纯正地道美语(外教讲解)345：Fast Food 快餐

　　A : I'm hungry, let's order up something to eat.
我饿了，我们点点东西吃吧。
B : Ok, maybe we can order a soup and a salad from the restaurant down the street.
好的，也许我们去街边的饭店点些汤和色拉。
A : I was thinking of getting a hamburger, fries and a chocolate sundae.
我想吃个汉堡包，炸薯条和巧克力圣代。
B : You eat too much junk food. That sort of stuff clogs² up your arteries³ and is very high in cholesterol⁴.
你吃太多垃圾食品了。这种食物会堵塞你的动脉，并且胆固醇很高。
A : Well I never seem to gain weight so I don't mind.
嗯，我似乎永远都胖不起来，所以我不担心这些。
B : It's not only about getting fat or not, it's about being healthy. You could really have some health problems later on.
这不仅仅是长不长胖的问题，这是健康的问题。你以后会有健康问题的。
A : How about pizza or maybe some fried chicken! Better yet, let's order some hot dogs!
匹萨或者炸鸡怎么样！比之前说的那些好很多，在点些热狗。
B : You are a lost cause.
和你真说不通。
1. down the street 在街边
They would get married and move off to an apartment or someplace down the street, or to another city. 他们会结婚,他们会搬到附近住宅，或另一座城市。
parad down the street 在大街上游行
walk down the street 走在大街上；走在路上；顺街而行
roar down The street 呼啸顺着大街
rush down the street 跑到街上
2. clog¹ up one's arteries 堵塞……动脉，堵塞动脉
Don't clog up your memory with useless facts. 不要把脑袋塞满无用的东西。

1 clog   

vt.塞满，阻塞；n.[常pl.]木屐

参考例句：

• In cotton and wool processing,short length fibers may clog sewers.在棉毛生产中，短纤维可能堵塞下水管道。
• These streets often clog during the rush hour.这几条大街在交通高峰时间常常发生交通堵塞。

2 clogs   

木屐； 木底鞋，木屐( clog的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Clogs are part of the Netherlands national costume. 木屐是荷兰民族服装的一部分。
• Clogs are part of the Dutch traditional costume. 木屐是荷兰传统装束的一部分。

3 arteries   

n.动脉( artery的名词复数 )；干线，要道

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 cholesterol   

n.（U）胆固醇

参考例句：

• There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
• They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。