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：

　　5、My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.

　　我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。

　　语言点 keep on offering sb. sth.不断向某人提供某物

　　6、They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.

　　每当我从口袋里掏出一袋糖果时，他们都毫不掩饰地表现出他们对此感到非索好笑。

　　7、After seven days of this I went to a party.

　　这样过了七天后，我去参加一次聚会。

　　8、Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable.

　　我身边的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。

　　语言点 around me是介词短语作everybody的定语。

　　9、When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.

　　当我的老朋友布赖恩极力劝说我抽一枝时，我实在是忍不住了。

　　语言点 urge sb. to do sth.极力劝说某人去做某事