单词讲解

reward
n.报偿
v.给奖赏
reward sb.
reward oneself
You worked so hard,and you need to reward yourself occasionally.
diet n.节食
go on a diet / begin a diet
be on a diet
I am on a diet now.
hurriedly adv.匆忙地
do sth.hurriedly
hurry v.匆忙
embarrass v.使尴尬
You embarrass me.
I am embarrassed.
embarrassed adj.尴尬的
embarrassing adj.使人尴尬的
guiltily adv.内疚地
guilt n.
guilty adj.
occasionally adv.偶尔地
occasion n.
occasional adj.

语法讲解

My friend, Hugh,has always been fat…
has been : 现在完成时 : 现在的之前(从现在往之前看)
… but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
get got got/gotten
get bad
go on a diet
so … that … : 以便…为了…
The story is interesting. I want to share it with you.
The story is so interesting that I want to share it…
First of all,he wrote out a … list of all the foods which were forbidden(不允许的).
first of all
write / wrote / written
The list included most of the things Hugh loves:butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk…
The list included(包含) most of the things (that) Hugh loves
Yesterday I paid him a visit.
pay sb.a visit = visit sb.
n. v.
I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that …
ring rang rung
ring the bell
be surprised to do sth
… to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.
as … as…
as fat as ever
He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a .. parcel…
lead led led
hide hid hidden
It was obvious(明显的) that he was very embarrassed.
= That he was very embarrassed was obvious 主语从句
When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel…
He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.
Then he showed me the contents of the parcel.
contents n.内有的物品
the contents of…

My friend,Hugh,has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
My friend,Hugh 同位语
has been 现在完成时
but 并列句(表示转折)
so… that… 结果状语从句
get bad
decide to do
go on a diet
I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.
ring the bell
be surprised to do
and 并列句
see that… 宾语从句