BACKGROUND
Many people want to lose weight. Perhaps it is for health reasons, or just to look better and feel better.
But how about losing weight to save your mother's or father's life?
This is exactly what a college student is doing. Read the article to find out why.
DISCUSS
1. How much do you weigh?
2. Do you feel you need to lose weight?
3. Think of some effective ways to lose weight.
READING COMPREHENSION
1. Why does the father need a new liver?
2. Why was the son unable to donate his liver?
3. What have doctors done to help the son lose weight?
READ THE ARTICLE
LANGUAGE
flab = fat
fight the flab = try to lose weight
bid = attempt
race against time = do something quickly
donate = give sth for a good reason
transplant = move (a body part from one person to another)
undergo = do; have
diagnosed = find out about an illness
fatty liver = too much fat around your liver
moved = touched (emotionally)
inserted = put into sth
abdomen = the area of the body around our stomach
monitoring = watching; observing
brilliant = excellent, wonderful, really great
indebtedness = debt (owing sth to sb)
2 comments:
I think eating a good breakfast and going to bed earlier(before 11pm) are useful to me. According to some books, that can enhance my metabolic rate, so that my body will consume more calories instead of keeping them. If I feel like to eat high caloried or garbage food sometimes, I'll eat them only during daytime. I have ever tryied to resist them, however that made me eaten more eventually.
Eva
First of all, sorry for my slow reply. As you know, I'm in England visiting family at the moment. I will be back in Taiwan on July 7.
Regarding your eating habits, I think eating a nutritious breakfast and going to bed early is excellent advice.
In addition to that, I don't think we should eat again after our last meal of the evening, certainly not just before we go to bed. However, I'm sure many people would disagree with this.
-Simon
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