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:
5、My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
我的朋友們不斷地向我遞香煙和雪茄。
語言點 keep on offering sb. sth.不斷向某人提供某物
6、They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.
每當我從口袋里掏出一袋糖果時,他們都毫不掩飾地表現(xiàn)出他們對此感到非索好笑。
7、After seven days of this I went to a party.
這樣過了七天后,我去參加一次聚會。
8、Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable.
我身邊的每個人都在吸煙,我感到非常不自在。
語言點 around me是介詞短語作everybody的定語。
9、When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.
當我的老朋友布賴恩極力勸說我抽一枝時,我實在是忍不住了。
語言點 urge sb. to do sth.極力勸說某人去做某事