Echo的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

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[Day 1550 2018-12-24]

Lesson78 The last one?

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!

[deɪ 1550 2018-12-24]

ˈlɛsən78 ðə læst wʌn?

ˈæftər ˈrɛdɪŋ ən ˈɑrtəkəl ɛnˈtaɪtəld ˌsɪgəˈrɛt ˈsmoʊkɪŋ ænd jʊər hɛlθ aɪ lɪt ə ˌsɪgəˈrɛt tu kɑm maɪ nɜrvz. aɪ smoʊkt wɪð ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən ænd ˈplɛʒər æz aɪ wʌz ʃʊr ðæt ðɪs wʊd bi maɪ læst ˌsɪgəˈrɛt. fɔr ə hoʊl wik aɪ dɪd nɑt smoʊk æt ɔl ænd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs taɪm, maɪ waɪf ˈsʌfərd ˈtɛrəbli. aɪ hæd ɔl ðə ˈjuʒəwəl ˈsɪmptəmz ʌv ˈsʌmˌwʌn ˈgɪvɪŋ ʌp ˈsmoʊkɪŋ: ə bæd ˈtɛmpər ænd ən ɪˈnɔrməs ˈæpəˌtaɪt. maɪ frɛndz kɛpt ɑn ˈɔfərɪŋ mi ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ænd sɪˈgɑrz. ðeɪ meɪd noʊ ˈɛfərt tu haɪd ðɛr əmˈjuzmənt wɛˈnɛvər aɪ prəˈdust ə ˈpækət ʌv swits frʌm maɪ ˈpɑkət. ˈæftər ˈsɛvən deɪz ʌv ðɪs aɪ wɛnt tu ə ˈpɑrti. ˈɛvriˌbɑdi əˈraʊnd mi wʌz ˈsmoʊkɪŋ ænd aɪ fɛlt ɛkˈstrimli ənˈkʌmfərtəbəl. wɛn maɪ oʊld frɛnd ˈbraɪən ɜrʤd mi tu ækˈsɛpt ə ˌsɪgəˈrɛt, ɪt wʌz mɔr ðæn aɪ kʊd bɛr. aɪ tʊk wʌn ˈgɪltɪli, lɪt ɪt ænd smoʊkt wɪð ˌsætəˈsfækʃən. maɪ waɪf wʌz dɪˈlaɪtəd ðæt θɪŋz hæd rɪˈtɜrnd tu ˈnɔrməl wʌns mɔr. ˈɛniˌweɪ, æz ˈbraɪən ˈpɔɪntəd aʊt, ɪt ɪz ði ˈiziəst θɪŋ ɪn ðə wɜrld tu gɪv ʌp ˈsmoʊkɪŋ. hi hɪmˈsɛlf hæz dʌn ɪt lɑts ʌv taɪmz!

任务配置：L0+L4

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