Preview（腕試し）

The thing called a "health meter" in Japanese doesn't really measure your health--it just measures your weight. In America, people usually keep this in the bathroom. What is this commonly called in English?

A. a bathroom scale

B. a bathroom ruler

C. a health measurer

D. a bathroom meter

Examples（例文）

I never step on a bathroom scale--I don't want to see if my weight has changed!

People who are weight-conscious often weigh themselves on their bathroom scales.

　

Exercises （練習）Choose the best answer.

1. I ____________ myself on my bathroom scale, and I was a little surprised to see how much my weight had gone up.

A. measured

B. weighed

C. shocked

　

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2. I'm going to stop ____________ myself--I'm always disappointed when I see how much the scale's needle moves.

A. weighing

B. to weigh

C. weighed