新概念英语第二册78

78 The last one?最后一枝吗？ 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 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“吸烟与您的健康，我点燃了一支香烟，来镇定我的神经。我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着我确信这是我最后一支烟。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。我把所有的戒烟的人通常的症状：脾气暴躁和食欲。我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。他们毫不掩饰他们的娱乐，每当我从口袋里掏出一包糖果。这样过了七天，我去参加一个聚会。我周围的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。当我的老朋友布瑞恩怂恿我接受一支香烟时，我就受不住了。我内疚地接过一枝，香烟和雪茄。我的妻子很高兴，一切又恢复了正常。不管怎么说，正如布瑞恩指出的那样，这是世界上最容易戒烟。他自己就已做过许多次！