about this. Parents must remember that their children need to eat plenty of healthy foods. This does not include most snacks, as they are high in salt and/or sugar. This is also true of such unhealthy food that comes from fast

food. People that need to watch their health should go on a green diet. This means that there is much more vegetables than meat or sugar products. They should mind these eating do’s and don’ts in order not gain weight. It is much easier to not to gain weight than it is in trying to get rid of it. Sleeping and rest are also essential to having a healthy lifestyle. This allows your body to readjust and gain energy for the next day. In addition to food and rest, a

regimen of proper sports must be injected in order to strengthen the body and

lose weight. Exercises which are more intense such as aerobics should be done if

this is the goal. If you want to gain muscle, then resistant exercises as with

weights should be done. The proper thing that you should remember when going on a diet is that a diet is not a temporary change in what you eat and whether you

exercise. A diet, to be affective, must be a life change. This requires the

proper mind-set of wanting to stay healthy and pushing yourself in order to

achieve this goal.

【聽看學】

在當今的中國，我們可以看到由于不均衡的飲食和缺乏運動所引發的越來越多的健康問題。我們需要采取行動來解決這一問題。父母應該謹記他們的孩子需要吃足夠的健康食品。所謂的健康食品并不包括大部分的零食，因為它們的含鹽或含糖量太高。快餐中的不健康食品也是如此。需要關注健康的人們應該堅持吃“綠色飲食”。這意味著要多吃蔬菜，少吃肉類和高糖食品。他們應當注意吃什么不吃什么的問題，這樣才不會增肥。不增肥比減肥要容易得多。睡眠和休息對于健康的生活方式也是十分必要的。這使你的身體得以調整，并為第二天的工作儲備能量。除了飲食和休息外，為了增強體質和減肥，人們還需要進行適當的體育鍛煉。如果確定了目標，人們應該進行更為激烈的運動，比如做有氧運動。如果你想獲得肌肉，那么進行負重的對抗訓練是必需的。當你減肥的時候，你要知道減肥不只是短時間內在吃什么或者做什么樣的運動上做一些改變就可以了。有效的減肥需要做終身的改變。這需要有渴望保持健康的信念，也需要為了達成這樣的目標而進行自我督促。

【Grammar 語法小結】虛擬語氣

在it’s (high) time 后的定語從句要用虛擬語氣，表示“是做……的時間了，該……了”。由從屬連詞that 引導的賓語從句表示陳述意義，連詞that 常可省略。例如：

It’s time we went. 我們該走了。

It’s time we were leaving. 我們該動身了。

It’s time we ordered the dinner. 現在該點菜了。

It’s high time you bought a pair of new shoes. 你該買雙新鞋了。

It’s high time you made up your mind. 這是你下決心的時候了。

It’s high time you got a job and settled down. 你該找個工作安定下來了。

【Do it together 家庭總動員】兩人一組，一方朗誦下面的中文句子，另一方說出相對應的英語句子。

1. 我們該回家了。

2. 你該結婚了。

3. 我們應該玩點新的東西。

4. 這是做決定的時候了。

5. 你該剪頭發了。

1. It’s time that we tried something new.

2. It’s high time that I made the decision.

3. It’s time we went back home.

4. It’s time that you had your hair cut.

5. It’s high time that you got married