全文 12 句（男女对话）· 8 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet /'daɪət/ n. 节食.
作者2. He began his diet a week ago.
作者3. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden /fə'bɪdn/ v. 禁止.
作者4. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.
作者5. Yesterday I paid him a visit.
作者6. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.
作者7. He led me into his room and hurriedly /'hʌrɪdli/ adv. 匆忙地 hid a large parcel under his desk.
作者8. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed /ɪm'bærəst/ v. 使尴尬.
作者9. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily /'ɡɪltɪli/ adv. 内疚地 and then put the parcel on the desk.
作者10. He explained that his diet was so strict /strɪkt/ adj. 严格的 that he had to reward /rɪ'wɔːd/ v. 给奖赏 himself occasionally /ə'keɪʒnəli/ adv. 偶尔地.
作者11. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel.
作者12. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!
作者1. 我的朋友休一直很胖，但是近来情况变得越发糟糕，以致他决定节食。
作者2. 他是一星期前开始节食的。
作者3. 首先，他开列了一张长长的单子，上面列了所有禁吃的食物。
作者4. 这张单子上的大多数食物都是休喜欢吃的：黄油、土豆、米饭、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。
作者5. 昨天我去拜访他。
作者6. 我按响了门铃，当看到休仍和往常一样胖时，我并不感到惊奇。
作者7. 他把我领进屋，慌忙把一个大包藏到了桌子下面。
作者8. 显然他感到很尴尬。
作者9. 当我问他正干什么时，他内疚地笑了笑，然后把那个大包拿到了桌上。
作者10. 他解释说，他的饮食控制得太严格了，以致不得不偶尔奖赏自己一下。
作者11. 接着他给我看了包里的东西。
作者12. 里面装了5大块巧克力和3袋糖果！