减肥 Losing Weight — HSK 3 Reading

三月sānyuè的de一天yì tiān，我wǒ发现fāxiàn去年qùnián的de裤子kùzi穿不上chuān bu shàng了le。

One day in March, I discovered that last year's pants no longer fit.

妻子qīzi笑着xiàozhe说shuō：“你nǐ真的zhēn de胖pàng了le。”

My wife said with a smile: "You really have gotten fat."

我wǒ决定juédìng从cóng那天nà tiān开始kāishǐ减肥jiǎnféi。

I decided to start losing weight from that day on.

现在xiànzài我wǒ每天měi tiān早上zǎoshang六点liù diǎn去qù公园gōngyuán跑步pǎobù，也yě不bù吃chī蛋糕dàngāo和hé甜tián的de东西dōngxi了le。

Now I go running in the park at six every morning, and I no longer eat cake or sweet things.

一yì开始kāishǐ很hěn难nán，我wǒ常常chángcháng又yòu饿è又yòu累lèi。

At first it was very hard — I was often both hungry and tired.

但是dànshì三个月sān ge yuè以后yǐhòu，我wǒ瘦shòu了le五wǔ公斤gōngjīn，身体shēntǐ也yě越来越yuè lái yuè好hǎo。

But after three months, I had lost five kilograms, and my health kept getting better and better.

昨天zuótiān我wǒ又yòu穿上chuānshàng了le那条nà tiáo裤子kùzi，妻子qīzi说shuō我wǒ比bǐ以前yǐqián年轻niánqīng多了duō le！

Yesterday I put those pants on again, and my wife said I look much younger than before!

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Key words 生词

减肥jiǎnféito lose weight

胖pàngfat; to gain weight

瘦shòuthin; to lose weight

公斤gōngjīnkilogram

蛋糕dàngāocake

跑步pǎobùto run; jogging

越来越 (more and more)

越来越 + adjective describes something increasing over time: 越来越好 (better and better), 越来越冷 (colder and colder).

我的身体越来越好。— My health is getting better and better.

比 … 多了 (much more … than)

A + 比 + B + adjective + 多了 makes a strong comparison: 我比以前年轻多了 (I look much younger than before).

今天比昨天热多了。— Today is much hotter than yesterday.

1. What made the narrator decide to lose weight?

2. What two things does the narrator do to lose weight?

3. What happened after three months?

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