Diet

 

Christine: What are you eating, Joe?

Joe: Instant noodles, what?

C: No way!It does no good to you.

J: Really?But they are delicious…

C: They will kill you!

J: Why?

C: Haven’t you checked the label?

J: No, I am just too hungry to…

C: You are on a diet, aren’t you?

J: Yeah. I thought it’s fine to have some instant noodles.

C: No, you are on the wrong track.Just take a look at the label.

J: Oh, my~~ More than 600 calories.I can’t eat anything else today!

C: Well, you learned your lesson.Look before you eat.

J: But, if I can’t eat it, what can I eat?

C: You can take more green-leafy vegetables and fruit, instead of junk food, such as fried chickens…

J: Tell me about that!I just miss the taste of meat.

C: You can have fish.Fish is great.It provides adequatenutrition your body needs and doesn’t add much weight like meat does.

Vocabulary & Expressions:

tell me about that

用不著你告訴我

calorie

卡路里

on a diet

減肥中

green-leafy vegetables

綠葉蔬菜

on the wrong track

用錯方式

nutrition

營養

label

標示

adequate

適當的