Mark gets in shape 馬克健身記
It was a hot summer’s day and Mark was in the back yard working on his suntan. He had a big glass of fresh lemonade and a huge bowel of ice cream. He was just thinking that it was a perfect day, when his best friend Kathleen turned up. She took one look at Mark and burst out laughing. “Oh my! You’ve really let yourself go,” she said pointing at his flabby belly. “You need to get yourself in shape. Come with me and I’ll give you a good work out.”
An hour later and they were at the gym. For the first time in his life Mark was wearing sporty clothes. Kathleen was wearing a headband and a t-shirt with “coach” written on it. “The first thing we’re going to do is an intensive cardio work out,” Kathleen said pointing to an exercise bike. Mark got on and cycled for 30 minutes. By the end, he was dripping with sweat and struggling for breath. “That was just your warm up. The treadmill is next,” said Kathleen. By the time they were finished, Mark had been on a stair climber, a rowing machine and a jump rope. He was exhausted.
“Is it time to go home?” Mark asked. “No chance. We’ve just begun!” Kathleen yelled, pointing to the weights room. The weights room was full of gorillas with huge muscles. “Are you sure this is a good idea? What if I get hurt?” Mark asked. “Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing,” said Kathleen. She guided Mark through the equipment, and by the time he was finished, he had done push-ups, pull-ups, bench presses and sit-ups. His entire body was in pain, but Kathleen looked delighted. “That was a great work out. Now, before you can go home, there just one more thing I want to show you…”
(john phillips, staff writer)
1. flabby adj.
鬆弛的 (song1 chi2 de5)
例: Harry looked a little flabby after his vacation.
(哈利放假回來後，看起來胖了一些。)
2. intensive adj.
密集的 (mi4 ji2 de5)
例: We signed up for an intensive Spanish course at the local college.
(我們報名社區大學一個西班牙語密集課程了。)
3. exhausted adj.
精疲力竭的 (jing1 pi2 li4 jie2 de5)
例: Felicity was exhausted after running the marathon.
(菲力瑟帝跑完馬拉松後感到疲憊不堪。)
4. entire adj.
全部的 (quan2 bu4 de5)
例: The entire village protested about the new runway.
(這村裡所有人都反對修建新跑道。)
一個炎炎夏日，馬克正在後院做日光浴。他準備了一大杯新鮮的檸檬水和一大碗冰淇淋。就在他心想這真是完美的一天時，他最好的朋友凱薩琳出現了。她看了馬克一眼後，突然大笑起來。「噢，我的天哪！你太放縱自己了，」她指著馬克鬆垮垮的肚皮說：「你得保持健康的體態。跟我來，我給你好好鍛鍊一下。」
一小時後，他們來到健身房。馬克生平第一次穿上運動服；凱薩琳戴著一條頭帶，穿了一件寫著「教練」字樣的短袖運動衫。「我們先來做一套密集的有氧訓練，」凱薩琳指著一台健身飛輪說。馬克騎了三十分鐘飛輪後，滿身大汗、上氣不接下氣。凱薩琳說：「這只是暖身而已，接下來是跑跑步機。」馬克又做了踏步機、划船機和跳繩等，訓練結束，他簡直累癱了。
馬克問：「現在可以回家了嗎？」凱薩琳指著重量訓練室大吼說：「想都別想，我們才剛開始！」重量訓練室裡全是肌肉結實的大猩猩。馬克問說：「你確定這樣好嗎？如果我受傷怎麼辦？」凱薩琳說：「別擔心，我知道自己在做什麼。」她教馬克如何使用那些器材，等到訓練結束，他已經做了伏地挺身、引身向上、臥舉槓鈴和仰臥起坐。他全身上下痠痛不已，但凱薩琳看起來相當開心。「這次健身相當成�?{在，在你回家之前，我還要給你看一樣東西…」
（翻譯：袁星塵）
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