学二姐，每日一篇新概念 II册第51课 ，边学边实践-10月9日

51. reward for virtue
My friend, Hebert, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hebert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hebert was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

My friend, Hebert, was too fat and he had to be on a diet for health problems. He made a big resolution and listed all the things he was forbidden to touch: butter, chocolate and sweets etc. yesterday I visited him. I didn’t feel surprised to see that he was till as big as before. He led me into his room and he quickly hid a bag under his desk embarrassedly. I asked him what he was doing and he smiled guiltily. He told me the diet was so hard that he had to reward himself occasionally. The bag was full of the things he loved so well.

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