All Carla wanted to do was to lose weight,卡拉那时只有一个念头，就是减轻体重

lose weight:减肥

She has been taking exercises to lose weight from day to day.

她每天锻炼来减肥。

近义词:

slim down消瘦

She tries to get fit and slim down.

她努力使身体健康体形苗条。

but she began to feel ill just five weeks into her course of treatment.但当她开始疗程五个星期后开始觉得身体抱恙

feel ill:心情不好，身体不适

Did you really feel ill this morning?

今天早晨你真的感到身体不适吗？

I always feel ill at ease in a strange environment.

我在陌生环境总觉不自在。

I was up dancing with the kids and just having fun with them,当时我在和孩子们跳舞，玩得正高兴

have fun with:玩得开心

Did you have fun with Uncle today?

今天跟叔叔玩得开心吗?

词义辨析：

make fun, make a joke这两个短语的共同意思是“取笑某人”“同某人开玩笑”。其区别是：

这两个短语后接的介词不同, make fun后接of; make a joke后接about。例如:

Don't make fun of an old man.

Don't make a joke about an old man.

不要同老年人开玩笑。