Mrs. Stewart was worried about her weight.
  “I’m much too fat,” she told her friend. “I need to lose a lot
of weight but I don’t know how to do it.”
  “Go and see Dr. Coffey,” her friend said. “He’ll tell you how
to lose weight.”
  Mrs. Stewart visited Dr. Coffey and told him her problem.
  “It isn’t difficult to lose weight,” he told her. “All you need to
do is go on a diet. I’ll give you one.”
  He began to write on a piece of paper. “Eat lots of fruit and
vegetables. Also eat a lot of lean meat and grains.”
  When he finished, he handed her the piece of paper. “Here
you are,” he said. “Eat all those things and you’ll soon lose

weight.”
  A few weeks later, Mrs. Stewart’s friend called on her.
  She was surprised to see that she was even fatter than
before and that she was eating a huge sandwich with chocolate
cake and ice cream.
  “I thought you were on a diet,” she said.
  “Oh, I am,” Mrs. Stewart replied. “I’ve already had all the
food on my diet today. Now I’m eating my dinner.”

          节　食
  斯图尔特夫人十分担心自己的体重。
  她向朋友诉苦道：“我太胖了，必须减肥，可又不知道如何减，怎么办
啊？”
  朋友建议她说：“去问问高菲医生吧，他会给你些建议的。”
  斯图尔特夫人去拜访了高菲医生，并向他倾诉了自己的烦恼。
  医生说：“减肥并不难啊，你只要注意节食就好了，我会给你提供一份
健康饮食的食谱。”
  医生边说边在纸上写着：“多吃水果和蔬菜，多吃瘦肉和米饭。”
  写完后，医生把那张纸递给她说：“按照这个做，你很快就会瘦下来
的。”
  几周后，斯图尔特夫人的朋友来看她。她正在吃一个巨型三明治、巧克
力蛋糕和冰激凌，看起来比以前更胖了，她的朋友惊呆了。
  “我还以为你会按照食谱合理饮食呢。” 她朋友说。
  斯图尔特夫人回答说：“对啊，我正是遵照食谱做的。今天我已经把食
谱上列的所有食物都吃了，现在正吃晚餐呢。”