New Ways to Lose Weight

減重的新方法


Introduction

Doctors studied two ways to lose weight and keep it off.

醫生研究了兩種減重並維持體重的方法。

Main Body

Some people ate food only for eight hours a day. They did not eat for sixteen hours. These people lost 3kg to 4kg. They kept this weight loss for one year.

有些人一天中僅在八小時內進食。他們有十六小時不進食。這些人減掉了 3kg 到 4kg。他們將這種減重效果維持了一年。

Other people lost weight very fast. They ate very few calories for 16 weeks. This group lost more weight than people who lost weight slowly.

另一群人則減重速度很快。他們在 16 週內攝取極低卡路里。這組人減掉的重量比緩慢減重的人更多。

After one year, the fast group still had less weight. Doctors say fast weight loss can work well.

一年後,快減組的體重依然較輕。醫生表示快速減重可以很有效。

Conclusion

Eating at certain times or losing weight fast can be better than slow methods.

在特定時間進食或快速減重,可能比緩慢的方法更好。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ The Power of 'More' and 'Less'

In this text, we see how to compare things using simple words. If you want to reach A2, you must know how to show a difference between two groups.

1. The 'Down' Word: Less When we have a smaller amount of something, we use less.

  • The fast group still had less weight.
  • Meaning: Weight ↓

2. The 'Up' Word: More When we have a bigger amount, we use more.

  • This group lost more weight.
  • Meaning: Weight ↑

💡 Quick Guide for your brain:

MORE → Bigger/Higher  ( + )\text{ ( + )} LESS → Smaller/Lower  ( - )\text{ ( - )}

Example from the story: Slow loss = 3kg  (Less)\text{ (Less)} Fast loss = More than 3kg  (More)\text{ (More)}

Vocabulary Learning

studied (v.)
To look at something carefully to learn more about it.
Example:The doctors studied how people lose weight.
calories (n.)
Units used to measure the energy in food.
Example:Eating too many calories can make you gain weight.
certain (adj.)
Specific or particular.
Example:You should eat at certain times of the day.
methods (n.)
Ways of doing something.
Example:There are many different methods to lose weight.
Practice A2 words in a crossword