[00:01.040]--- Lesson 51 Reward for virtue
[00:07.160]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:12.480]--- Why did Hugh's diet not work?
[00:18.160]My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
[00:29.120]He began his diet a week ago.
[00:32.560]First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.
[00:39.720]The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.
[00:51.840]Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.
[01:02.800]He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk.
[01:10.000]It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.
[01:14.240]When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk.
[01:22.880]He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.
[01:30.520]Then he showed me the contents of the parcel.
[01:34.360]It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!
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