Unit 2 Healthy eating(Period 2 Learning about language: Important language points)
2)vt. & vi. (be allowed to)eat only some foods or a little food, esp. to lose weight節食
the doctor has dieted the patient strictly.
醫生嚴格規定病人的飲食。
no sugar in my coffee, please; i’m dieting.
請不要給我的咖啡放糖, 我在節食。
【辨析】diet & food
diet指的是日常飲食或限定的食物, 尤指維持健康的定量或定質的食物, 通常為可數名詞; food是一般用語, 凡能吃能喝的具有營養的東西都可稱為food, 通常為不可數名詞, 但涉及食物的種類時可用作可數名詞。
fill in the blanks with diet or food.
(1)the doctor has ordered me a special ______________.
醫生給我安排了特殊的飲食。
(2)we must have ______________ to eat and clothes to wear.
我們必須有東西吃, 有衣服穿。
(3)the sick man must not go without ______________, but he must have a ______________ without sugar.
這個病人不吃東西不行, 但不能吃含糖的東西。
suggested answers: (1)diet (2)food (3)food; diet
2. what will happen to you if you don’t eat a balanced diet?
要是你不平衡飲食, 會發生什么呢？
balance
1)n. instrument used for weighing天平; 秤even distribution; steadiness平衡; 平穩
the child couldn’t keep his balance on his new bicycle.
孩子騎在他的新自行車上不能保持平衡。
he lost his balance and fell over.
他失去平衡, 跌倒了。
the growth of the new political party upset the balance of power.
新政黨的壯大打破了力量的均勢。
2)vt. & vi. keep or put sth. in a state of balance保持平衡
how long can you balance on one foot?
你能單腳站立多久？
you have to balance the advantages of living downtown against the disadvantages.
你必須權衡住在市中心的利弊。
try to balance your diet by eating more fruit and less protein.
多吃些水果, 少攝入些蛋白質, 使飲食均衡合理。
3)balanced adj. keeping or showing a balance（通常作定語）保持平衡的; 顯示平衡的
a balanced diet均衡飲食
a balanced state of mind內心的平衡
【拓展】
in the balance（命運）未定, 在危急中; 不確定
though her life was in the balance, she thought only of the safety of her fellows.
盡管她生命危急, 但她一心只想著她伙伴們的安全。
off balance不穩
on balance總的來說
their suggestion has, on balance, proved practicable.
總的說來, 他們的建議已被證明是可行的。
3. wang peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated.
王鵬坐在他那空蕩蕩的餐館里, 感到很沮喪。
feeling very frustrated是現在分詞短語, 在句子中作狀語, 表示伴隨情況。例如:
she sat on the chair reading a newspaper.
她坐在椅子上, 在讀報。
pretending to look frightened, i backed towards the door.
我裝出害怕的樣子, 退到門口。
另外, 現在分詞短語作狀語, 還可表示時間、原因、結果等。例如:
walking in the street, she met her old friend.
她走在街上的時候, 遇到一位老朋友。（表時間）