I'monadiettoloseweight

by Jim Green/赫廣銘(譯)

☆情景呈現

布里安娜正在節食中,但她的朋友阿提庫斯正試圖哄她吃一些冰激凌。面對各種口味的冰激凌,布里安娜能忍受住阿提庫斯的誘惑嗎？請聽他們怎么說吧!

Atticus: Would you like to have some ice-cream?I've got a variety of flavors for you to choose from.I've got strawberry,peach,chocolate,chocolate chip,chocolate brownie,coffee,vanilla,rocky road,butter pecan,and praline.

Breanne:Wow!What choices you have!I wish I could,but I just can't.I'm on a diet to lose weight.

Atticus: Come on!It's just a bite.It doesn't really hurt to have just a bite.

Breanne:I'd better not.Please don't tempt me.Please!

Atticus: Gee!You are really strong-willed.

Breanne:You're right.I'm not so easily coaxed into doing anything that I think is wrong.

Atticus: Well,I'd better not tempt you.Otherwise,if I give you a piece of cake,you might ask for a glass of milk.

☆詞語卡片

1.flavor/'fle?v? /n.香料；滋味；情味；風味

2.vanilla/v?'n?l? /n.香草；香子蘭

3.praline/'prɑ?li?n/n.果仁糖；胡桃糖；干果糖

4.strong-willed/'str??'wild/adj.意志堅強的

5.coax/k??ks/v.哄；誘騙；靈巧慢慢地做

☆典句積累

1.Would you like to have some ice-cream?你想要一些冰激凌嗎？

2.Please don't tempt me.Please!請不要誘惑我。拜托啦！

3....if I give you a piece of cake,you might ask for a glass of milk.如果我給你一塊蛋糕,你可能會要一杯牛奶。

☆對話試譯

阿提庫斯：你想要一些冰激凌嗎？我有草莓、桃、巧克力、巧克力片、巧克力布朗尼、咖啡、香草、巖石路、奶油核桃和果仁糖等多種口味的供你選擇。

布里安娜：哇！你有那么多選擇！我倒希望我能選擇,但我不能這樣做。我正在節食減肥呀。

阿提庫斯：來吧！只是咬一口。僅僅咬一口不會有什么壞處的。

布里安娜：我最好不要這樣做。請你不要誘惑我。拜托！

阿提庫斯：哎呀,你意志還真堅定啊！

布里安娜：沒錯。我不太容易被誘使做一些我認為是錯誤的事情的。

阿提庫斯：好吧,我就不誘惑你啦。否則,我給你一塊蛋糕的話,你有可能會要一杯牛奶。