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糖果

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Date: Jul 05 2013

Themes: Food, Health

Grammar: Second Conditional

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Can you walk through a candy store and leave empty-handed? Most of us can’t, as much as we try. We love the sweet taste of candy, but we also know how bad it is for us. Candy gives us energy, but it can also give us cavities. It’s just not fair!

Chocolate can be good for you, they say, but only in moderation. If you have a sweet tooth, you simply must learn to exercise some self-control and not go overboard. For many of us, that’s easy to say but not so easy to do. We crave candy and won’t stop until we have it!

Lily and Greta share the same opinion about sweets and discuss their favorite kinds in this English lesson about candy.

你路过糖果店时会两手空空地离开吗?我们中的大多数人不会如此,即使我们尽力控制也是如此。我们喜爱糖果的甜味,但我们也知道它对我们有多大害处。糖果给予我们能量,但也给予我们蛀牙。这实在不公平!

据说,巧克力对我们有益,但只能适量摄入。如果你喜爱甜食,你必须完全学会自控,不能过量摄入。对于我们中的大多数人而言,说起来容易做起来难。我们渴望糖果,不吃到它决不罢休!

莉莉和格里塔对糖果的看法一致,并在本节与糖果有关的英语课上讨论了各自最爱的糖果种类。

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Greta

Greta

Lily

Lily

Greta:  So, Lily, my husband is out of town tonight, and that means I get to have candy for dinner.

Lily:  That sounds amazing. You have a sweet tooth, don’t you?

Greta:  I have such a sweet tooth and it’s ridiculous. If it were up to me and I didn’t have any kind of concern about health or cavities, I would eat nothing but sugar. I love sugar so much.

Lily:  Do you like dark chocolate or milk chocolate better?

Greta:  I like milk chocolate except when it comes to fudge and cake. Then I like it to be a little darker and a little more bitter.

Lily:  Yeah, like rich and decadent?

Greta:  I can tell from your tone of voice that you also have a sweet tooth.

Lily:  Definitely, definitely. I bake a lot of desserts. I do not count calories at all. It’s probably not the best thing for me, but you’ve got to live a little, right?

Greta:  Exactly! And the occasional cavity? I think it’s well worth the deliciousness of eating chocolate when you need chocolate.

 

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Greta tells Lily that she’s planning to eat candy for dinner! Not only does Lily like Greta’s plan, but she almost sounds jealous. It’s obvious that both women find it hard to exercise some self-control around candy, especially chocolate.

Lily has a sweet tooth, too, and she bakes a lot of desserts as a result. In her opinion, we shouldn’t count calories, just eat what tastes good. A lot of people would agree with her, but everyone knows that we can’t eat candy all day long. Not unless you want a stomachache, that is.

What are your favorite kinds of candy? Is it OK to eat as much as you want? Do you remember a time when you ate so much candy that you felt sick?

 

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sarah1374

sarah1374

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

oh,i love candies,they let me feel full of energy when im studying,when ever i eat candies i feel alive and happy,also they let me think brightly and remember things in exams.

06:49 PM Jul 05 2013 |

sheitooonak

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Oohhh Im in love with candies so badly. Im that kind of person who when go to candy store or see candies some where cant leave that place empty handed :)))))
Yeah its right that is not really good for health but its really hard to dont buy candy when you see it some where,so the best thing that you can do to stop buying candies is,dont carry to much money,just carry money as much as you think you need to buy your other stuff.(that usually works for me :D)

06:39 PM Jul 05 2013 |

Mari-yam

Mari-yam

Mali

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 

06:30 PM Jul 05 2013 |

Nicte ha

Nicte ha

Mexico

I agree, we’ve got to live a little, but We shouldn’t go overboad, carving for sugar.


Im not a sweet tooth, I like decadent fuge too, but I know very well it its not good for my health :)


 

03:15 PM Jul 05 2013 |

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nad_rome

Italy

I’m a dark chocolate addicted but I have an intollerance too so when I eat chocolate  my face becomes full of papuls, well, not so much, but I’m evoiding chocolate…but after this englishbaby lesson I could start again!!!

03:00 PM Jul 05 2013 |

MAHSA1995

MAHSA1995

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i used to hate sweets,but you sometimes have to eat them to feel better!i started eating choclates in order to avoid tiredness while studying,and also when i had to take an exam and i ahd not slept the whole night,it avoid feeling sleepy during exam!now,i have been addicted!i find life meaningless without tea and choclates! :)

02:26 PM Jul 05 2013 |

MAHSA1995

MAHSA1995

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i used to hate sweets,but you sometimes have to eat them to feel better!i started eating choclates in order to avoid tiredness while studying,and also when i had to take an exam and i ahd not slept the whole night,it avoid feeling sleepy during exam!now,i have been addicted!i find life meaningless without tea and choclates! :)

02:26 PM Jul 05 2013 |

cloud

cloud

Qatar

I like candy, but not too much!
My favourite candy is Chupa Chups $:
I really like the lesson! ( :

02:24 PM Jul 05 2013 |

loverflower

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I like very chocolate.nowdays, use chocolate on the skin to improve it

01:22 PM Jul 05 2013 |

pk371369

pk371369

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

uummmm I like candy!

01:09 PM Jul 05 2013 |

DarknessLight

Germany

I’m totally a chocolate freak!! and my favorite course on meals is the dessert for sure!! lol! I have an incredible sweet tooth! I used to eat a chocolate bar every single day, I didn’t become fat though. lol! It didn’t really take me a long time to control my candy craving, but it was so difficult, seeing all that candy in the freezers and trying not to buy any, it was insane! But thank God I got over it, and now I have the same amount of sugar any normal human being has, my sweet tooth was crazy! My friend told me once that she’s never seen anyone who has the same amount of sugar I have! and that actually motivated me to solve that problem, plus the fact that Diabetes is a dangerous disease.

01:01 PM Jul 05 2013 |

Ya Nina

Kazakhstan

I like candies very much, especially, it can be the various cakes and chocolates. On the other hand, I have a rather calm attitude to other kinds of candies: for example, the general sweets.


Definitely, it isn’t ok to eat the candies as much as we want. First of all, a lot of candies aren’t useful for our healthy. Secondly, all candies without exception are very badly affected on our body – it becomes fat, unpretty and unhealthy. I never eat so much candy as I want, because I always remember about limitation and, mainly, I try to control my weight. 

10:50 AM Jul 05 2013 |

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Nancyliang

Nancyliang

China

To eat a candy, when someone who faced with difficulties, and then tell oneself life is sweet.

09:35 AM Jul 05 2013 |

DAIROUXI2

DAIROUXI2

China

I like colorful candy, because I feel very beautiful!

09:09 AM Jul 05 2013 |

lindonver

lindonver

China

I don’t like the candy even though I eat much candy that i will not have a stomachache.

08:56 AM Jul 05 2013 |

drallon

drallon

China

I have not a sweet tooth and I donot like candy very much. It is too sweet which I hate a little

08:35 AM Jul 05 2013 |

sireeshasiree77

India

I too like candy, but daily i vl not have bcoz it makes us cavities and we will also put on weight. In office timings wenever feel sleepy i vl have candies so that i can able do work without falling sleep. Moreover we used to distribute candies in kids bday parties, sometimes parents will get anger wenever their children vl have frequent candies.

08:20 AM Jul 05 2013 |

Amedmoh

Amedmoh

Mauritania

gluttony = loss of self-control regarding food. This is a surious problem, but moderation can be acquired when there is an atom of will power.
   

07:39 AM Jul 05 2013 |

golenazam

golenazam

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i love dark chocolate :)

07:39 AM Jul 05 2013 |

Jack Ann

China

I love it,but it’s not every day eat . Sometimes drinking a cup of candy-water .

06:18 AM Jul 05 2013 |

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