NCE02051 reward for virtue 对美德的奖赏
reward n. 报偿 vt.给奖励
virtue n. 美德
hugh n. 休(男子名)
diet vi.节食
forbid v.禁止
forbid forbade forbidden v.禁止
hurriedly adv. 匆忙地
embarrass v. 使尴尬
embarrassed adj. 尴尬的
guiltily adv. 内疚地
strict adj. 严格的
occasionally adv. 偶尔地
reward for virtue 对美德的奖赏
My friend,Hugh 我的朋友,休
has always been fat 一直很胖
but things got so bad recently 但是近来情况变得越发糟糕
get got gotten 变得
that he decided to go on a diet 以至他决定节食
go on a diet 节食
be on a diet 节食
He began his diet a week ago 他是一星期前开始节食的
First of all adv. 首先
he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden 他写了一长列他被禁止吃的食物
write out 写出
write out a cheque 开一张支票
foods 各种各样的食物
fruits 各种各样的水果
fishes 各种各样的鱼
The list included most of the things Hugh loves 这张单子包括了大部分休喜欢的食物
things 情形
how are things going 近来一切都还好吗
include v. 包含
including prep. 包含,包括
the price includes the tax. 价格包含税
the band played many songs ,including some of my favourites 乐队演奏很多歌曲,包括一些我最喜欢的几首
butter
potatoes
rice
beer
milk
chocolate
and sweets 和糖果
I paid him a visit 我去拜访他
Yesterday I paid him a visit 昨天我去看望了他
pay paid paid 付款
I rang the bell 我按响了门铃
as fat as ever 像以往一样胖
as … as ever 和以往一样….
and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever 当看到休仍和往常一样胖时,我并不感到惊奇
He led me into his room 他领我进他的房间
lead led led 带领
and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk 慌忙把一个大包藏到了桌子下面
hide hid hidden 藏
It was obvious that he was very embarrassed 很显然他感到很尴尬
be embarrassed 形容人很尴尬
be embarrassing 形容物很尴尬
his question was very embarrassing .他的问题很让人尴尬
When I asked him what he was doing 当我问他正在干什么时
he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk 他内疚地笑了,然后把那个大包拿到了桌上
He explained that his diet was so strict 他解释说,他的饮食控制得太严格了
that he had to reward himself occasionally 他不得不偶尔奖赏自己一下
Then he showed me the contents of the parcel 然后他给我包裹的内容
It contained five large bars of chocolate 里面装了5大块巧克力
and three bags of sweets 和3袋糖果
pay sb a visit 拜访某人
pay a visit to sb 拜访某人
show somebody something 向某人展示某物
show something to somebody 向某人展示某物
a bowl of rice 一碗米饭
a glass of milk 一杯牛奶
a pint of beer 一品脱啤酒
pint 品脱
Virtue Is Its Own Reward 美德的报偿就是美德本身
put on weight 发胖
gain weight 发胖
lose weight v. 减肥
dietary food 减肥食品
dietary tea 减肥茶
work out 锻炼