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A: Oh, man. I've been starving myself for days now, and I haven't lost an ounce.
天吶，如今我已經餓了好幾天了，卻一點也沒減下來。
B: Are you trying to lose weight?
你在努力減肥嗎？
A: Yeah, my friend is getting married next month, and I'm supposed to be a bridesmaid. I have to fit into my dress and look nice for her wedding, but I haven't lost any weight. Look at these love handles.
是呀，我朋友下個月結婚，我要做伴娘。我必須要穿上禮服，在她婚禮上漂亮些，但是我根本就沒減肥，你看這些贅肉。
B: You don't have to starve yourself to lose weight. I think that's where you're going wrong.
你沒必要通過餓來減肥，我認為你方法錯了。
A: Why? If I eat less, then my body will start eating away at my fat reserves right?
為什么？如果我吃的少，那么身體就會消耗掉儲存的多余的脂肪，不是嗎？
B: Not really. You should try to not eat foods high in calories, salts or saturated fats. Stay away from oily food and artificial flavors.
并非如此。你不應該吃高熱量、高糖和高脂肪的食物。遠離油炸食品和人造香料。
A: So you're saying that I should eat, but I should just watch what I eat?
所以你是說我應該吃，但要慎重選擇吃什么？
B: Yes. You can also try to reduce your intake of carbohydrates and foods that are high in cholesterol. You can have steamed veggies or increase your protein intake found in chicken or fish.
是的，你應該少吃糖類和高膽固醇的食物。你可以吃些水煮的蔬菜，多吃些富含蛋白質的食物，比如雞肉和魚肉。
A: If I do all this, do you think I can lose twenty pounds in four weeks?
如果按照你說的做，你認為四周內我能減掉20磅嗎？
B: Don't count on it.
別指望了。
starve
挨餓；使挨餓
stave myself
讓自己挨餓
例句：
She's starving herself to try to lose weight.
她試圖通過節食來減肥。
I'm starving. When is dinner?
我餓死了，什么時候吃晚飯？
Some people starve themselves in order to lose weight, but it is unhealthy for the body.
有些人為了減肥而挨餓，但是這對身體是不健康的。
lose weight
減肥
例句：
I'm going on a diet to lose weight.
我節食減肥。
I lost my weight by regular exercise.
我通過規律的鍛煉減肥。
put on weight
增重
I've been putting on weight recently.
我最近長胖了。
bridesmaid 伴娘
brideman 伴郎
fiancee 未婚妻
fiance 未婚夫
fit into
適合；適應；符合
例句：
My stuff don't fit into these bags.
這個袋子裝不下我的東西。
This method can fit into many simliar problems like this.
這個方法適用于和這個類似的問題。
wedding
婚禮
wedding ceremony/reception/anniversary/presents
結婚典禮/結婚宴會/結婚紀念日/結婚禮物
She looked beautiful on her wedding day.
她在她的婚禮上看起來很美。
love handle
腰間贅肉
例句：
Some men prefer a girl with love handles to a girl who is skinny.
有人男人更喜歡有小肚子的女孩而不是瘦骨嶙峋的女孩。
calorie
卡路里
high/low in calories
高/低卡路里
例句：
Before my friend buys any packaged food from the grocery store, she always checks the amount of calories on the food label.
在我朋友從雜貨店買任何包裝食品前，她總是檢查食品標簽上的卡路里含量。
I cna't believe that there are 250 calories in this chocolate bar and 1000 calories in this muffin. I thought muffins were healthy.
我不敢相信這個巧克力棒有250卡路里，這個松餅有1000卡路里。我以為松餅是健康的。
I didn't know why I was gainning so much weight until my friend told me that milkshakes were high in calories. I had been drinking one milkshake a day.
我不知道為什么我的體重增重了這么多。直到我的朋友告訴我奶昔的熱量很高。我一直每天喝一杯奶昔。
saturated fat
飽和脂肪
monounsaturated fat
單一不飽和脂肪（found in olives and nuts, which does not encourage the harmful development of cholesterol.）
polyunsaturated fat
多不飽和脂肪（found in seeds and vegetable oils, which does not encourage the harmful development of cholesterol.）
trans fat
反式脂肪（a type of fat produced when oils are changed by a chemical process into solids. Trans fats are believed to encourage the harmful development of cholesterol.）
chcolesterol
膽固醇（exist in the fat, tissues, and blood of all animals. Too much cholesterol in a person's blood can cause heart disease.）
例句：
Saturated fat can increase risks for heart disease and some cancers.
飽和脂肪可以增加患心臟病和某些癌癥的危險。
My doctor told me that I need to cut down on eating fried foods in order to improve my cholesterol.
我的醫生告訴我，為了降低我的膽固醇，我需要少吃油炸食品。
Do you have high cholesterol?
你膽固醇高嗎？
artifical flavors
人造香味劑
arifical additives/colours/flowers/
人造添加劑/顏色/花
→SYN synthetic人造的；合成的
protein
蛋白質
（found in meat, fish, some vegetables..）
例句：
Fish contains a lot of protein.
魚肉含有大量蛋白質。
Don't eat too much high-protein food.
不要吃太多高蛋白食品。
Don't count on it.
不要指望
例句：
If you're just hoping to make a fortune in the stock market, don't count on it.
如果你希望在股市里賺大錢，別指望了。
Don't count on him to help us.
別指望他幫我們。
We can't just sit here and count on others.
我們不能就坐這里什么也不做指望別人。
