Lesson 78 The last one?-英语听力

[00:01.120]--- Lesson 78 The last one?
最后一支吗？ [00:06.960]--- First listen and then answer the question.
^听录音，然后回答以下问题。 [00:12.000]--- For how long did the writer give up smoking? [00:17.800]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》的文章之后，我点上了一支香烟，来镇定一下自己紧张的神经。 [00:27.720]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支烟。因为我确信这是我最后一支烟了。 [00:36.560]For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly.
^整整一个星期我根本没有吸烟。在此期间，我妻子吃尽了苦头。 [00:45.840]I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.
^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。 [00:55.560]My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
^我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。 [01:00.320]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，他们都毫不掩饰地表现出他们对此感到非常好笑。 [01:08.840]After seven days of this I went to a party.
^这样过了7天以后，我去参加一次聚会。 [01:14.120]Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable.
^我周围的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。 [01:20.640]When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.
^当我的老朋友布赖恩极力劝我接受一支香烟时，我再也忍不住了。 [01:27.920]I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction.
^我内疚地接过一支点上，心满意足地抽起来。 [01:35.280]My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more.
^一切又都恢复了正常，为此我妻子十分高兴。 [01:40.680]Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
^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， [01:48.640]He himself has done it lots of times!
^他自己就已戒了很多次了！ [01:53.840]--- end