这份清单上列出了休最喜欢的大多数东西。黄油、土豆、米饭、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。
- Yesterday I paid him a visit.昨天我去拜访了他。
- I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.我按响了门铃,看到休还是和以前一样胖,并没有感到惊讶。
- He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk.他把我带进了他的房间,然后匆忙地把一个大包裹藏在了桌子下面。
- It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.很明显,他感到非常尴尬。
- When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk.当我问他正在做什么时,他内疚地笑了笑,然后把包裹放在了桌子上。
- He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.他解释说,他的饮食控制非常严格,因此偶尔需要奖励自己一下。
- Then he showed me the contents of the parcel.然后他向我展示了包裹里的物品。
- It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!里面是五块大巧克力和三袋糖果!