--Lesson 78 The last one?【Text】Afterreadinganarticle entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I litacigarette to calm mynerves. Ismokedwithconcentration andpleasure as I was sure that this would bemy lastcigarette. Fora wholeweek Idid not smoke at alla nd during this time, mywife suffered terribly.I had allthe usual symptoms of someonegiving upsmoking: a bad temper and anenormous appetite. Myfriends kepton offering me cigarettesand cigars. Theymade no effort to hide their amuse ment wheneverIproducedapacketof sweets frommy pocket. Aftersevendaysof this I went to aparty.Everybody aroundme was smoking and I felt extr emely uncomfortable. Whenmyold friend Brian urgedme to accept a cigarette, itwas morethan I could bear. I took one guiltily, litit and smokedwith satisfact ion. My wife was delightedthatthings hadreturned to normal once more. Anyway, asBrian pointed out,it is the easiest thing in theworld to give up smoking. He himself has done itlots 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【生词讲解】--1. entitle1) v.以......为名;授权eg: Ifsomething entitles you to something, it gives you the official right to have or do it.eg: The novelisentitledPride and Prejudice.那本小说被命名为《傲慢与偏见》。
eg: Thislicense entitles you to sell drug.这个执照授权你可以卖药。
词组拓展: be entitledto (do)sth. 对...享有权利,值得;有(做某事)的资格[权利]ﻫeg: Women employees are entitledto 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.calm1)v.使镇定ﻫeg: Igave thefrightened childsome 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ﻫAfter a night of storm, theseais 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ﻫcalm 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 (relaxedand 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 isblue,andthe sea is calm.天空碧兰,海上风平浪静。
ﻫeg:Although shewas frightened, she answeredwit h a calmvoice.ﻫ虽然她害怕,但还是用平静的声音回答。
(2) Peaceful (a peacefultime, place, or situation isquiet and calmwithout any worry or excitement) 指“和平的”表示“没有骚扰和战争的”apeacefulenvironment和平环境。
(3) quiet(not makingmuch noise,or makingnonoise atall)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:Hehad a quiet life他过着宁静的生活。
(4)still(quietand calm)指“没声音的”、“没动静的”,thestill hours before dawn黎明前的寂静时刻。
3.nerve n. 神经eg:the feelingof being nervous becauseyou areworried oralittle fri ghtenedﻫeg:He was a bundle of nerveswhen making the speech.他在演讲的时候紧张死了。
eg:I drank a large glass ofbeerto calm my nerves.我喝了一大杯啤酒来镇定我的神经。
词组拓展: geton sb's nerves使人心烦不安;使人心神不定strain every nerve竭尽全力相关表达:nervousadj. 神经紧张的,不安的4.concentration n. 集中,专心eg:Ican hardlyconcentrateon readingwith all that noisearound.周围这么多噪音,我几乎不能专心读书。
ﻫeg:Thefactory is concentratingon designing newproducts.工厂正集中经历设计信产品。
eg:Yoga is an exercise whichcanimproves your powers of concentration.瑜伽是一种能提高注意力的运动。
eg: Asa simultaneous translator I must listenand translate with great concentration.作为一个同声传译工作者,我必须非常集中精神地听和翻译。
相关表达:concentrate v. 集中记忆点拨: con(全部)—centr(中心)—ation(名词后缀)(全部在中心)5.suffer1)v.to experiencephysicalor mental pain受苦,受害;eg:Ihave been suffering from a bad headache.我有严重的头疼病。
eg:Mygrandmather diedsuddenlyand didn’t suffer.我的奶奶突然就去世了,没受什么痛苦。
2) tobe in avery bad situation that makes things very difficultfor you 受损失eg: Many private businesses sufferedagreatlossduringthe recession.很多私有企业在经济衰退时期受了很大损失。
ﻫThe enemyforces sufferedheavy casualties.敌方军队伤亡损失很大。
ﻫ词义辨析: bear,endure,stand,suffer,toleratebear (tobravelyaccept or deal with a painful, difficult,orupsetting situation[=stand])广义的指容忍各种事情的能力eg:He can't bearpeople smoking while he's eating.他受不了别人在他吃饭的时候吸烟。
ﻫEndure(to bein a difficultorpainful situation for along timewithoutcomplaining)尤指长期面对痛苦、艰难的能力: eg: There are limitsto whatthe human body canendure.人体的忍耐力是有限的stand(tobe able to accept or dealwell with a difficult situation[= tolerate])指精神上坚毅,有决心:eg:Thepainwas toointense tostand.痛苦强烈得无法承受。
eg: Actors who can't stand criticismshouldn't perform inpublic.受不了批评的演员不应在公众中演出。
ﻫSuffer(to experience physical ormentalpain)指顺从和克制eg:He suffered theirinsults in silence.他默默忍受他们所施加的伤害。