144 Health (ii)

 

Ni-Hao, This is Mark. Welcome to English World.

                我是xxx。欢迎朋友你来到英语世界。             

In our last program, we talked about something that’s important to everyone.

                上回节目裡﹐我们谈到一项对每个人都很重要的事。

Do you remember the saying from last time?

                还记得我们提到的谚语吗﹖

What is better than wealth?

                有什麼比财富更好﹖

The answer is Health.

                答案是健康。

Health is better than wealth.

                健康胜于财富。

When people in the west make a toast, they often say—“To your health and happiness.”

                西方人在敬酒时﹐常常会說﹕祝你健康快乐。

How about Chinese people, Xxx?

You know what? Most of the Chinese people would wish each other to be wealthy. 大半的中国人反倒会祝福对方财源滾滾﹐发财利市。

Really? Why is that?

                I think it’s because life is hard for most of the people.

                也许因为对多半人来說﹐生活实在太艰苦了。

I still think health is better than wealth.

                I agree with you. 我同意你說的。健康还是胜于财富。

OK, Following is “Everyday Dialogue”.

                接下来是“日常对话”。

Grandma Mae is talking with her grandson.

                一位作祖母的﹐正对著她的孙子說话呢。

Let’s listen to their conversation.

                我们一起来听祖孙的对话。

 

Dialogue

Grandma: You need to eat some fruit. How about a pear?

Grandson: But I don’t like pears.

Grandma: Why don’t you like pears?

Grandson: They're icky.

Grandma: Pears are sweet and good for your health.

Grandson: Unhhh...thank you, but no.

Grandma: Well then, how about an apple?

Grandson: OK, I’ll have one.

Grandma: Good boy. There’s a saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

Grandson: Really? I’ll have two.

 

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Mark, do you like to eat fruit?你喜欢吃水果吗﹖

Of course, I love oranges, grapefruits, and apples.

                嗯﹐你喜欢柳丁(橙)﹐葡萄柚﹐也喜欢苹果。

How about you, Xxx?

                我阿﹐I like guava, dragon eyes, and lizhi.

What are they?

                They are fruits from Asia. guava芭乐 dragon eyes 龙眼 lizhi荔枝

You eat dragon eyes?

                当然了。It’s Yummy.

Enough for the foreign fruits. Let’s come back to pears and apples please.

                好吧。

Let's review the conversation above.

                一起复习刚才的对话。

 

                Grandma: You need to eat some fruit. How about a pear?

                你应该吃鲇水果。来个梨子好吧﹖

                Grandson: But I don’t like pears.

                但是我不喜欢吃梨子。

                Grandma: Why don’t you like pears?

                你为什麼不喜欢梨子﹖

                Grandson: They're icky.

                它吃起来黏瘩瘩的。

ICKY 黏瘩瘩的﹐令人讨厌的。

                Grandma: Pears are sweet and good for your health.

                梨子很甜﹐对身体健康又有益处。

                Grandson: Unhhh... Thank you, but no.

                嗯﹐ 谢谢你﹐但是我不要。

                Grandma: Well then, how about an apple?

                既然这樣﹐来个苹果好吧﹖

                Grandson: OK, I’ll have one.

                好阿﹐我吃一个。

Grandma: Good boy. There’s a saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

                好孩子。有句谚语說﹕“每天一颗苹果让你远离医生。”

KEEP AWAY 远离              

                Grandson: Really? I’ll have two.

                真的吗﹖那我来两个苹果好了。

 

Grammar Snapshot 语法知多少

“An”(a-n) is used before all words beginning with a vowel sound or a silent h.

An 被用在所有以母音开头或是不发音的H开头的字前面

For example, 举例来說 the vowels are A, E, I, O, U 母音或元音是A E I O U

an apple一颗苹果, an elephant一头大象﹐ an eagle一只老鹰 an eye一个眼睛

an orange一个柳丁 an old castle一间古城堡 an umbrella一只雨伞 an hour一小时

Next time when you come across words that start with a vowel sound, don’t forget to use “an” instead of “a”.

下回你碰到以母音开头的字时﹐別忘了用an 而不是a。

 

 

Once again, let’s listen to the conversation between Grandma Mae and Grandson Stephen.

                让我们再来听一回祖孙之间的对话。

 

Grandma: You need to eat some fruit. How about a pear?

Grandson: But I don’t like pears.

Grandma: Why don’t you like pears?

Grandson: They're icky.

Grandma: Pears are sweet and good for your health.

Grandson: Unhhh... Thank you, but no.

Grandma: Well then, how about an apple?

Grandson: OK, I’ll have one.

Grandma: Good boy. There’s a saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

Grandson: Really? I’ll have two.

 

Fun With phrases 趣味词句

health 健康 healthy 健康的

in good health 身体健康﹐

in bad health or in poor health身体不好

lose one's health 丧失健康

physical health 外在身体健康,

mental health 精神心智健康,

spiritual health 灵性健康

health care 保健﹐ health club 健身俱乐部

 

Xxx, everyone desires to be healthy.

                We try to eat healthy and live healthy.每个人都试著吃得健康﹐活得健康。

Exercise is important to build a healthy body.

                运动有益与健康。

I often play tennis and do weight-lifting.

                马可老师常常打网球﹐也喜欢作举重训练。

How about you﹐Xxx?

                I like to hike and ride the bicycle.我喜欢爬山和骑腳车。

To keep healthy, we need to train ourselves in daily exercise.

                每天的运动锻炼对身体健康是必要的。

Physical exercise is good , but there’s something more important in life.

                锻炼身体虽好﹐但是生活裡还有更重要的事。是什麼呢﹖

 

Verse of the Week 每週金句

“For physical training is of some value, 操练身体益处还少﹐

but godliness has value for all things, 唯独敬虔凡事都有益处﹐

holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”因有今生和来生的应许。

I Timothy 4:8 提摩太前书4章8节 (repeat English)

 

 

This verse talks about physical training and spiritual training.

                这个经文說到身体的训练和灵性的训练。

Physical training can build a healthy body for the present life.

                锻炼身体能建立健康強壮的这一生。

But we also need to think about the life to come, the life after this present life.

                但是我们也要想到来生。

What kind of training can we do to prepare for that life?

                为了来生﹐我们要怎樣预备和训练自己呢﹖

 

For that, we need spiritual training.

                我们需要灵性的训练。

We need to train ourselves to be godly.

                我们需要在敬虔上训练自己。

We have to put our hope in the living God our Savior Jesus Christ.

                把我们的盼望寄在永生神救主耶稣基督上面。

And set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

                也在讠语行为﹐爱心﹐信心﹐清洁上都作信徒的榜樣。

That's spiritual training.

                这就是灵性的训练。

Physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things.

                操练身体益处还少﹐唯独敬虔凡事都有益处﹐

We invite you to join us in this training for godliness.

                我们邀请你同我们来操练敬虔的功课。

Together we are diligent in building a healthy spiritual life.

                一起努力建立健康的属灵生命。

 

 

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Thank you for joining us once again in English World.

                谢谢你收听英语世界。

We want to be your friends and invite you to write to us.

                我们希望成为你的朋友﹐也邀请你来信。

We’ll be glad to answer any questions you have in learning English.

                在英语学习上﹐你若有任何问题﹐我们都乐意为你解答。

Also, we invite you to become a member of our “English Club”.

                同时﹐欢迎你成为英语俱乐部的一员。

Don’t forget to request the free booklets which are our gifts to you.

                別忘了﹐向我们索取免费赠送的小冊子。

Until next time, Good Bye.

                下回再见。

 

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Tell me Xxx, what do dragon eyes look like?

                Well, they are small and round and the color is dark brown.

How do you eat it?

                You remove the skin, stick it in your mouth and spit out the seed.

Oh, how can you eat something like that? It’s gross.

                You don’t know what you are missing.