Reward for Virtue

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My friend, Hugh, has always been fat,

我的朋友休一直很胖，

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but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.

但最近情况变得如此糟糕，以至于他决定节食。

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He began his diet a week ago.

他一周前开始节食。

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First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.

首先，他列出了一长串所有被禁止的食物。

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The list included most of the things Hugh loves:

清单上包括了休喜欢的大部分东西：

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butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.

黄油、土豆、米饭、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。

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Yesterday I paid him a visit.

昨天我去看望了他。

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I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.

我按响了门铃，毫不意外地看到休仍然和以前一样胖。

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He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk.

他把我带进他的房间，然后匆忙地把一个大包裹藏到书桌下。

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It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.

显然他感到非常尴尬。

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When I asked him what he was doing,

当我问他在做什么时，

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he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk.

他内疚地笑了笑，然后把包裹放在了书桌上。

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He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.

他解释说他的节食计划太严格了，所以他偶尔需要奖励一下自己。

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Then he showed me the contents of the parcel.

接着他给我看了包裹里的东西。

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It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

里面有五大块巧克力和三袋糖果！