歌词
--- Lesson 78 The last one?
最后一支吗？
--- First listen and then answer the question.
^听录音，然后回答以下问题。
--- For how long did the writer give up smoking?
After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves.
^读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章之后，我点上了一支香烟，来镇定一下自己紧张的神经。
I smoked with concentration 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支烟。因为我确信这是我最后一支烟了。
For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered 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。
I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.
^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。
My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
^我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。
They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced 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。
After 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。
Everybody 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。
When my old friend Brian urged 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支香烟时，我再也忍不住了。
I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction.
^我内疚地接过一支点上，心满意足地抽起来。
My wife was delighted 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。
Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
^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，
He himself has done it lots of times!
^他自己就已戒了很多次了！
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