Healthy Eating on a Budget (1)

You can care for your body and your bank account at the same time

What can you do if you can't afford healthy food? If you want to save money, are you stuck eating instant noodles and fried rice? Actually there are several ways to get food that will preserve your health - and your savings.

When eating out 
Order wisely
In general, choose grilled, baked or steamed dishes instead of fried ones. And choose vegetables as side dishes in order to fill up on healthy foods rather than fattening ones.

Know your limit
When you're full, stop eating - even if some food remains on your late. Take the rest to go, and eat t later instead of purchasing an additional snack or meal.

Drink to your health
Fortunately, the least expensive drink is also the healthiest-water. Sodas and even fruit juices are filled with sugar and may contain dangerous chemicals. So instead of paying for a drink, enjoy free water at most restaurants.

Avoid desserts 
At the end of your meal, skip the sweets. By not ordering dessert, you save and cut down on calories and sugar.


Grammar Gym
If you want to save money, are you stuck eating instant noodles and fried rice?
stuck eating instant noodles and fried rice
stuck + verb-ing
- It rained every day, and we were stuck watching TV in our hotel room the whole time.
- Both brothers got the same kind of education, but one became a businessman while the other was stuck earning minimum wage.

Info Cloud

Last month we looked at a small punctuation mark called the hyphen. This month let's discuss the hyphen's big brother - the dash.

The hyphen and the dash often get mixed up, and it's easy to see why. Not only did they look similar, the dash being a little longer than the hyphen.
One of their functions is similar, too. You remember one of the hyphen's main responsibilities is to separate and connect individual words. Well, the dash separates and connects things, too. Not words, but phrases and sentences, like a comma does but stronger.

Let's look at an example sentence first using a comma: Jack will go skiing in Switzerland this winter, if he gets a raise.

Here we get the feeling Jack won't be bothered so much if he gets his raise or not. Now let's read the same sentence but replace the comma with a dash. Ken?

Jack will go skiing in Switzerland this winter - if he gets a raise.

Well done. I know it's subtle, but I wonder if you notice the difference. With the dash, we feel like Jack has his heart set on going to Switzerland. So getting that raise is very important.

dash 破折號 (比較長)
hyphen 連字號 (比較短)

dash
a punctuation mark — that is used especially to show a break in thought or in the structure of a sentence (as in “We don't know where—or how—the problem began.”)

hyphen
a punctuation mark - that is used to connect words or parts of words

punc·tu·a·tion
/ˌpʌŋktʃəˈweɪʃən/

Language Lab
preserve v. 維護, 保存 [pre提前/ serve保留]
- Both countries are willing to do their best to preserve peace.
- The chapel was perfectly preserved even though it had been through many wars.

fatten v. 使肥胖
- These cattle were fattened up so they could be sold at a good price.
fattening 現在分詞, 當做形容詞, 意思是使人肥胖的
- Esther tries to avoid fattening food such as soda and sweets.

purchase v. 購買
to buy (property, goods, etc.) : to get (something) by paying money for it
- We purchased our house without any loans.
- Stella purchased this ring at an auction.
purchase n.
an act of buying something;
something that is bought
- The purchase was paid for by credit card.

fortunately adv. 幸運地(常放在句首)
used to say that something good or lucky has happened
- Fortunately, nobody was injured in the car accident.
unfortunately  adv.很不幸運地
used to say that something bad or unlucky has happened
 - Unfortunately, we missed the bus and didn't get to watch the game.

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