
吃菜補鈣
Alma and Bill are at the office cafeteria during lunch break. They are sitting together and talking about their meals.
艾爾瑪和比爾在辦公室餐廳午休,他們坐在一起聊各自的午餐。
meal(n.)餐light meal清淡的餐點home-cooked meal家常菜
Alma: Hey Bill, what did you have for lunch today?
艾爾瑪:嘿,比爾,你今天午餐吃什麼?
Bill: I got a bento with grilled mackerel, brown rice, and some komatsuna. How about you?
比爾:我買了一個便當,有烤鯖魚、糙米和一些小松菜。你呢?
grill(v.)燒烤bake(v.)烘烤
Alma: I had a chicken bento with white rice and some spinach. But I heard komatsuna has more calcium than milk!
艾爾瑪:我吃了雞肉便當,配白飯和菠菜。但我聽說小松菜的鈣比牛奶還多!
spinach(n.)菠菜calcium(n.)鈣
Bill: Really? I didn’t know that. I always thought milk was the best for calcium.
比爾:真的嗎?我不知道。我一直以為牛奶是補鈣最好的選擇。
contain(v.)包含
Alma: Me too! But a nutritionist said komatsuna’s calcium is easier to absorb.
艾爾瑪:我也是!但營養師說小松菜的鈣比較容易吸收。
nutritionist(n.)營養師nutrition(n.)營養/balanced nutrition均衡的營養/poor nutrition營養不良absorb(v.)吸收
Bill: That’s good news! I don’t drink much milk, so I need other sources of calcium.
比爾:這是好消息!我不太喝牛奶,所以我需要其他鈣質來源。
source(n.)來源
Alma: You can get calcium from vegetables like komatsuna, not just from milk or spinach.
艾爾瑪:像小松菜這樣的蔬菜也有鈣,不只牛奶或菠菜才有喔。
Bill: Thanks for the tips, Alma. From now on, I’ll pay more attention to my lunch choices.
比爾:謝謝你的建議,艾爾瑪。從現在開始,我會更注意我的午餐選擇。
from now on從現在開始pay attention to注意、留意
Alma: Me too! Let’s be healthy together!
艾爾瑪:我也是!我們一起注意健康吧!