Intermediate - Discussing a Work Out Plan (C1867)

A:  林小姐,你看,你的体重有点儿超标。
Lín xiǎojie, nǐ kàn, nǐ de tǐzhòng yǒudiǎnr chāobiāo.
Ms. Lin, take a look. You're a little bit overweight.
B:  嗯,所以想来健身。
ng4, suǒyǐ xiǎng lái jiànshēn.
Yeah, that's why I want to come here to exercise.
A:  你一周可以来几次健身房?
nǐ yī zhōu kěyǐ lái jǐ cì jiànshēnfáng?
How many times can you come to the gym per week?
B:  两三次吧。
liǎng sān cì ba.
Two or three times.
A:  行。你可以每次先慢跑半小时,然后做瑜伽,或者有氧操。
xíng. nǐ kěyǐ měicì xiān mànpǎo bàn xiǎoshí, ránhòu zuò yújiā, huòzhě yǒuyǎngcāo.
OK. Each time you can jog for half an hour first, then do yoga or aerobics.
B:  我主要想瘦腿和腰。
wǒ zhǔyào xiǎng shòu tuǐ hé yāo.
I mainly want to make my legs and waist skinnier.
A:  我们有器械,可以锻炼腿和腰。
wǒmen yǒu qìxiè, kěyǐ duànliàn tuǐ hé yāo.
We have machines that exercise your legs and waist.
B:  哦。可以变瘦吗?
ò. kěyǐ biàn shòu ma?
Oh. Can they make me skinnier?
A:  绝对可以。除了坚持运动,还要注意饮食。我每个月会帮你做健身计划。
juéduì kěyǐ. chúle jiānchí yùndòng, hái yào zhùyì yǐnshí. wǒ měi ge yuè huì bāng nǐ zuò jiànshēn jìhuà.
Absolutely. Besides exercising faithfully, you also have to watch your diet. I'll help you draw up a fitness plan every month.
B:  好的。谢谢。
hǎo de. xièxie.
OK. Thank you.

Key Vocabulary

体重tǐzhòngbody weight
超标chāobiāoto exceed a standard
健身jiànshēnto work out
健身房jiànshēnfánggym
xiānfirst
然后ránhòuthen
慢跑mànpǎoto jog
半小时bàn xiǎoshíhalf hour
瑜伽yújiāyoga
有氧操yǒuyǎngcāoaerobics
或者huòzhěor
主要zhǔyàoprimarily
shòuthin
tuǐleg
yāowaist
器械qìxièmachine
锻炼duànliànto exercise
biànto change
除了chúlebesides
坚持jiānchíto persist in
运动yùndòngexercise
注意zhùyìto pay attention to
饮食yǐnshídiet
计划jìhuàplan
绝对juéduìabsolutely

Supplementary Vocabulary

跑步pǎobùto run
跑步机pǎobùjītreadmill
标准biāozhǔnstandard
行李xíngliluggage
超重chāozhòngoverweight
肉很松ròu hěn sōngflabby
机器jīqìmachine
改变gǎibiànto change
工作人员gōngzuòrényuánstaff member
动力dònglìmotivation

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