Health：Health supplements
【明報專訊】Eason: Look at you! How skinny! You are apparently in lack of nutrition! Buy a couple of bottles of vitamin supplements from me and you will attain perfect health!
Pat: Okay, I would give it a shot then!
(Pat met Dr Panda on the way home.)
Dr Panda: What are these?
Pat: These are the health supplements I just bought from ''Eason pharmaceutical company''. I will never get sick again!
Dr Panda: Oh dear. Take a closer look - they are just orange candy. Eat them every day and you will probably get diabetes! For the sake of your health, throw them away, please!
■English highway﹕Familiarize yourself with something
To take some time and learn about something
e.g. Please familiarize yourself with the school rules before you attend school.
◆Tips: Never buy any supplements from unreliable and unlicensed pharmaceutical companies. Moreover, over-consumption of these products can be a waste of money and harmful to the body. Familiarize yourself with the possible side-effects of the health supplements before you consume them!
■Glossary
skinny (adj) 非常瘦的
pharmaceutical (adj) 製藥的
unreliable (adj) 不可靠的
side-effect (n) 副作用
[Smarties' Power English 第290期]
