节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-06-24
难易度:Medium
关键字:place an order, otherwise, calorie, normally, replenish
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And you are joining us for a lesson about dieting.
That's right. Our title is called The Ups and Downs of Diets.
Well, there are many kinds of diets out there.
Many people want to go on diets for different reasons.
But what kinds of methods or ways of dieting come to your mind?
What comes to your mind, Carolyn, when you think of going on a diet?
Well, the first thing I think of when I hear the word "diet" is, well, I want to
lose weight, so I will eat less; so eating fewer things throughout the day.
But that's not always the healthiest way to lose weight.
I think that instead of eating fewer things, you could replace the things that
you are already eating with something healthier.
OK. I agree with you.
Sometimes people just don't even eat certain meals throughout the day; they just
eat less.
But something else you could do when you go on a diet is maybe just eat fruits
and vegetables.
That's called the fruits and vegetables diet.
You don't eat other things.
Well, what comes to your mind when you think about going on a diet?
We're going to be talking about different diets in the next couple of days.
The Ups and Downs of Diets, or the pros and cons of diets.
Let's begin.
(Music).
The Ups and Downs of Diets.
What should you do when you want to lose weight?
Ellie and Danielle meet at a coffee shop, place their orders and take a seat.
Ellie, why are you just having coffee?
I thought we were meeting for coffee and dessert.
I'm not eating dessert these days.
I'm going to Florida on vacation, and I need to lose about 15 pounds.
Otherwise I won't be able to fit into any of my summer clothes.
When do you leave?
In less than a month.
In order to lose one pound of fat, you have to eat 3,500 fewer calories a week
than you usually eat.
So I'm on a diet.
Well, we start our lesson with a question:
What should you do when you want to lose weight?
And we have two friends and their conversation here.
Ellie and Danielle meet at a coffee shop, place their orders and take a seat.
So our two friends, Ellie and Danielle, two young ladies are at a coffee shop,
and they place their orders.
Now that is a great phrase from our Word Bank.
Gabe, can you tell us about this?
Yeah. That just means to order your food at a restaurant or coffee shop or
something else like that.
You place your order.
Now you, as a customer, place your order.
But if a waiter or waitress comes to your table, they will do something else -
they take your order.
They might say: Can I take your order?
So you place an order, you tell them what you want.
They take your order.
That's right.
So they're at a coffee shop, and they place their orders and take a seat.
Now this is a conversation, Gabe.
So would you like to be Ellie or Danielle?
Hmm, let's see... Ellie or Danielle? Ellie... I'll be Ellie.
How about that?
OK.
You be Ellie.
I will be Danielle.
OK.
All right. Well, Danielle starts:
Ellie, why are you just having coffee?
I thought we were meeting for coffee and dessert.
I am not eating dessert these days.
I'm going to Florida on vacation, and I need to lose about 15 pounds.
That's a lot of weight, actually.
Fifteen pounds?
Well, yeah. I need to lose 15 pounds.
You know, it's true.
Some people like to lose 15 pounds or more.
They have a goal.
They want to lose a certain amount of weight in a certain amount of time.
That's normal, right, Carolyn?
Well, people do usually set weight goals when they decide that they want to lose
weight.
And it sounds like Ellie's goal is to lose 15 pounds because she's going on
vacation to Florida.
So please continue your line.
I want to know why she needs to lose 15 pounds to go on vacation.
OK. I need to lose 15 pounds.
Otherwise I won't be able to fit into any of my clothes.
Oh, any of your summer clothes.
I guess people wear different clothes in the summer.
And it could be difficult to fit into them if you have gained weight throughout
the winter.
Now in that sentence "otherwise I won't be able to fit into any of my summer
clothes," there's another word from our Word Bank.
That's right.
It is the word "otherwise." You use this at the beginning of a sentence,
maybe... maybe in the middle.
And you can use it like this:
If it's sunny, let's go out to the park and play.
Otherwise let's just stay inside and watch a movie.
That is a great example.
And I think Danielle has the next line.
When do you leave?
In less than a month.
In order to lose one pound of fat, you have to eat 300... I mean, 3,500 fewer
calories a week than you usually eat.
Whoa! That is a lot of calories to lose one pound of fat.
And "calories" is another word from our Word Bank.
A "calorie" is the amount of energy in the food you eat.
So we need to eat calories.
They're very important if we want to have energy so that we can move and do
things, but...
Well, that's true.
If you want to lose weight, she says that you need to eat fewer calories.
That's right, 3,500 fewer calories each week.
Well, of course almost everything you eat will have calories in it.
But sometimes you might eat something that has too many calories.
Be careful about what you eat.
Think about how many calories you have.
You know, a lot of people love to eat or drink (Chinese), the pearl milk tea.
Actually, one of those could have almost 800 calories or more.
That's a lot of calories.
That is.
Maybe she just needs to not drink any pearl milk tea, or bubble milk tea.
Yes.
Well, I think you have one more little sentence there, Ellie.
Ah, right.
So I'm on a diet.
You're on a diet?
I don't think you're standing on a diet.
No... silly, Carolyn, not on something like that.
This is a phrase you use when you talk about dieting.
You say you are on a diet.
But you can use those words "on a" something to talk about other things as well,
right, Carolyn?
That's right.
You might say: I'm on a tight schedule.
I don't have a lot of time.
I'm on a schedule, or a tight schedule, so I'm very busy.
OK. You might be on a tight budget as well.
You can't spend a lot of money.
Of course usually you hear things like "I'm going on a break," or "I'm going on
a vacation." Or here in today's lesson, we find out that Ellie is on a diet.
That's right.
Well, right now it is time for us to go on a little journey to the Language Lab
and visit Michelle.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.