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--- Lesson 51 Reward for virtue |
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--- First listen and then answer the question. |
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--- Why did Hugh's diet not work? |
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My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. |
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He began his diet a week ago. |
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First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. |
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The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. |
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Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. |
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He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. |
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It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. |
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When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. |
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He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. |
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Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. |
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It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets! |
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