زمان حال استمراری

FAT, SICK AND NEARLY DEAD

Present Continuous

After a short time, Joe is losing weight and feeling great.

How is Joe feeling? Joe is feeling great.

He is taking his juice machine with him on the road and making juice out of the back of his car. Along the way, Joe is stopping and talking to people about what they are eating.

What is Joe talking to people about? Joe is talking to people about what they are eating.

Joe is telling them about his juice fast. Some people are thinking that he is crazy, but most people are enjoying talking to him. Joe is making friends wherever he goes.

Is Joe shy? No, Joe isn’t shy. He is making friends wherever he goes.

He isn’t judging people or telling them they are eating wrong. He is just talking to them about what he is doing and how he is feeling healthier from drinking juice. Americans love junk food. They know it isn’t healthy, but they are feeling addicted to the fat, sugar, and salt.

What are they feeling addicted to? They are feeling addicted to the fat, sugar, and salt.

Many of them are saying that they don’t expect to live long, but this is their way of life. They are thinking that the way they are eating is unhealthy , but they are feeling powerless to change.

How are they feeling? They are feeling powerless to change.

Not everyone Joe meets is feeling powerless. One of those people is Phil Staples, a truck driver. Like Joe, Phil is feeling fat, sick, and nearly dead.

Is Phil feeling healthy? No, Phil isn’t feeling healthy. He is feeling fat, sick, and nearly dead.

And he also is taking medicine for the same rare disease: Urticaria. He is 195 kg.

He is a big bear of a man. He is getting so fat that he is feeling terrible pain. His back is hurting. His knees are hurting. His legs are hurting.

What parts of his body are hurting? His back, knees and legs are hurting.

He is carrying so much weight that he is barely walking. He is a truck driver, so he is spending most of the day sitting and driving.

What is he doing most of the day? He is sitting and driving most of the day.

The only walking he is doing is the short distance from his truck to the truck stop restaurant where he eats his greasy junk food. Even this short walk is causing him a lot of pain.

Is he feeling okay during this short walk? No, he’s not feeling okay. Even this short walk is causing him a lot of pain.

He is so fat that he is feeling ashamed. Phil is only about 40 years old, but the doctors are telling him that if he continues his unhealthy lifestyle, he is going to die an early death.

What are the doctors telling him?

They are telling him that if he continues his unhealthy lifestyle, he is going to die an early death.