【句子】After forty-eight hours of crash dieting, Gabrielle prepared to savor the fruit of her labor. 【Desperate Housewives S2E7】

【发音技巧】forty闪音；hours of连读；dieting闪音；prepared to失去爆破；fruit of连读+闪音；

【翻译】经历了48个小时的快速节食以后，加布丽儿准备品尝胜利果实。

今天我们来学习两个表达，第一个：crash diet，可以指：“（通过节食的）快速减肥”；

a way of losing body weight quickly by eating very little；

这里diet可以当名词用，也可以当动词用。

本期视频中diet明显当成动词用了；

eg: He went on a crash diet and lost 20 pounds in a month.

他通过节食快速减肥，一个月瘦了20磅。

eg: Crash diets are unsustainable and can cause weight fluctuation that may damage metabolism and could lead to eating disorders.

节食快速减肥是没办法一直持续的，而且能导致体重的波动，这有可能会损坏人体的新陈代谢，还可以导致饮食失调。

今天还要学习的第二个表达是：savor the fruit of labors，这个短语中fruit也有用复数fruits的，末尾labor也有用单数的；都表达“品尝胜利的果实、品尝努力付出的果实”这个意思；

此时的the fruit of labors可以指：the outcome or rewards of one's work or efforts；

eg: You worked hard this semester, and straight A's are the fruit of your labors.

你这学期很努力，全A的成绩是你的胜利果实。

eg: Please, have some fresh strawberries—they're the fruit of my labors in the garden.

请尝尝新鲜的草莓，它们是我在花园努力劳作的果实。

eg: Retirement is a time to relax and enjoy the fruit of your labor.

退休了，该是时候放松，享受你的辛勤劳作的成果了。

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It's an efficient lawn mower that leaves you time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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