练习材料：

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!

ðə læst wʌn?

ˈæftər ˈrɛdiŋ ən ˈɑrtɪkəl ɛnˈtaɪtəld ˌsɪgəˈrɛt ˈsmoʊkɪŋænd jʊər hɛlθ aɪ lɪt əˌsɪgəˈrɛt tu kɑm maɪ nɜrvz. aɪ smoʊkt wɪðˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən ænd ˈplɛʒər æz aɪ wʌz ʃʊr ðæt ðɪs wʊd bi maɪ læst ˌsɪgəˈrɛt. fɔr ə hoʊl wik aɪ dɪd nɑt smoʊk æt ɔl ænd ˈdʊrɪŋðɪs taɪm, maɪ waɪf ˈsʌfərd ˈtɛrəbli. aɪ hæd ɔl ðəˈjuʒəwəl ˈsɪmptəmz ʌv ˈsʌmˌwʌn ˈgɪvɪŋʌp ˈsmoʊkɪŋ: ə bæd ˈtɛmpər ænd ən ɪˈnɔrməs ˈæpəˌtaɪt. maɪ frɛndz kɛpt ɑn ˈɔfərɪŋ mi ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ænd sɪˈgɑrz. ðeɪ meɪd noʊˈɛfərt tu haɪd ðɛr əmˈjuzmənt wɛˈnɛvər aɪ prəˈdust əˈpækɪt ʌv swits frʌm maɪˈpɑkət. ˈæftər ˈsɛvən deɪz ʌv ðɪs aɪ wɛnt tu əˈpɑrti. ˈɛvriˌbɑdi əˈraʊnd mi wʌz ˈsmoʊkɪŋænd aɪ fɛlt ɛkˈstrimli ənˈkʌmfərtəbəl. wɛn maɪ oʊld frɛnd ˈbraɪən ɜrʤd mi tu əkˈsɛpt əˌsɪgəˈrɛt, ɪt wʌz mɔr ðæn aɪ kʊd bɛr. aɪ tʊk wʌn ˈgɪltɪli, lɪt ɪt ænd smoʊkt wɪð ˌsætɪˈsfækʃən. maɪ waɪf wʌz dɪˈlaɪtɪd ðæt θɪŋz hæd rɪˈtɜrnd tu ˈnɔrməl wʌns mɔr. ˈɛniˌweɪ, æz ˈbraɪən ˈpɔɪntɪd 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

知识笔记：

article 文章

entitle

cigarette 香烟

lit（light） 点燃

concentration 集中；专心

symptom 症状

enormous 庞大的

appetite 食欲

amusement 娱乐；乐趣；消遣

produce 出示；拿出

urge 力劝

calm one's nerves 使某人镇定

made no effort to 完全不努力做……

练习感悟：

要注意的单词发音：concentration、enormous、appetite、offering、cigars、effort、hide。