原版英语小短文 167. Gaining Weight

　　She grunted¹. She was pulling up her slacks². She had bought them a year ago. She tried to button the top button. She couldn't get it close to the button hole. "Look at this," she told her husband. "Are those the slacks that I shrunk³?" he asked. She said no. These were different slacks. They weren't the ones he had shrunk. They had fit a year ago. He told her to try dieting. He told her to eat 10 percent less. "A diet doesn't have to hurt," he said. He said to use a smaller bowl for her rice. "Rice is full of empty calories," he said. He told her to eat less fruit. "Eat all the vegetables and meat you like," he said. "You'll lose your extra weight." "Will you still love me if I get fat?" she asked. "Of course," he said. "There will be more to love."

1 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。

2 slacks   

运动裤

参考例句：

• a pair of slacks 一条便裤
• I saw some slacks I like in the Sears catalogue. 我在西尔斯商品目录看中了几条便裤。

3 shrunk   

shrink的过去式和过去分词:收缩,缩短,皱缩,退避

参考例句：

• I confess it with shame--shrunk icily into myself, like a snail. 我羞愧地忏悔了——冷冰冰地退缩，像个蜗牛。
• The peasantry has shrunk from 74.6 millions to 65.5. 农民人数已从7460万减至6550万。