VOA慢速英语:Some People Go to Extremes to Lose Weight

1. But experts say exercise alone is not enough if your goal is to lose weight.

lose weight 体重减轻
例句：I think she might have lost a bit of weight.
我想她体重可能减轻了一些。

2. Many of us gain weight because of inactivity during the winter.

because of 因为
例句：Because of the storm he didn't go there.
因为暴风雨他没有去那儿。

3. But first you have to be willing to swallow the little creature.

be willing to 乐于，愿意
例句：He is willing to go through the mill. 
他愿接受磨炼。 

4. One research company says the weight loss business will be worth more than five hundred eighty billion dollars worldwide by the year twenty fourteen.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

5.  And, there are thousands of different kinds of diet pills and programs.

thousands of 成千上万,几千
例句：A computer consists of thousands of components. 
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。 

6. Many experts agree on one thing: that to lose weight, you must use or burn off more calories than you take in.

agree on 同意
例句：They agree on these terms. 
他们一致同意这些条款。

7.  To lose that fat in a week, you have to burn off at least that amount in calories or eat that much less.

burn off 烧掉
例句：We are going to burn off the waste paper. 
我们准备把废纸烧掉。

8. These included a low-fat diet, a low-carb diet and a Mediterranean diet, which is made up of fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, olive oil and nuts.

be made up of 由……组成
例句：Life is made up of little things. 
[谚]人生是由琐碎的事物构成的。 

9. The researchers concluded that the most important thing for any diet is that people stick with it.

stick with 继续做，坚持
例句：I'll be old-fashioned and stick with people. 
我还是老古板，我还是要继续和人打交道。 

10. People who have had this operation are forced to eat smaller amounts of food because their top stomach fills up much faster.

fill up 装满
例句：He has filled up the tank with gas.
他已给油箱装满了汽油。