78 · 最后一根烟吗？
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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!
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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!
读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章，我点了一支烟来缓解紧张。我专心而愉快地抽着，心里认定：这就是最后一支烟了。 整整一周，我一支也没抽，可妻子受了不少罪。我有了戒烟者常见的种种反应：脾气暴躁，胃口大得惊人。 朋友们还总递来香烟和雪茄。每次我从口袋掏出一包糖，他们都忍不住拿我取乐。 这样熬过七天，我去参加一个聚会。身边的人都在抽烟，我难受极了。 老朋友布赖恩劝我来一支，我终于撑不住了，心虚地接过来，点上，心满意足地抽了起来。 妻子很高兴，一切终于又恢复正常了。反正，正如布赖恩所说，戒烟是世界上最容易的事——他自己就戒过好多次！
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I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.
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