我也来参加活动吧～～～

#1今天下午刚刚发生的，讨论workout

me: I really hate to go to the gym in the summer. Without AC, it's hazy and disgusting.

Em: You are right, me neither. I'd rather go outside, you know, running or playing tennis.

me: I don't like running, though. It's boring and it's bad for the knees. Tennis is really fun, but since i'm still a rookie, it's not exactly aerobics or cardio. Most of the time, i'm standing still, watching the ball passing by, or spending 10 minutes chasing the balls, which are all over the place.

Em: You can do swimming~~

me: I like swimming. But I can only swim for one or two days per week. The chlorine in the water really hurts my eyes after a while.

Em: go hiking then. I know a couple of really good places for hiking and camping around here. It's really fun.

me: Great. Give me the details. I'd love to go sometime.

small talks多从身边的小事开始，聊天的同时还可以获取有用的信息

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#2 讨论女生结婚以后是不是要change last name

me: a-ou! I'm the first one to go on the seminar list again. That's all because of my last name.

grant: you can always change it when you get married.

me: en, actually chinese people don't do that. It's not a tradition. Of course you can if you want to. You don't have to.

grant: really? that's strange. My future wife will have to have my last name.

boss: You are so old-fashioned. I'm not gonna change my last name. I already have so many papers published under my name now. If I change it, people won't be able to find my publications on PubMed!!

grant: so all the women in the science world don't change their last names?

boss: well, depends. I know an interesting story. There was on woman, she changed into her husband last name, which is long and wierd. She got the nobel prize under that name. But then she got divorced. And now she has to keep that ugly last name because that name is famous.

这个讨论蛮有意思的。老板还讲了一个很有趣的故事

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来填坑啦～～

这个是吃饭的时候闲聊，说到到底有那些食物是美国人发明的

然后就说开了去了

#3

The three of us are eating in a typical American restaurant, me, em, and G

G: so what exactly is American food?

me: sandwiches and burgeres?

G: That's it? How boring?

em: There's got to be sth else.

me: chips and soda?

G: I guess we invented all the unhealthy food on earth.

me: Variety is waht's lacking here. Cereal is pretty much all you have for breakfast. If i'm in China right now, I can have different things for breakfast for a month without having the same thing twice.

em: That's interesting.

然后我们开始讨论那个民族或者国家发明了哪种食物～～

吃饭的时候说食物，是很自然的话题，但是一旦聊开了，就有很多可以讨论的东西了

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#4 讨论dieting 和weight loss

又是me，em，和G

me: I'm lazy. I'm tired of going to the gym. Em, if you know a healthy way that can lose weight, but without exercising, I would really appreciate that.

em: En, let me see. I do know a lot of unhealthy ways though.

me: like what?

em: Developing a eating disorder? Go through a nerv breakdown? Or get a really serious disease?

me:

G: you want to lose weight? just don't eat. go on a diet.

me: I can't do that. If I give up sth, I'll crave it so much that eventually I'll just give up and eat a lot of it.

G: Then count calories. That's what my parents do.

me: I did. I usually just eat 1100-1200 per day. But I'm not losing weight.

G: then go lower. maybe below 1000.

em: No, you can't do that. If your calorie intake is too low, your body will go into a "conservation mode". It's gonna hang on to every pound of fat that you have and refuse to give up any. You'll only lose proteins and water, which means muscle. And that's bad.

me: I see. i guess I'll just motivate myself to keep going to the gym.

em:yes. have fun there.

我们实验室的人都是很喜欢运动的人

跟他们讨论减肥很有趣

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#5 这个是前几天才发生的，讨论父亲节给爸爸送什么礼物

还是me，G和em

me: Father's day is coming up? Do you have your gifts ready?

G: yeh. I picked up a polo and some golf gadgets for my dad. He loves golf.

me: That's very nice of you. What about you, em?

em: My brother and I are going to take him out for dinner. A nice restaurant, some lobster and wine. It's gonna be fantastic.

me: That's touching. I miss my dad.

G and em: What are you gonna do? Since you are thousands of miles away from home.

me: en, I don't know, actually. Besides calling him and saying "Happy father's day!" Any idea?

G: I bet you can buy stuff online and ask them to deliver to China.

me: It's really hard to find chinese websites that accept american credit cards.

em:ou~~~I'm sorry. But I bet he'll understand.

有节日到来的时候，讨论礼物和节日安排是很不错的话题

相信你也可以从别人身上学到很多好的idea

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哎呀，总算把坑填完了

累死了

等着拿奖啦