51 Reward for Virtue

Reward for virtue

对美德的奖赏

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat,

我的朋友休一直很胖,

but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.

但是近来情况变得越发糟糕,以致他决定节食。

He began his diet a week ago.

他是一星期前开始节食的。

First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.

首先，他开列了一张长长的单子,上面列了所有禁吃的食物。

The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.

这张单子上的大多数食物都是休喜欢吃的:黄油、上豆、米饭，啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。