Lesson 78 The last one? 最后一支吗?

　　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!

　　句子讲解：

　　1、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》的文章后，我点燃了一枝香烟，来镇定一下自己紧张的神经。

　　语言点 entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'是过去分词作后置定语，限定article的用法。

　　2、I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.

　　我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着这枝烟，因为我确信这将是我吸的最后一枝烟了。

　　语言点 sb. be sure that sth. will / would be...某人确信某物 / 某事将会：I am sure that Beijing will hold the Olympic Games successfully.我确信北京将会成功地举办奥运会。

　　3、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，在此期间我的妻子吃尽了苦头。

　　4、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。

　　语言点 symptoms of someone giving up smoking 戒烟者的症状