低升糖食物
Anna and Zoey are sisters.
安娜和佐依是姐妹。
Anna: What shall we make for dinner?
安娜：我們晚餐要煮什麼呢？
Zoey: Hmm… how about fried rice? Pasta? Or steak?
佐依：嗯……炒飯如何？還是義大利麵？牛排？
fried rice炒飯steak(n.)牛排
Anna: I read an interesting study about pasta a few days ago. It found that pasta didn’t lead to weight gain or increase in our body fat.
安娜：我前幾天讀到一個有趣的研究報告，它說義大利麵並不會讓人變胖耶。
read-read-readstudy(n.)研究、調查=research, surveyfind-found-foundlead to導致、造成=cause, result in, bring aboutweight(n.)體重gain(n.)增加、提高、增長=increase
Zoey: Does this mean that people eating pasta wouldn’t put on weight?
佐依：那意思是吃義大利麵的人體重不會增加？
put on長胖、體重增加
Anna: Exactly. On the contrary, the study actually showed a small weight loss.
安娜：沒錯。相反的，這項研究實際上發現體重反而小幅下降。
on the contrary恰恰相反=in contrastshow(v.)顯示、證實loss(n.)喪失、失去
Zoey: That’s surprising. And why is that?
佐依：那太令人意外了，這是為什麼呢？
surprising(adj.)令人意外的=incredible, unexpected, astonishing
Anna: Pasta is not like most “refined” carbs, which are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. It is a low-GI (glycemic index) food, so it causes smaller increases in blood sugar levels.
安娜：義大利麵不像大部分的精製碳水化合物會被血液快速吸收。它是低升糖食物，所以血糖值小幅上升。
refined(adj.)精製的、精煉的carb(n.)碳水化合物=carbohydraterapidly(adv.)迅速地=quickly, promptlybe V-pp 被動語態(被…)absorb(v.)吸收bloodstream(n.)血液glycemic index升胰島素指數、升糖指數cause(v.)造成、導致=lead to, result inblood sugar level血糖值
Zoey: Wow! Then let’s have pastas for dinner.
佐依：哇，晚餐就吃義大利麵吧！