78_The_Last_One
78 The Last One¶
After reading an article (entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health') I lit(light) a cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time my wife suffered terribly. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction. My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. He himself has done it lots of times!
读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章之后，我点上了一枝香烟，来镇定一下自己紧张的神经。 我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着这枝烟。因为我确信这是我最后一枝烟了。 整整一个星期我根本没有吸烟。在此期间，我妻子吃尽了苦头。我具备了戒烟者通常表现出来的所有症状：脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。 我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。每当我从口袋里掏出一包糖果时，他们都毫不掩饰地表现出他们对此感到非常好笑。 这样过了7天以后，我去参加一次聚会。我周围的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。 当我的老朋友布赖恩极力劝我接受一枝香烟时，我再也忍不住了。我内疚地接过一枝点上，心满意足地吸起来。 一切又都恢复了正常，为此我妻子十分高兴。不管怎么说，正如布赖恩指出的那样，戒烟是世界上最容易的事情，他自己就已戒了很多次了！
Words¶
- calm /kɑm/ 使平静
- nerves /nɝvz/ 神经,勇气
- concentration /ˌkɑnsənˈtreʃən/ 专心
- suffered /ˈsʌfɚd/ 忍受
- symptoms /ˈsɪmptəmz/ 症状
- temper /ˈtɛmpɚ/ 脾气
- enormous /ɪˈnɔrməs/ 巨大的
- appetite /ˈæpəˌtaɪt/ 食欲
- amusement /əˈmjuzmənt/ 愉悦
- produced /prəˈdust/ 拿出
- urged /ɝdʒd/ 怂恿
- guiltily /ˈɡɪltɪlɪ/ 有罪地
- satisfaction /ˌsætəsˈfækʃən/ 满意
- delighted /dɪˈlaɪtəd/ 高兴的
- entitle /ɪnˈtaɪtl/ 题名
Expressions¶
- entitle sb to do sth. 使某人有权利做某事
- calm down 冷静下来
- keep calm 保持冷静
- calm my nerve 镇定我的神经
- have/get the nerve to do sth. 有勇气做某事
- lose sb’s nerve 失去勇气
- lose/break/have + concentration 失去/打断/集中注意力
- suffer from 遭受
- have a good/bad temper 脾气好/坏
- lose sb’s temper 发脾气
- have/get a good/great appetite 胃口好
- lose sb’s appetite 没胃口
- urge sb. to do sth. 催促某人做某事
- give him satisfaction 让他满意
- sb. be delighted that + 句子 某人很高兴……
- light a cigarette 点一支烟
- sb. be sure that + 句子 某人确信……
- keep on doing sth. 继续做某事
- offer sb. sth. 向某人提供某物
- make no e ort to do sth. 不努力做某事
- a packet of… 一盒/一包……
- return to normal... 恢复正常