《英語輕鬆學》學好中級口語 #Lesson 08：Kick the Habit 戒除惡習

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 中級口語 

搭配筆記聆聽短文 Listen to the text with the help of the notes given

 

再次聆聽並回答問題 Listen again and answer the questions below

Questions for discussion:

1. What did Jenny realize about her afternoon snacks?

2. What did Jenny want to eat after every meal?

3. How much weight did Jenny lose on the first week of her diet?

 

短文聽讀 Text 　　　　

 　　Jenny drank a lot of soda and was continuously gaining weight. In order to stay fit, she thought that it was about time she kicked the habit of drinking soda. She also found that the afternoon snacks she fondly enjoyed contained too much sugar. Her favorite chocolate cookies, for example, contained 17 g of sugar per“ portion.” And let’s just say she never had only one portion! So, she decided that it was time she cut back on those, too.

 　　It was very hard for Jenny at first: She had sugar cravings after every meal and was desperate for a bar of chocolate! But, through willpower and determination, she managed to stay away from junk food and started to lose weight. In the first week alone, she lost 3 kg. For those of us who drink too much soda and eat too much sugar, maybe it’s high time we kicked the habit, too!

　　珍妮喝很多汽水並持續增胖。為了要保持健康，她認為是時候戒掉喝汽水的壞習慣了。她也發現自己很愛的下午茶點心含糖量過高。例如，她最喜歡的巧克力餅乾每｢份｣就有十七克的糖。而且她從不只吃一份而已！所以，她也決定是時候少吃那些餅乾了。

　　起初，這對珍妮來說很困難：每餐飯後她都會生起想吃糖的渴望，而且特別想來一條巧克力！不過憑著毅力和決心，她成功地遠離垃圾食物並開始瘦下來了。光是第一個禮拜，她就減了三公斤。我們這些喝太多汽水和攝取過多糖
分的人，或許也是時候戒除那些壞習慣了！

實用詞句 Useful Expressions

 1  表示｢該是……的時候了｣的說法

It is

time about time high time

+ 過去式的 that 子句

該是……的時候了

It is time (that) we decided whether to hold a press conference or not.
該是我們決定是否召開記者會的時候了。
It is about time (that) Sophie started to exercise on a regular basis.
該是蘇菲開始規律運動的時候了。
After a long day at work, it is high time (that) you took a rest.
歷經漫長的一天工作後，該是你休息的時候了。

 注意 
使用上列句構時，that 子句的時態須為過去式，且可省略關係代名詞that。上列句構亦可將 that 子句改為不定詞片語，如下：

 

It is

time about time high time

(+ for sb) + to V

該是（某人）……的時候了

故上述三個例句可改寫成：

→ It is time for us to decide whether to hold a press conference or not.
→ It is about time for Sophie to start to exercise on a regular basis.
→ After a long day at work, it is high time for you to take a rest.

 

 2  表示｢假設……｣的說法

Let’s (just) say (+ that 子句)　　假設（……）
= say (+ that 子句)

 注意 
此句型常用於說話者要舉例或建議時，且通常為較隨意的語氣。

Let’s say / Say (that) it takes three months to complete the task; then, we’d better start now.
假設這項任務要花三個月完成，那麼我們最好現在就開工。

 

 

朗讀短文 Read aloud the text

　　Jenny drank a lot of soda and was continuously gaining weight. In order to stay fit, she thought that it was about time she kicked the habit of drinking soda. She also found that the afternoon snacks she fondly enjoyed contained too much sugar. Her favorite chocolate cookies, for example, contained 17 g of sugar per “portion.” And let’s just say she never had only one portion! So, she decided that it was time she cut back on those, too.

 　　It was very hard for Jenny at first: She had sugar cravings after every meal and was desperate for a bar of chocolate! But, through willpower and determination, she managed to stay away from junk food and started to lose weight. In the first week alone, she lost 3 kg. For those of us who drink too much soda and eat too much sugar, maybe it’s high time we kicked the habit, too!

 

換句話說 Retell

continuously, stay fit, kick the habit of, fondly, contain, portion, cut back on, craving, desperate, bar, willpower, determination, stay away from

 

討論題目 Free Talk
Talk on the following topic:

Do you often crave snacks? What do you usually do about your cravings?

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