节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-07-26
难易度:Medium
关键字:preserve, fatten, purchase, fortunately, grill, side dish
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And you're joining us for a very important article especially if you want to be
eating healthy.
Our lesson is called Healthy Eating on a Budget.
Yes. If you like to eat healthy and you like to save money, not buy too many
expensive foods, then today's lesson is just for you.
Well, I do wonder, do you have a healthy diet, or do you think that you have a
healthy diet?
Carolyn?
Well, my diet is pretty healthy.
I eat a lot of vegetables and fruit, but I also eat a lot of carbs.
I eat a lot of pasta, which is good for energy, but it doesn't always have
enough nutrients that I need from vegetables, so.
I think I could probably do some things to improve my diet.
What about you, Gabe?
Well, Carolyn, you're a vegan, and you eat healthy things like fruits and
vegetables.
And if you say that maybe your diet isn't as healthy as it could be, then I
really need some help because I love all kinds of food and...
Well, I think that... I think many people could probably use help in this area.
Having a good diet, but also you can save money and not spend too much.
That's what we're going to be learning about in our lesson today.
So let's get started.
(Music).
Healthy Eating on a Budget.
You can care for your body and your bank account at the same time.
What can you do if you can't afford healthy food?
If you want to save money, are you stuck eating instant noodles and fried rice?
Actually there are several ways to get food that will preserve your health - and
your savings.
When eating out.
Order wisely.
In general, choose grilled, baked or steamed dishes instead of fried ones.
And choose vegetables as side dishes in order to fill up on healthy foods rather
than fattening ones.
That is a good tip for trying to improve your diet when you are eating out at
restaurants.
Well, at the beginning of this article we see a phrase, a sentence:
You can care for your body and your bank account at the same time.
So a lot of times people think that if they're going to be able to eat nice
food, then they're going to have to spend a lot of money.
Or if they want to save money, they can't really buy healthy food.
It's true, Carolyn.
I kind of feel that way.
Before reading today's article, I kind of felt that way.
I thought that if I really wanted to have a healthy diet and only eat healthy
foods that I would not have to... I wouldn't have a lot of money.
I would have to spend a lot of money on healthy foods.
Well, the article asks right at the beginning a very important question:
What can you do if you can't afford healthy food?
What can you do, Gabe?
Well, we read on.
If you want to save money, are you stuck eating instant noodles and fried rice?
Well, this is kind of funny.
Some people if they want to save money, they think they have to get rid of
everything and just eat very basic foods.
I know many of my college friends at university, sometimes they would eat
instant noodles for dinner a lot.
Not just once or twice, but they would just do this a lot to save money.
That's right, because these foods are fairly cheap.
They're not expensive foods.
But are you stuck eating instant noodles and fried rice?
Well, I think Liz has something she wants to tell us about that phrase in the
Grammar Gym.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym, friends.
My name is Liz.
In today's article, the writer asks:
If you want to save money, are you stuck eating instead noodles and fried rice?
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Notice the phrase: stuck eating instant noodles and fried rice.
It just means eating instant noodles and fried rice is the only choice.
When we want to informally talk about how a certain activity is the only thing
that a person can do, consider this phrase: stuck + verb (in -ING form).
For example:
It rained every day, and we were stuck watching TV in our hotel room the whole
time.
Or: Both brothers got the same kind of education, but one became a businessman
while the other was stuck earning minimum wage.
If you have a copy of this month's magazine with you, be sure to check out
today's Grammar Tip section for more example sentences.
And that's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
All right.
Well, let's not get stuck there.
Let's continue moving along in our article.
We continue.
Actually there are several ways to get food that will preserve your health - and
your savings.
So you don't have to be stuck just eating instant noodles and fried rice.
There is a way to afford healthy foods.
That's right.
And you can preserve your health and your savings at the same time.
And we can take a look at that word from the Word Bank, the word "preserve." If
you preserve something, then you save it.
You prevent it from changing, and you make it last a long time.
So if you preserve your health, then you take care of your health.
You don't get sick.
You stay healthy.
That's right.
You can preserve your health.
Well, sometimes I see this word as a noun: preserves.
So maybe strawberry preserves or other kinds of fruit that you keep in a jar,
and you preserve that fruit.
It stays good.
That's called preserves.
And of course, you want to try to preserve other things as well.
You might try to preserve your energy.
You don't want to do too much right now because you will do a lot later.
You will use your energy a lot later.
So preserve your energy for now.
That's right.
And here we want to preserve our health and our savings, our money.
We want to make sure that we're able to have a healthy life but also be able to
afford to buy other things.
Now the next section is titled "When eating out." So when you go out to
restaurants to eat.
Especially in the United States, restaurants are very expensive.
All right.
So when eating out, there are certain things to keep in mind.
And we're going to be talking about these things for the rest of today's lesson.
The first one is order wisely.
OK. That sounds simple enough.
Be wise when you're ordering things at a restaurant.
What does it say here, Carolyn?
Well, we see that in general, choose grilled, baked or steamed dishes instead of
fried ones.
Now this is "in general," and we can look at that phrase right there.
If something is done in general, then it's something that is usually true.
It's usually true in general.
For example, I could say: In general, I like to exercise in the afternoon, but
sometimes I'll exercise in the morning.
Or in general, I sleep at least eight hours.
But of course sometimes I can't sleep a full eight hours, but I do it in
general.
So usually that is what you do.
Well, in general, when you are going to a restaurant, it is a good idea to
choose things that have been grilled, baked or steamed instead of eating fried
foods.
And why is this, Gabe?
Well, we see the reason in the next sentence.
And choose vegetables as side dishes in order to fill up on healthy foods rather
than fattening ones.
So the reason is so that you can fill up on healthy foods.
A lot of side dishes are not healthy.
So usually vegetables are.
That's right.
If the vegetables are not fried, they should be pretty healthy, and maybe if
they aren't covered in butter, either.
But we see a word from our Word Bank, the word "fatten." If something is
fattening, then it makes you gain weight.
So these are something... some things that you should avoid.
You should avoid fattening foods or side dishes when you are eating out at a
restaurant.
That's right.
I think a lot of desserts can be kind of fattening.
So try to avoid those.
Hey, Carolyn, what kind of sandwich isn't too fattening?
Um, Gabe, I don't know.
A half a sandwich.
Do you get it?
If you don't have the whole thing, it's less fattening.
Um, I... I think I understand, Gabe.
I'm not sure that... today is not National Joke Day.
Oh, it isn't?
No, no.
Come on. You can joke around every day.
Well, friends, you've learned some key words today.
Think about how you can use them, and practice them today.
Right now it's time for us to learn something with Michelle in the Language Lab.
Come on! It was a funny joke.