杨: My wife always complains when I smoke. She says smoking is the worst thing.

我的太太在我抽烟的时候一直抱怨。她说抽烟是最坏的事情。

李: Then you shall stop,darling.

那么你就戒掉吧，亲爱的。

杨: But cigarettes are my best friends, honey. I know smoking is not good but I cannot live without it.

但是香烟是我最好的朋友，甜心。我知道抽烟不好，但是我不能没有它。

李: Ok, I can tell me some advantages of smoking, and then you can decide how to do.

好的，我可以告诉你抽烟的一些好处，然后你来决定怎么做。

杨: Really? Advantages? Please go ahead.

真的吗?好处?请继续说。

李: First smoking will protect your house against thieves. Smoking people usually cough a lot during night, thieves may think they are awake and then go away.

首先抽烟可以防范小偷。抽烟的人晚上容易咳嗽，小偷们会认为他们还没睡着然后就跑了。

杨: It is not a good reason. Do you have another one?

这不是个好理由。有别的呢?

李: Well, smoking people will scare away fierce dogs because they are usually humpbacked and dogs will think they are taking stones.

恩，抽烟的人能够吓跑恶狗， 因为抽烟的人容易驼背，狗会以为抽烟者在捡石头。

杨: Come on, these cannot be called advantages.

得了吧，这些不能够成为好处。

李: I have last one, smoking will keep you young. Smoking people usually have many diseases, so they don’t have chance to die old.

我还有最后一个，抽烟使你保持年轻。抽烟的人通常由很多的疾病，所以他们没有机会在老的时候死去。

杨: Ok, guy, I will stop smoking.

好吧伙计，我会戒烟。