Lesson 78 The last one? 最后一支嗎?
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!
句子講解:
1、After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves.
讀完一篇題為《吸煙與健康》的文章后,我點(diǎn)燃了一枝香煙,來鎮(zhèn)定一下自己緊張的神經(jīng)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'是過去分詞作后置定語(yǔ),限定article的用法。
2、I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.
我聚精會(huì)神而又愉快地吸著這枝煙,因?yàn)槲掖_信這將是我吸的最后一枝煙了。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) sb. be sure that sth. will / would be...某人確信某物 / 某事將會(huì):I am sure that Beijing will hold the Olympic Games successfully.我確信北京將會(huì)成功地舉辦奧運(yùn)會(huì)。
3、For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly.
整整一個(gè)星期我根本沒有吸煙,在此期間我的妻子吃盡了苦頭。
4、I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.
我具備了戒煙者通常表現(xiàn)出來的所有癥狀:脾氣暴躁和食欲旺盛。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) symptoms of someone giving up smoking 戒煙者的癥狀