新概念英语第二册笔记_第78课.docx

Lesson 78 The last one.【Text 】After reading an article entitled Cigarette Smoking and Your Health I lit 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. Everybodyaround me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me toaccept 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.【课文翻译】读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章之后，我点上了一枝香烟，来冷静一下自己紧急的神经；我全神贯注而又开心地吸着这支烟；由于我确信这是我最终一枝烟了；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全部症状：脾气急躁和食欲旺盛；我的伴侣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特别好笑；这样过了 7 天以后，我去参与一次聚会；我四周 Lesson 78 The last one. 【Text 】 After reading an article entitled Cigarette Smoking and Your Health I lit 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