In the Restaurant

Sam: Aren’t you hungry?

Carry: Oh, yes, we are.

Lucy: And I’m awfully thirsty.

Sam: Would you like a glass of orange juice?

Lucy: Thanks. I’d love one. I like orange juice very much.

Sam: And I prefer apple juice.

Carry: All juices are good for health: tomato, apple, apricot and, of course, pine-

apple juice. I like pine-apples best of all.

Sam: What shall we have?

Carry: The three-course meal, I suppose.

Lucy: Well, you choose.

Sam: Let’s start with salad, then chicken soup, fish and chips.

Carry: I think, I’ll have some peas, fruit and a cup of tea without sugar.

Lucy: Are you slimming?

Carry: Yes, I am.

Lucy: What does your diet allow you?

Carry: Well, a little meat or fish, eggs, some cheese or milk, a lot of vegetables:

lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, very few potatoes, a lot of

fruit. No cakes, no ice-cream, no chocolate and very little salt.

Sam: I bet your producer likes only slim actors and actresses.

Carry: He does indeed. I have to be on a diet. I don’t live to eat but I eat to live.

Lucy: Tastes differ, of course.

Sam: Are you a vegetarian?

Lucy: I think, none of us is a vegetarian. Good roast-beef is much tastier than

watery vegetables.

Sam: I must confess I like good food, an occasional beer, cheerful people.

Carry: Is this your keep-fit programme?

Sam: Yes, it is. My motto is: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy

life as it is”.

Lucy: You’re not a fitness fanatic, are you? The advice of my doctor is quite

different. Don’t take a taxi, he says. Walk to your work each day. Ignore the

lift. Climb the stairs. Don’t eat bread and butter. Take two cold showers a

day. Do plenty of housework. Stop drinking. Give up smoking. Exercise

your memory. Train your body.

Sam: Your recommendations are very useful, Doctor.

Lucy: Glad you think so.

Carry: In short, early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and

wise.

Lucy: You’re quite right. I usually get up at 6.30, do my morning exercises. It

takes me half an hour.

Carry: How many meals a day do you have?

Lucy: I have four meals a day: a light breakfast, lunch, dinner – the heaviest meal,

and cold supper. As a rule, I don’t eat sweets. They are fattening.

Sam: Have you ever tasted Mexican dishes?

Lucy: No, I haven’t. I’ve never been to Mexico.

Sam: What do you think of spicy food?

Carry: I avoid it. I prefer everything natural.

Sam: A cigarette?

Lucy: Oh, no.

Carry: No, thanks.

Sam: A drop of brandy?

Carry: I’m off alcohol.

Sam: Isn’t it boring sometimes to follow these strict rules?

Carry: They are not strict. If you’re in perfectly good health, you can work well

and have more pleasures of life.

Lucy: Why not to form good habits?

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