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Lesson 51 Reward for virtue 对美德的奖赏

My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

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。他是一星期前开始节食的。首先，他开列了一张长长的单子，上面列了所有禁吃的食物。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。昨天我去看望了他。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。他把我领进屋，慌忙把一个大包藏到了桌子下面。显然他感到很尴尬。当我问他正干什么时，他内疚地笑了，然后把那个大包拿到了桌上。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。接着他给我看了包里的东西。里面装了5大块巧克力和3袋糖果！

• virtue 美德, 好品性
  • by virtue of 凭借 She succeeded by virtue of her tenacity rather than her talent.
  • make a virtue (out) of sth 将（尤指坏事）变好事；对…因势利导

  I had a few months to spare between jobs (坏事) so I thought I'd make a virtue of necessity of acquiring a few new skills.(好事)
  The movie makes a virtue out of its economy. 这部分电影充分利用了其有限的成本 .

• thing got bad
  • thing: (不能、不必、不愿指明的)东西，事物，特征，事情

  • If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
  • We got blamed for all kinds of things.
  • Things could be worse. 事情不算太糟糕.
  • In my country, it is not a bad thing to master the art of speaking.

• go on a diet
  • on a diet 限制饮食, 节食

  • I am going on a diet tomorrow and hope to lose 2kg before Chrismas.

• first of all 首先, 第一, to introduce the first of a number of things you want to say.
• write out = write
  • wake up = wake
  • open up = open
  • wrap up = wrap
  • save up = save
• pay: indicate that some given or done
  • Do pay us a visit next time you're in Shanghai.
  • He lost 10 penny, but paid no attension to it.
  • pay sb's (last) respects to the dead man 向遗体告别
  • pay sb a call 也是拜访某人
• lead sb prep-phr
  • lead his soldiers into battle ...
  • lead us through the mountains.
• embarrassed: feels shy, ashamed, or guilty about something
  • She felt embarrassed about undressing in front of the doctor.
• strict 严格地, 不遵守会有惩罚的那种
• occasionally 偶尔 sometimes but not often
  • very occasionally = rarely
  • We occasionally meet for a drink occasionally.

From Herbert's View:

// 这边的时态不知道怎么把控
I am Herbert but my friends always call me Fatty. Altough I am 170cm tall, I have a weight of 170kg as well. I felt out of breath even if I had a short distance of walk because of my weight. Things got so bad that I decided to go on a diet last week. I wrote out a long list of all foods which were strict forbiden. This list included most things I love: chocolate, sweets, butter and hamburgers. As all things I love were forbidden, I just ate some vegetables and water for the first two days. I was very proud of me, because it was not easy for a normal man to just eat vegetables and water every day. I decided to reward myself with things I love: two large bars of chocolate and five bags of sweets.

Knowledges

• forbidden
  • adj. 一般作表语. smoking is forbidden.
  • 作定语: 在地方性名词前是禁止进入之意, 用于其他词是令人反感的;忌讳的之意. forbidden subject 禁忌话题 forbidden desire 压抑的欲望
  • It is forbidden for sb to do sth.
• favour 和 love 的动词区别
  • favour有更喜爱的意思
• reward
  • offer sb a reward
  • He do A as a reward for doing B. 因为B事好, 才有了A事. He was given the job as a reward for running a successful leadership bid.
  • reward sb for sb with sth. He rewarded their hostility with kindness.

From My's View:

As fast food is popular, obesity become a common problem. People eat more and exercise less then they put on weight day after day. They never think of control their mouth until they discover that they have not been able to put on their trousers. It is the first thing to write out a long list of foods forbidden for a man who have decided to go on a diet. They will follow the diet for the first several weeks. Their weight may lose during that time, in which case they may be happy to reward themself with many foods they love. If someone keep his/her weight or even get a weight gain, he/she will be so angry as to think that it is usefulless to be on a diet. There are only a very few people who have lost weight through strict diet.

Knowledges

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• obesity 肥胖症(医学上)

Remembers

• pay: indicate that some given or done
  • Do pay us a visit next time you're in Shanghai.
  • He lost 10 penny, but paid no attention to it.
  • pay sb's (last) respects to the dead man 向遗体告别
  • pay sb a call 也是拜访某人
• forbidden 这词使用上要注意
  • adj. 一般作表语. smoking is forbidden.
  • 作定语: 在地方性名词前是禁止进入之意, 用于其他词是令人反感的;忌讳的之意. forbidden subject 禁忌话题 forbidden desire 压抑的欲望
  • It is forbidden for sb to do sth.

(作文时间: 2017-02-06, 耗时: 100 分钟)

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