新概念英语第二册笔记_第51课

Lesson 51 Reward for Virtue 对美德的奖赏

Why did Hugh's diet not work?

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. 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. 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!

参考译文

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！

New words and expressions 生词和短语

★ reward n. 报偿

同义词compensate, pay,, award

反义词punish, punishment

rewarded rewarded rewarding

n. 报酬、奖赏、酬谢、赏金

eg：He received a medal in reward for his bravery.

他因表现勇敢而获得了一枚奖章

eg：A 10-million reward has been offered for the capture of Bin Laden .

悬赏一千万美元捉拿本拉登

eg：He worked hard without（any）hope of reward .

他辛勤工作,但却不期待得到报酬。

v. 给予报酬，酬谢，报答

eg：Is this how you reward me for my help ？

你就这样报答我对你的帮助吗?

eg：You will be fully rewarded with all your efforts .

你所有的努力都将得到充分的回报。

eg：I will reward you later . 以后我会报答你。

rewarding adj. 报酬的, 有益的, 值得的

a rewarding experience一次富有价值的经历

★virtue n. 美德

同义词goodness, righteousness, morality 复数virtues

（1）美德、善、清高（反意词：vice 恶行，缺德行为）

a man of virtue有德之人

eg：Honesty is a virtue . 诚实是一种美德。

lead a life of virtue 过高尚的生活

eg：Virtue is its own reward . (谚)做好事即乐在其中.

eg：All of the virtues get here . 全聚德

（2）优点、长处

eg：The big class has the virtue of making more friends .

大量的美德使能交更多的朋友。

eg：My room has virtue of being warm even in winter .

我的房间有个好处即使是冬天也很温暖。

Virtual adj. ['və:tjuəl] 实质的, 实际上的

eg：Our deputy manager is the virtual head of the business .

我们的副经理是公司的实际负责人.

★diet n. 节食

同义词food and drink, food, foodstuffs, victuals

复数diets

dieted dieted dieting

（1）节食go on a diet ＝be on a diet实行节食

lose weight 减重←→put on weight ＝gain weight 增胖

（2）（日常的）饮食

a balanced diet 均衡的饮食；diet sheet（病人的）规定食谱

★forbid v. 禁止, 不许[O1][O2][+v-ing...

同义词prohibit, disallow, bar, ban 反义词permit, allow

forbid －forbade－forbidden－ forbidding

forbid +n. / doing

eg：Who can forbid our marriage ？谁可以禁止我们的婚姻？

eg：Smoking is forbidden in this building . 在这幢楼里吸烟是被禁止。