碗底The Bottom of the Bowl

New words

• 控制kòngzhì — to control
• 无wú — no, without (formal: 无糖)
• 含hán — to contain
• 零食língshí — snack
• 维持wéichí — to keep up, maintain
• 非fēi — must (非…不可)
• 底dǐ — bottom

The story

李医生：手术很好。现在他只能吃不用咬的东西。The operation went well. For now he can only eat things that don't need biting.

李医生：还要控制他吃的东西，把体重维持在二十三斤。You also have to control his food, and maintain his weight at twenty-three jin.

大卫：维持？不用减肥吗？Maintained? He doesn't need a diet?

李医生：减肥？我们试过。能维持，就很好了。A diet? We've tried that. If you can maintain it, that's very good.

李医生：最重要的是：不能吃零食！小鱼也是零食。Most important of all: no snacks! Little fish are snacks too.

大卫：小鱼也不行？一条也不行？Not even little fish? Not even one?

李医生：你也别吃。You shouldn't eat them either.

小雨：好。家里的零食，我都收起来。Right. I'll put away all the snacks in the house.

Opening the lesson…