
糙米取代白米
Jason and Nina are colleagues. They are chatting.
傑森和妮娜是同事。他們正在聊天。
Jason: Hi, Nina. You look tired. Are you alright?
傑森:嗨,妮娜。你看起來好累。你還好嗎?
Nina: I want to sleep. I sleep about seven hours every day, but I still feel sleepy in the morning. Should I buy some vitamin B complex capsules from a drugstore?
妮娜:我想睡覺。我每天都睡大約七小時,但我早上還是很睏。我應該去藥局買一些維生素B群膠囊嗎?
sleepy(adj.)睏的vitamin B complex維生素B群capsule(n.)膠囊drugstore(n.)藥局
Jason: Well, vitamin B complex cannot give you energy, but it plays an important role in releasing energy from the food that you eat.
傑森:嗯,維生素B群沒辦法給你能量,但它在幫忙釋出你吃的食物中的能量上扮演重要的角色。
energy(n.)能量、精力play a role in~ 在~扮演角色release(v.)釋放
Nina: Really? I didn’t know that before.
妮娜:真的嗎?我之前都不曉得。
Jason: Yes. Many kinds of food contain vitamin B, so having a balanced diet is much more helpful than just taking vitamin B capsules.
傑森:對啊。很多食物都含有維生素B,所以擁有均衡的飲食比吃維生素B膠囊還有幫助。
diet(n.)飲食balanced diet均衡的飲食healthy diet健康的飲食
Nina: I see. Then what kinds of food should I eat?
妮娜:原來如此。那我該吃哪種食物呢?
Jason: You should eat vegetables, fruits, and dairy products.
傑森:你應該吃蔬菜、水果,還有乳製品。
dairy(adj.)乳製的product(n.)產品
Nina: Well, I often eat out. It’s a little bit difficult for me. What else?
妮娜:嗯,我常常外食。這對我來說有點難。還有嗎?
eat out吃外食
Jason: You can also replace white rice and white bread with brown rice and whole-wheat bread.
傑森:你可以用糙米和全麥麵包取代白米和白麵包。
replace(v.)取代、代替replace A with B用B取代Abrown rice糙米whole(adj.)全部的wheat(n.)小麥whole-wheat bread全麥麵包
Nina: Do they have more vitamin B than white rice and white bread?
妮娜:它們比白米和白麵包有更多的維生素B嗎?
Jason: Yep.
傑森:沒錯。
Nina: Ok. Maybe I should try to cook something at home rather than eat out.
妮娜:好的。或許我應該試著在家煮點什麼,而不是吃外食。
rather than而不是