课文对话 · The last one? 最后一枝吗？（课本 Lesson 78，印刷页 362-365）
1After reading an article entitled /ɪn'taɪtld/ v. 以……为名 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm /kɑːm/ v. 使镇定 my nerves /nɜːvz/ n. 神经.
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。
2I smoked with concentration /ˌkɒnsn'treɪʃn/ n. 集中，专心 and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.
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。
3For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered /'sʌfəd/ v. 受苦，受害 terribly.
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。
4I had all the usual symptoms /'sɪmptəmz/ n. 症状 of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper /'tempə/ n. 脾气 and an enormous appetite /'æpɪtaɪt/ n. 胃口，食欲.
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。
5My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。
6They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced /prə'djuːst/ v. 拿出 a packet of sweets from my pocket.
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。
7After seven days of this I went to a party.
这样过了7天以后，我去参加一次聚会。
8Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable.
我周围的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。
9When my old friend Brian urged /ɜːdʒd/ v. 力劝，怂恿 me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.
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。
10I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction /ˌsætɪs'fækʃn/ n. 满意，满足.
我内疚地接过一枝点上，心满意足地抽起来。
11My wife was delighted /dɪ'laɪtɪd/ adj. 欣喜的 that things had returned to normal once more.
一切又都恢复了正常，为此我妻子十分高兴。
12Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. He himself has done it lots of times!
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！
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