My friend, Hugh, 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 Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets.

我的朋友，休，總是很胖，但最近有個糟糕的事，他決定去控制飲食。他一周前開始控制。一開始，他寫了一個單子，列出了所有不能吃的食物。這個單子上包括了大部分休喜歡吃的東西：黃油、土豆、米飯、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力，和糖果。

Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh 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.

昨天我去他那里作客。我按了門鈴，并不驚訝于看到休還是那么胖。他讓我進(jìn)屋，并馬上把一個大包裹藏在了桌子下邊。很顯然他非常尷尬。

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!

當(dāng)我問他，他在做什么時，他愧疚地笑著，然后把包裹放在了桌子上。他解釋道，他的節(jié)食太嚴(yán)厲了，需要偶爾獎勵一下自己。然后他給我看了包裹里的東西，里邊有五大塊巧克力和三包糖果！