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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，我点上一支烟来镇定自己的神经。
开头立刻构成反差：看完健康文章，马上抽烟。
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。
For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly.
整整一个星期我一点烟也没抽，而在这期间我妻子可受够了。
suffered terribly 暗示戒烟带来的脾气问题不只影响自己。
I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.
我出现了戒烟者的典型症状：坏脾气和惊人的食欲。
symptoms 后面冒号列举，非常适合概括。
My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
我的朋友们不停地递给我香烟和雪茄。
kept on offering 表示外界诱惑持续不断。
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包糖果时，他们都毫不掩饰自己的好笑。
made no effort to hide... 是很生动的说法。
After seven days of this I went to a party.
我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。
Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable.
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。
When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.
这样过了7天以后，我去参加一次聚会。
I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction.
我带着愧疚接过一支，点上，然后心满意足地抽了起来。
guiltily 和 with satisfaction 形成复杂又好笑的心理对照。
My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more.
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。
Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
我内疚地接过一枝点上，心满意足地抽起来。
He himself has done it lots of times!
一切又都恢复了正常，为此我妻子十分高兴。
单元概要
本课写作者下决心戒烟一周，却在朋友劝烟和聚会氛围中最终“复吸”。重点是读懂戒烟过程中的身体与情绪反应，以及结尾那句“戒烟最容易，我自己戒过很多次”的反讽。
精读导图 1. 先写作者认真下决心戒烟。 2. 再写戒烟一周里的症状、诱惑和尴尬。 3. 最后在聚会劝烟中破功，并以一句反讽名言收尾。 精读关注 - give up smoking - guilt 与 satisfaction 并存的心理
单词表
| 单词 | 音标 | 释义 | 精讲 |
|---|---|---|---|
| entitle | /ɪnˈtaɪtl/ | 给……题名 |
|
| calm | /kɑːm/ | 使镇定 |
|
| concentration | /ˌkɒnsnˈtreɪʃn/ | 专注 |
|
| suffer | /ˈsʌfə(r)/ | 受苦 |
|
| symptom | /ˈsɪmptəm/ | 症状 |
|
| appetite | /ˈæpɪtaɪt/ | 食欲 |
|
| urge | /ɜːdʒ/ | 力劝 |
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| satisfaction | /ˌsætɪsˈfækʃn/ | 满足 |
|
短语
| 短语 | 意思 |
|---|---|
| calm one's nerves | 镇定神经 |
| give up smoking | 戒烟 |
| keep on doing | 不停做某事 |
| make no effort to do | 毫不费力/毫不打算去做 |
| more than I could bear | 我再也受不了了 |
| point out that | 指出…… |
语法点
give up doing
give up smoking 是本课最重要的动名词搭配之一。
相似句：
- She gave up eating sweets.
- He gave up trying to persuade her.
whenever 引导反复场景
whenever I produced a packet of sweets... 表示每次出现同样动作，朋友就同样发笑。
相似句：
- Whenever he visited us, he brought flowers.
- She smiled whenever the baby laughed.
it is the easiest thing... 的反讽
表面上像经验之谈，实际上后一句“done it lots of times”暴露了它是失败循环。
相似句：
- He says saving money is easy, but he never does it.
- She claims dieting is simple, yet starts over every week.
读写提示
- 这课要把“决心”和“失败”两头都写出来。
- 妻子、朋友、聚会三层外部压力都能帮助你概括。
- 结尾反讽句几乎是全文灵魂，不能漏。
- 生活幽默常靠自我暴露来成立。
考点
4
考点
4第 1 / 4 题
为什么作者戒烟一周却让妻子 suffering terribly？