Paddy: How often do you eat out Jim?
帕迪：你多久出去吃一次？
Jim: All the time (一直，一向), almost five times a week.
吉姆：一直出去吃，一周几乎要5次了。
Paddy: Wow, I really envy you.
帕迪：哇，我真的很羡慕你啊。
Jim: Don't envy me. It's for business. In fact, I'm sick and tired of restaurant food. Sometimes I just want a home-cooked meal.
吉姆：不要羡慕我，因为要应酬。事实上，我已经对餐馆食物厌烦了。有时候我只想吃一顿家常便饭。
Paddy: Eating out makes me fat. How do you keep weight in check（keep weight under control 控制体重）?
帕迪：出去吃东西让我长胖了。你是如何控制你的体重的？
Jim: I try not do drink too much
alcohol1 and I try to eat early in the evening.
吉姆：我会尽可能不去喝很多酒，我也会在晚上早些时候去吃东西。
Paddy: A good little trick is to avoid meat three days per week.
帕迪：一个好的方法就是在一周中要3天不吃肉。
Jim: I’m not sure I could do that one!
吉姆：我不确定我能否做到!
Paddy: Well try it. If you do it every week you will live longer!
帕迪：那就试试吧。你如果每周都这么做，你就会更长寿哦！
Jim: Are you sure?
吉姆：你肯定吗？
Paddy: If you’re not doing
manual2 work everyday, there’s no need to
consume3 so much protein, is there? I mean people had to in the past but we live different lifestyles now.
帕迪：如果你每天不需要做很多体力活，你不需要消耗很多蛋白质，不是吗？我的意思是过去人们需要这样，但我们现在的生活方式已经改变了。
Jim: Now there’s food for thought!
吉姆：现在可是在给头脑充电呢。
Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！
manual work:手工活，体力活
consume: 消耗
protein: 蛋白质
