[00:00.49]My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
[00:10.93]He began his diet a week ago.
[00:14.22]First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.
[00:20.95]The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.
[00:32.29]Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.
[00:42.48]He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk.
[00:48.91]It was obvious that he was very embarrassed.
[00:52.71]When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk.
[01:00.99]He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.
[01:08.03]Then he showed me the contents of the parcel.
[01:11.68]It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!