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Lesson 78 The last one? 最后一枝吗？
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
For how long did the writer give up smoking?
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 amu百度竞价推广ent 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!
New words and expressions 生词和短语
entitle v. 以......为名
calm v. 使镇定
nerve n. 神经
concentration n. 集中，专心
suffer v. 吃苦，受害
symptom n. 症状
temper n. 脾气
appetite n. 胃口，食欲
produce v. 拿出
urge v. 力劝，怂恿
satisfaction n. 认可，满足
delighted adj. 欣喜的
参考译文
读完一篇题为《抽烟与健康》的文章之后，我点上了一枝烟，来镇定一下自己紧张的神经。我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着这枝烟。由于我确信这是我最后一枝烟了。整整一个星期我根本没抽烟。在此期间，我老婆吃尽了苦头。我拥有了戒烟者一般表现出来的所有症状：脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。我的朋友们不断地向我递烟和雪茄。每当我从口袋里掏出一包糖果时，他们都毫不掩饰地表现出他们对此感到很好笑。如此过了7天将来，我去参加一次聚会。我周围的每一个人都在抽烟，我感到很不自在。当我的老友布赖恩极力劝我同意一枝烟时，我再也忍不住了。我内疚地接过一枝点上，心认可足地抽起来。所有又都恢复了正常，为此我老婆十分开心。不管如何说，正如布赖恩指出的那样，戒烟是世界上最易的事情，他一个人就已戒了不少次了！
自学导读
1. an article entitledCigarette Smoking and Your Health,一篇题为《抽烟与健康》的文章。
在英语中，文章名与书名中的每一个单词的第一个字母均大写，不在开头地方的连词、冠词、小品词除外。entitle的意思为给
题名／定名，在这里是过去分词（短语）作定语。entitle常
用于被动语态：
The writer hasn't entitled his new book yet.
那位作家还没有给他的新书写／起名字。
The book was entitled The Sun Also Rises.
那本书的书名为《太阳照样升起》。
2． I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. 我拥有了戒烟者一般表现出来的所有症状：脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。
a bad temper and an enormous appetite为symptoms的同位语。
giving up smoking可以看做是someone的定语，即someone who gives up smoking.
3． My friends Kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. 我的朋友们不断地向我递烟和雪茄。
keep on doing sth.表示继续做某事、反复做某事：
The child was crying loudly, but he kept on watching TV.
孩子在大声哭，但他却一直看电视。
He kept on phoning her.
他不断地给她打电话。
4．They made no effort to hide他们毫不掩饰地
make no effort表示根本不作努力。大家还可以说：
She wrote the letter with/without effort.
她费力地／毫不费力地写了那封信。
Georeg made every effort to get/at getting the job.
乔治全力以赴想得到那份工作。
5. it was more than I could bear. 我再也忍不住了。more than后面跟一个从句或一个形容词时可以表示超出
（多用于口语）：
He was more than pleased with his new room.
他对我们的新房间极其认可。
This was more than I had expected.
这超出了我的预料。
6.Anyway,as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.不管如何说，正如布赖恩指出的那
样，戒烟是世界上最易的事情。
it为先行主语，代替后面的不定式短语 to give up。 point out为固定短语，表示指出、指明：
Why didn't you point out his mistake to him at that time?
你那时候为何不向他指出他的错误？
He pointed out that we still had to get a few other things.
他指出大家还需要／得再买一些其他东西。
词语学习 Word study
1． suffer
（1）vi. 受痛苦，吃苦难；患病：
During this time, my wife suffered terribly.
在此期间，我老婆吃尽了苦头。
What is the patient suffering from?
这位患者患的是什么病？
（2）vt.遭受（痛苦、损害等）：
The village suffered serious damage from the floods.
洪水使这个村子遭到了紧急破坏。
Many people are suffering cold and hunger in that district.
那个区域很多人正受冻挨饿。
2．与keep有关的短语动词
keep与不一样的小品词搭配可以有不一样的含义。
（1）keep on与动名词连用时表示反复、持续：
Keep on trying.
继续努力。
He kept on saying that he was tired.
他不断地说他累了。
（2）keep off表示不挨近、从离开：
Keep off the flower bed.
请不要进入花坛。
Keep your hands off the food.
别动吃的东西。
（3）keep away from表示（使）不挨近、避开：
Why do you always keep away from me?
你为何总躲着我？
Keep the children away from the river.
不要让孩子们去河边。
（4）keep it up表示不松劲、维持成绩或继续下去，而 keep up with则表示跟上、不落在后面：
You've made much progress. Keep it up!
你已获得了非常大进步。继续努力！
If you keep it up, you'll be able to set up a new world record.
你若是维持下去／不松劲，你就能创一项新的世界纪录。
Although he walked as fast as he could, he still couldn't keep up with his father.
虽然他尽快走，但他仍跟不上他爸爸。
In order to keep up with his classmates, he worked harder than ever.
为了跟上同学，他比以往任何时候都更努力。
（5）keep out可以表示（使）留在外面、（使）不进入：
He shut all the doors and windows to keep out the wind.
为了挡风，他关上了所有些门窗。
16,000|volt power line. Keep out!
16,000伏高压线，不靠谱近！
（6）keep in的意思之一为（把）留在里面／关在屋里、不出
外：
It's very cold today. We'd better keep in.
今天非常冷。大家最好别出去。
When the dog was kept in, it barked loudly.
那条狗被关在屋里时狂吠不止。
训练答案 Key to written exercises
1．重点句型训练答案
B 1 I'm making some coffee. Do you want some/any?
2 Exports have increased this year.
3 My dog is afraid of thunder and lightning.
4 The boy was sent to a school for the deaf.
5 Tax laws help the rich.
6 I spent the evening listening to some music.
7 Crime does not pay.
8 Would you like an apple or an orange?
9 Are you an artist or a musician?
10 Do you take sugar in your tea?
2．难题训练答案
1 away from 2 off 3 up 4 on 5 out 6 up with 7 in
3．多项选择题答案
1a 2c 3b 4b 5c 6a
7c 8b 9a 10b 11c 12a
