新概念英語第二冊 Lesson 78
第一部分 WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
第二部分 TEXT
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!
參考譯文
讀完一篇題爲《吸菸與健康》的文章之後，我點上了一枝香菸，來鎮定一下自己緊張的神經。我聚精會神而又愉快地吸着這枝煙。因爲我確信這是我最後一枝煙了。整整一個星期我根本沒有吸菸。在此期間，我妻子吃盡了苦頭。我具備了戒菸者通常表現出來的所有症狀：脾氣暴躁和食慾旺盛。我的朋友們不斷地向我遞香菸和雪茄。每當我從口袋裏掏出一包糖果時，他們都毫不掩飾地表現出他們對此感到非常好笑。這樣過了7天以後，我去參加一次聚會。我周圍的每個人都在吸菸，我感到非常不自在。當我的老朋友布賴恩極力勸我接受一枝香菸時，我再也忍不住了。我內疚地接過一枝點上，心滿意足地抽起來。一切又都恢復了正常，爲此我妻子十分高興。不管怎麼說，正如布賴恩指出的那樣，戒菸是世界上最容易的事情，他自己就已戒了很多次了！
第三部分 LANGUAGE POINTS
r reading an article entitled ‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'...
=After reading an article that was entitled ‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'...
entitled ‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health':過去分詞短語修飾article
Tips:
在英語中，文章名與書名中的每個單詞的第一個字母均大寫，不在開頭位置的連詞、冠詞、小品詞除外。entitle的含義爲"給......題名／定名"，在這裏是過去分詞（短語）作定語。entitle常用於被動語態
2、I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves.
calm:使...平靜下來；安撫...
3、I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking.
give up (doing):放棄做...不再做...
4、My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
keep on:繼續做...
5、They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.
make no effort to:make the effort to do sth.的反義表達;表示"根本不作努力"
whenever:at whatever time
Ex
Come to see me whenever you feel you have to talk.
I avoided physical conflict whenever possible.
6. was more than I could bear.
more than:後面跟一個從句或一個形容詞時可以表示"超出"（多用於口語）
Ex
He was more than pleased with his new room.
This was more than I had expected.
ay,as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
it爲先行主語，代替後面的不定式短語 to give up...
point out:固定短語，表示"指出"、"指明"
Ex
Why didn't you point out his mistake to him at that time?
第四部分 KEY STRUCTURES AND USAGE
課文中分詞的用法
After reading an article entitled ‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'...(現在分詞)
=>They are watching a baseball game.
=> He has been collecting stamps since he was a boy.
=>The teacher holding a young tree in her left hand is Miss Lee
=>Dick stood there, thinking about what he was going to do with the money
=>The news seemed very encouraging
=>I enjoyed watching the boys making a snow man.
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Exercises
中譯英
1、她開始抽泣,Meadows盡力地安慰她
2、因爲激動他開始顫抖起來，爲了使自己鎮定下來他走到窗口
3、主席盡力地安慰他們使他們不至於害怕
4、我根本無意放棄政治
5、她從來沒有完全地放棄希望
6、他們在沉默中又走了一會
7、我一直咳個不停，真不好意思
8、母親們總得下好大決心才能帶孩子出去玩
9、他沒有拿到第一名一點也不令人驚奇。因爲從一開始他就沒有努力去贏
10、什麼時候我想起她的臉，總是一張笑臉
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