Grammar on the go:
Say, you are looking really good. Have you dropped some pounds?
"say"- here is try to get attention.
"say"="be quiet!"
Say, Bring me a chair, please.
All this talk about food is making me hungry. Say, does anyone know what time the restaurant opens for dinner?
Say, is anyone interested in getting ice cream?
Vocabulary Tips:
figure-體形，身材，尤指“女性的身材”
*Sherry has a very good figure since she works out every day.
*Renee got her figure back just a few months after she had her baby.
pessimistic-悲觀的
*The author's pessimistic views of the world were expressed in his work.
*The doctor is pessimistic about the patient's condition.
optimistic- 樂觀的 是悲觀的反義詞opposite of pessimistic
*Our team is very optimistic about winning the title.
fad-一時的流行或狂熱。
*The fad of wearing mini skirts has lasted for many years.
*Some teenage girls spend a lot of time and money following latest fashion fads.
sacrifice (v)-捨棄，犧牲 give something up or not doing something you like for someone's good.
* Mandy and her husband sacrificed a lot to support their kids' education.
*Many people sacrificed their time to volunteer for the charity campaign.
*Sometimes we forget how much of a sacrifice our parents make for us.
yo-yo dieting- 一下節食，一下放縱大吃大喝的節食法。yo-yo is a toy, but here mean move or change constantly, unsteady.
yo-yo: 溜溜球。延伸出“上下起伏，搖擺不定的”意思。
*The government's yo-yo tax policies were strongly criticized by the people. 搖擺不定的稅制。
sustain-維持，保持。to keep or maintain the same condition.
*To sustain the present rate of sales growth, we need to find new ways to merchandise our products.
*The coach required harder training of our team in order to sustain our momentum. 維持我們的動力，趨勢。
trim=slim=fit.
Chat Room
pound-重量單位。
Have you dropped some pounds? 你是否掉了幾磅，你是否減輕了幾磅？
put on extra pounds. 發福，增加了體重。
shed-脫落，脫掉。
shed some pounds.-減重
sweat-流汗
sweat off the pounds.流汗方式把多餘的重量除掉，燃燒掉.
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