Lesson 51Reward for virtue对美德的奖赏First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。

51.mp31:44来自小猪佩奇学英语

Why did Hughs diet not work?

为什么休斯的饮食不起作用？

My friend, Hugh, 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 Hugh 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 Hugh 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!

对美德的奖赏我的朋友休一直很胖，但是近来情况变得越发糟糕，以致他决定节食。他是一星期前开始节食的。首先，他开列了一张长长的单子，上面列了所有禁吃的食物。这张单子上的大多数食物都是休喜欢吃的：黄油、土豆、米饭、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。昨天我去看望了他。我按响了门铃，当看到休仍和往常一样胖时，我并不感到惊奇。他把我领进屋，慌忙把一个大包藏到了桌子下面。显然他感到很尴尬。当我问他正在干什么时，他内疚地笑了，然后把那个大包拿到了桌上。他解释说，他的饮食控制得太严格了，以至于不得不偶尔奖赏自己一下。接着他给我看了包里的东西。里面装了5大块巧克力和3袋糖果！

New words and expressions 生词和短语

reward n. 报偿

give sb reward给...报偿(n)

reward sb with sth用...奖赏...

I write sth with a pen.(with 表示 “用” )

reward sb for sth因为...给某人奖赏

...reward him for the first prize

virtue n. 美德

strongpoints 长处, merit优点

shortpoints短处 weak points弱点

diet n. 节食

go on a diet

be on a diet

forbid v. 禁止

forbid sb to do sth : 禁止某人做某事

allow sb to do允许某人做某事

Forbidden City 紫禁城 (被禁止的城市)

Forbidden fruit 禁果

lost : 一个动词的过去分词可以作为形容词用

broken glass被打破的玻璃

hurriedly adv. 匆忙地

embarrass v. 使尴尬

embarrassing : 令人尴尬的

embarrassed:感到尴尬

sth embarrass sb

you embarrassed me你让我感到尴尬

embarrassment

to my embarrassment让我感到尴尬的

guiltily adv. 内疚地

guiltily conscience 问心有愧 ( conscience[ˈkɒnʃəns]n.良心, 道德心 )

clear conscience问心无愧

strict adj. 严格的

be strict with sb

my father is strict with me

be strict in sth

reward v. 给奖赏

occasionally adv. 偶尔的

on the occasion偶尔

sometimes偶尔

at times偶尔

How often do you visit your parents

off and on偶尔

now and again偶尔