養生馬芬蛋糕
Mike and Cindy are cooking.
麥克和辛蒂在煮東西。
cook(v.)烹飪
Mike: Boiled eggs, beans and chicken breast? Those are tasteless and boring.
麥克：水煮蛋、豆子還有雞胸？這些沒味道又無聊。
boiled(adj.)水煮的chicken breast雞胸tasteless(adj.)無味的boring(adj.)無聊的
Cindy: I’m on a diet. I can only have something healthy.
辛蒂：我在節食，只能吃健康的食物。
be on a diet節食中healthy(adj.)健康的
Mike: Well, maybe you can try to eat some bugs.
麥克：那你也許可以試著吃點蟲子啊。
try(v.)嘗試bug(n.)蟲子
Cindy: What? It sounds disgusting. What do you mean?
辛蒂：什麼啊？聽起來好噁心，你是什麼意思？
disgusting(adj.)噁心的
Mike: Some researchers said that insects have vitamins, minerals and healthy fats and may be good for the human body.
麥克：有些研究者說，昆蟲有維他命、礦物質及健康的脂肪，可能對人體好。
researcher(n.)研究者insect(n.)昆蟲vitamin(n.)維他命mineral(n.)礦物質healthy(adj.)健康的fat(n.)脂肪be good for對⋯⋯好human(n.)人類body(n.)身體
Cindy: I’ve heard that people in Southeast Asia eat insects.
辛蒂：我曾經聽說東南亞的人會吃昆蟲。
hear(v.)聽說insect(n.)昆蟲
Mike: That’s right. Those researchers invited 20 healthy adults and made them into two groups. They gave one group morning meals that contained 25 grams of powdered crickets in muffins and shakes. The other group had normal meals.
麥克：對啊，那些研究者邀請了20位成人，將它們分成兩組。給其中一組含有25克蟋蟀粉的馬芬蛋糕、奶昔當早餐，另一組則吃一般的餐點。
researcher(n.)研究者invite(v.)邀請healthy(adj.)健康的adult(n.)成人group(n.)群、組meal(n.)餐點contain(v.)含有powdered(adj.)粉狀的cricket(n.)蟋蟀muffin(n.)馬芬蛋糕shake(n.)奶昔=milkshakenormal(adj.)正常的、一般的
Cindy: Those who had crickets as breakfast became healthier?
辛蒂：那些吃了蟋蟀的人變得比較健康？
cricket(n.)蟋蟀become(v.)變得healthier(adj.)更健康的
Mike: Exactly. Their guts were healthier!
麥克：沒錯，他們的腸道變健康了！
gut(n.)腸道healthier(adj.)更健康的
Cindy: Thanks for your sharing. But bugs muffins? Not now.
辛蒂：謝謝你的分享，但蟲蟲馬芬？先不要。
thanks for為了⋯⋯感謝share(v.)分享bug(n.)蟲子muffin(n.)馬芬蛋糕