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
Today we are talking about Healthy Eating on a Budget.
Do you want to have healthy foods?
But maybe you also want to save money?
You think that it costs a lot of money to eat healthy foods and maybe change
your diet a little bit.
Well, we're learning in our lesson that actually it is possible to spend wisely
and also eat healthy foods.
We're talking about when you eat out.
And we've learned so far that you need to order wisely, order foods that are
good for you.
Well, we have more to learn in our lesson.
So let's get started with the second section of our reading for today.
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Healthy Eating on a Budget.
Know your limit.
When you're full, stop eating - even if some food remains on your plate.
Take the rest to go, and eat it later instead of purchasing an additional snack
or meal.
Drink to your health.
Fortunately, the least expensive drink is also the healthiest - water.
Sodas and even fruit juices are filled with sugar and may contain dangerous
chemicals.
So instead of paying for a drink, enjoy free water at most restaurants.
Avoid desserts.
At the end of your meal, skip the sweets.
By not ordering dessert, you save money and cut down on calories and sugar.
Well, that is some good advice to avoid having dessert if you want to save a
little money and maybe not eat quite as much.
Well, we're still talking about when we are eating out.
And this next section is called "Know your limit." So it's important to know
when you've had enough, when you don't need to eat anymore.
Now Gabe, how does this start?
Well, when you're full, stop eating - even if some food remains on your plate.
I think this is good advice.
In general, if you're at a restaurant, it's OK to just stop eating even if
there's food still on your plate.
But however, Carolyn, I think some countries might consider it rude if you don't
eat everything that is placed before you, right?
That is true.
There are some cultures where it would be rude if you didn't eat everything that
they put on your plate for you to enjoy.
Because they want you to be able to enjoy all of the food, and you should eat
everything.
But there are also some cultures if you eat everything on your plate, they will
bring you more food because they think you're still hungry.
That's right. They keep adding.
But here we're talking about when you are eating at a restaurant.
That's right.
Well, we have some good advice here.
If you don't want to finish your food right then, take the rest to go, and eat
it later instead of purchasing an additional snack or meal.
I think that's great advice.
You can have leftovers later.
That's right.
A lot of times when you go to a restaurant, they give you so much food.
And maybe you don't want to finish all of it, you can just take it to go and eat
it later instead of purchasing something more.
So we have a word from our Word Bank there, the word "purchase." If you purchase
something, it means that you buy it.
Right, Gabe?
That's right.
And this can also be a noun.
You can make a purchase.
Well, what was your purchase today?
What did you buy?
What did you purchase?
So of course you want to eat your leftovers instead of purchasing another
expensive meal.
But what is our next tip here, Carolyn?
Well, we see it is called "Drink to your health." So we are going to be talking
about things to drink that are healthy.
And fortunately, the least expensive drink is also the healthiest - water.
That's right.
Of course.
This is the least expensive drink in most countries.
I think in some countries water is very valuable, and so it might be a little
more expensive.
But in general, it is the least expensive drink.
Fortunately, you can have water.
OK. Let's take a look at that word "fortunately." "Fortunately" means in good
news or the good news is this, the good thing is this.
That's right.
So fortunately, the least expensive drink is also the healthiest.
And that is water.
And you can drink to your health.
Now another way you might use this word "fortunately":
Maybe you don't get enough sleep at night.
Fortunately, you can go to bed early tonight.
And then you won't have any problem being tired tomorrow.
That's right.
Fortunately, you can feel rested the next day.
Well, fortunately, the cheapest drink is also the healthiest - water.
Let's take a look at the Info Cloud because Steve and Ken have something special
they want to share with us there.
Last month we looked at a small punctuation mark called the hyphen.
This month let's discuss the hyphen's big brother - the dash.
The hyphen and the dash often get mixed up, and it's easy to see why.
Not only did they look similar, the dash being a little longer than the
hyphen...
One of their functions is similar, too.
You remember one of the hyphen's main responsibilities is to separate and
connect individual words.
Well, the dash separates and connects things, too.
Not words, but phrases and sentences, like a comma does but stronger.
Let's look at an example sentence first using a comma:
Jack will go skiing in Switzerland this winter, if he gets a raise.
Here we get the feeling Jack won't be bothered so much if he gets his raise or
not.
Now let's read the same sentence but replace the comma with a dash. Ken?
Jack will go skiing in Switzerland this winter - if he gets a raise.
Well done.
I know it's subtle, but I wonder if you notice the difference.
With the dash, we feel like Jack has his heart set on going to Switzerland.
So getting that raise is very important.
(Chinese).
Well, we are emphasizing the importance of water here.
Sodas and even fruit juices are filled with sugar and may contain dangerous
chemicals.
So what should we do, Gabe?
Well, so instead of paying for a drink, enjoy free water at most restaurants.
Again we see the word "most" here.
"Most" restaurants will serve free water if you just ask.
But of course there are some restaurants where you even have to pay for the
water.
But usually, it is free.
It's the cheapest and the healthiest thing to drink.
That's right, because sodas and fruit juices have a lot of sugar and maybe even
dangerous chemicals that are very bad for your body.
So instead of having those and you have to pay extra for them, you can have free
water.
Now what is the next tip here today?
All right.
When you're eating out, avoid desserts.
OK, we talked a little bit about that before - avoid fattening foods.
And here we read:
At the end of your meal, skip the sweets.
When you skip something, that's another way of saying you just don't do it.
You get past it to the next step.
You skip the dessert.
That's right.
So here we're going to skip the sweets.
By not ordering dessert, you save money and cut down on calories and sugar.
So it's more healthy for you to not eat dessert because you have fewer calories,
less sugar.
And you can even save some money because dessert is usually something extra that
you have to pay for.
That's right.
And this is a phrase that we use when we talk about eating fewer things or doing
something a little less: you cut down on it.
Cutting down on the amount of calories you have.
Cutting down on the amount of time you spend playing video games.
You cut down on calories and sugar when you avoid desserts and other sweets.
Well, it's time for us to learn something new with Michelle in the Language Lab.
(Chinese).
And now let's see what our teachers are up to.
Today we've gone over several different tips on how you can eat healthy and
maintain a good budget.
Well, we want to save money when we go out to eat at a restaurant.
And there have been several tips like knowing your limit, avoiding dessert,
drinking to your health and ordering wisely.
Gabe, do you follow any of these tips when you eat out?
Usually I do, especially knowing my limit.
If there's too much and I can't eat it all, I will just take it to go and eat
the leftovers later.
I especially do that when I return to the United States.
After living in Taiwan for so long where the meal portions are smaller, I go
back there, and the meal portions are huge.
So it's easy to do this.
I only eat half my meal.
And then I take the rest to go to eat it later.
Well, that is a very good tip to follow.
And I hope that you will also try to follow some of these money-saving, healthy
tips.
Well, we'll see you here again on Studio Classroom for the rest of this article.
See you next time.