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May: Mom, this is your third bowl of rice!
Shirley: I know but I have no choice. My stomach just keeps crying for more and more.
May: Why? I never saw you eat so much before.
Shirley: I’ve been going to the gym these days. The exercise makes me hungry all the time.
May: So your stomach is the one that actually gets a lot of work-out.
Shirley: Don’t pull my leg.
May: This way you’ll probably put on more weight. Will you give up?
Shirley: Surely not. I can feel the results. I’m starting to feel different now.
May: Then how are you gonna deal with the problem of getting extra weight?
Shirley: I’m planning to meet my personal trainer to have the work-out plan fixed.
May: Oh, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t you ask Dad to go with you? He badly needs some exercise.
Shirley: Your father is a bit too timid. He even doesn’t know how to introduce himself.
May: He can just say: “I’m Benjamin. I’m new and shy.”
Shirley: Girl, don’t make fun of your Daddy. But I can introduce him to my personal trainer. Maybe one day he will be a fitness freak instead of a cough potato.
May: Who knows!
聽看學
阿美：媽媽，這是你的第三碗米飯了!
雪莉：我知道，但是我沒辦法，我的胃總是想要吃更多。
阿美：為什么?以前我從沒見過你吃這么多啊。
雪莉：我最近去健身房。鍛煉時我總是覺得很餓。
阿美：你的胃一定做了很多的運動嘍!
雪莉：別拿我開心了。
阿美：這樣你可能會增肥的。你會放棄嗎?
雪莉：當然不了，我覺得非常有效果。現在，我開始感覺到(身體的)變化了。
阿美：那你要怎么處理變胖的問題呢?
雪莉：我在考慮見一下我的私人健身教練，改一下健身計劃。
阿美：哦，我有一個主意。干嗎不叫爸爸和你一起去呢?他很需要運動。
雪莉：你爸爸太膽小了。(我想)他連怎么介紹自己都不知道。
阿美：他只要說：“我是本杰明，我是新來的，我很害羞?！?/p>
雪莉：嗨，別拿你爸爸開玩笑。不過，我可以把你爸爸介紹給我的健身教練，也許有一天，你爸爸會變成一個健身狂而不是現在的電視精。
阿美：誰知道呢!
經典背誦 Recitation
May: My mom goes to a gym these days. She says she can feel the difference now. But I think her stomach is the one that actually gets a lot of work-out because she is eating more than before. This way she puts on even more weight. To solve this problem she decides to ask her personal trainer to fix her work-out plan.
生詞小結
stomachache n. 胃痛
badly adv. 極度地
timid adj. 膽怯的
introduce vt. 介紹
shy adj. 害羞的
freak n. 怪人
注釋
1.fitness freak: fitness的意思是健康，freak的意思是怪物，有的人瘋狂迷戀健身，所以被稱為fitness freak(健身狂)。
2. couch potato: couch potato長沙發，土豆，當然這里既沒有沙發也沒有土豆，這是幽默的手法，因為有的人老看電視，什么都不做，像種在沙發中的土豆一樣，意思是“電視精”。
Scene practice 情景練習
自我介紹句型
仔細閱讀下面五個場景，兩人一組，使用自我介紹的句型，用一用，練一練。
1.A new neighbor has just moved into the flat next to Shirley. If you were Shirley, how will you introduce yourself?
2.If you were Benjamin, you meet an important person for the first time. What do you say?
3.If you were May, you are introduced to Gucci’s boyfriend, he shakes your hands and greets you. How would you replay?
4.If you were Jane, you are at a party and you see some you don’t know. How do you introduce yourself?
5.If you were Benjamin, someone new arrives at your place of work. How will you introduce yourself?
