新概念英语第二册笔记第78课

Lesson 78 The last one?

【Text】

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!

【课文翻译】

读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章之后，我点上了一枝香烟，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支烟。因为我确信这是我最后一枝烟了。整整一个星期我根本没有吸烟。在此期间，我妻子吃尽了苦头。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。我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。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非常好笑。这样过了7天以后，我去参加一次聚会。我周围的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。当我的老朋友布赖恩极力劝我接受一枝香烟时，我再也忍不住了。我内疚地接过一枝点上，心满意足地抽起来。一切又都恢复了正常，为此我妻子十分高兴。不管怎么说，正如布赖恩指出的那样，戒烟是世界上最容易的事情，他自己就已戒了很多次了!

New words and expressions 生词和短语

1. entitle

1) v. 以......为名；授权

eg: If something entitles you to something, it gives you the official right to have or do it.

eg: The novel is entitled Pride and Prejudice.

那本小说被命名为《傲慢与偏见》。

eg: This license entitles you to sell drug.

这个执照授权你可以卖药。

词组拓展：be entitled to (do) sth. 对...享有权利, 值得; 有(做某事)的资格[权利]

eg: Women employees are entitled to a maternity leave of three months.

女性员工有权利休三个月的产假。

记忆点拨： en（动词前缀，使……）—title（标题）（使有标题）

2. calm

1) v. 使镇定

eg: I gave the frightened child some candies to calm him.

我给那个吓坏了的小孩一些糖果使他安静下来。

adj. 平静的

After a night of storm, the sea is now calm.

一夜暴风雨过后，大海现在很平静。

词组拓展：keep calm保持镇定

calm down镇定下来

calm before the storm暴风雨前的平静

相关表达： calmness n.平静, 冷静, 镇静

词义辨析： calm, peaceful, quiet, still

(1) calm (relaxed and quiet, not angry, nervous, or upset)

主要用于气候、海洋“风平浪静的”，也可指人表示“安静的”、“镇静的”，

eg: The sky is blue, and the sea is calm.

天空碧兰，海上风平浪静。

eg: Although she was frightened, she answered with a calm voice.

虽然她害怕，但还是用平静的声音回答。

(2) Peaceful (a peaceful time, place, or situation is quiet and calm without any worry or

excitement) 指“和平的”表示“没有骚扰和战争的”

a peaceful environment和平环境。

(3) quiet (not making much noise, or making no noise at all)指“ 没有吵闹声的”、“ 没有噪音的”,

它强调“声音很低、很少” 或“全然无声”

eg: He had a quiet life

他过着宁静的生活。

(4) still (quiet and calm) 指“没声音的”、“没动静的”,

the still hours before dawn黎明前的寂静时刻。

3. nerve n. 神经

eg: the feeling of being nervous because you are worried or a little frightened