Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

Lesson 78    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!

entitle [ɪnˈtaɪtl] 给…命名(或题名)

light 点燃  过去式lit

nerve [nɜːrv] 神经紧张

concentration [ˌkɑːnsnˈtreɪʃn] 集中;专心

suffer  [ˈsʌfər]  受苦，受难

symptom[ˈsɪmptəm] 症状;征候;征兆

 temper[ˈtempər] 脾气;易怒的性情

enormous  [ɪˈnɔːrməs] 巨大的;庞大的

appetite [ˈæpɪtaɪt] 食欲;胃口

produce [prəˈduːs] 拿出

urge [ɜːrdʒ] 力劝;大力推荐

 make no effort to hide 毫不掩饰

more than I could bear 再也忍受不了

guiltily ['ɡɪltɪlɪ] 内疚地;有罪地

delighted [dɪˈlaɪtɪd] 高兴的;愉快的;

今天差一点就放弃朗读了，想懒到明天再读。好在，理智战胜了懒惰。我坚持完成了今天的任务。