字神帝國英語天地

↬When you're trying to lose weight, it can sometimes feel like you've gone years without indulging in a piece of cake or a takeaway.
你試圖減肥，感覺好像你好幾年都沒好好吃塊蛋糕、好好享受外賣了。
　　
↬And you're not altogether wrong – because a woman will spend more than three years on a diet by the time she's 30, according to a survey.
你也不是全錯，因為有研究稱，女性到30歲的時候已經花了三年時間節食了。
　　　　
↬It claimed the average woman loses 4lbs each time she diets and tries to lose weight twice a year. The average female dieter will have spent 168 weeks trying to lose weight between the ages of 18 and 30.
據稱，女性每次節食平均要瘦4磅，而且，女性每兩年就要減一次肥。平均每位節食的女性在18至30歲之間會花168個禮拜的時間用來減肥。
　　
↬Putting on more weight than a close friend or sister was the main incentive for trying to shed a few pounds.
比閨蜜或姊妹發胖厲害是想要掉肉的重要誘因。