My sister Sally is back from the fat farm again. She lost twenty pounds there. But the way she eats, I'm sure she'll gain it back and go back to the fat farm next year.
Sally did something very embarrassing at the fat farm. One night she quietly phoned out to order a pizza thinking nobody would know, but she got caught by the fat farm manager. So she quit the next day and returned home.
今天我们要讲的第二个习惯用语是:To chew the fat. Chew作为一个动词,它的意思是:吃东西时嚼东西的"嚼"。可是,to chew the fat并不是嚼肥肉。这是一个俗语,它的意思是"几个朋友、同事或一些熟人坐在一起随便聊天,不管是天南地北,或是张家长李家短,想讲什么就讲什么。"下面是一个例子。
After my next class I'm going back to my room to catch upon my sleep. I was up until four this morning chewing the fat with my roommate and a couple of friends who dropped in.
Jack is a quiet man who writes books. In fact, he has published several highly-regarded books on Asian history. But all his wife likes to do is chew the fat with her friends all day long. I'm surprised that their marriage still holds together.