Lesson 78 The last one?
Lesson 78 The last one?
中文
最后一支吗？
读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章之后，我点上了一枝香烟，来镇定一下自己紧张的神经。
我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着这枝烟。因为我确信这是我最后一枝烟了。
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。
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。
我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。
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。
这样过了7天以后，我去参加一次聚会。
我周围的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。
当我的老朋友布赖恩极力劝我接受一枝香烟时，我再也忍不住了。
我内疚地接过一枝点上，心满意足地抽起来。
一切又都恢复了正常，为此我妻子十分高兴。
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。
他自己就已戒了很多次了！
英文
After reading an article entitled [ɪnˈtaɪtld] 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health', I lit a cigarette [ˌsɪɡəˈret] to calm [kɑːm] my nerves.
I smoked [sməʊkt] with concentration [ˌkɒns(ə)nˈtreɪʃ(ə)n] and pleasure [ˈpleʒə(r)] 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 [ˈsʌfəd] terribly.
I had all the usual symptoms [ˈsɪmptəmz] of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper [ˈtempə(r)] and an enormous [ɪˈnɔːməs] appetite [ˈæpɪtaɪt].
My friends [frendz] kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
They made no effort [ˈefət] to hide their amusement [əˈmjuːzmənt] whenever I produced [prəˈdjuːst] a packet [ˈpækɪt] of sweets from my pocket [ˈpɒkɪt].
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 [ˈbraɪən] urged [ɜːrdʒd] me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.
I took [tʊk] one guiltily [ˈɡɪltɪli], lit it and smoked with satisfaction.
My wife was delighted [dɪˈlaɪtɪd] that things had returned to normal once more.
Anyway, as Brian pointed [ˈpɔɪntɪd] out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
He himself has done it lots of times!
分析
After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to clam my nerves.
- simple sentence:
- After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'
[doing as adverbial of time]- entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'
[passive form of verb]
- entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'
- I lit a cigarette to clam my nerves.
- I
[subject] - lit
[predicate verb phrase] - a cigarette
[object] - to clam my nerves，
[to-do as adverbial of purpose]
- I
- After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'
I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.
- complex sentence:
- I smoked with concentration and pleasure
- I
[subject] - smoked
[predicate verb phrase] - with concentration and pleasure
[adverbial of accompany]
- I
- as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette
- as + clause
[adverbial of cause] - I was sure that +
[object clause] - this would be my last cigarette
- this
[subject] - would be
[be verb] - my last cigarette
[predicative][noun phrase]
- this
- as + clause
- I smoked with concentration and pleasure
- knowledge:
- with + pleasure prep. 乐意地; 欣然地; 愉快地, 高兴地; [口语]可以, 没问题
- be. + sure + (that) 引导的宾语从句
For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly.
- compound sentence:
- For a whole week I did not smoke at all
- For a whole week
[adverbial of time] - I
[subject] - did not smoke
[predicate verb phrase] - at all
[adverbial]
- For a whole week
- and
- During this time my wife suffered terribly.
- During this time
[adverbial of time] - my wife
[subject] - suffered
[predicate verb phrase] - terribly
- During this time
- For a whole week I did not smoke at all
- knowledge:
- for + a + week prep. (持续)(了)一周
- at + all adv. 根本, 完全; 到底, 究竟; 既然, 反正; 不管怎样, 竟然 adv. (not) 完全不, 一点也不, 根本不, 丝毫不
- during + sth. prep. 在...的时候
I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite .
- simple sentence:
- I
[subject] - had
[predicate verb phrase] - all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking
[object]- of someone giving up smoking
[attributive]=> symptoms
- of someone giving up smoking
- I
My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
- simple sentence:
- My friends
[subject] - kept on {doing.}
[predicate verb phrase] - offering me cigarettes and cigars
[doing as object]- offer
[verb] - me
[object] - cigarettes and cigars
[object complement]
- offer
- My friends
- knowledge:
- keep + on + doing. v. 继续做某事
- offer + sth.① + sth.② vt. [给/向]...提供...
They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.
- complex sentence:
- They made no effort to hide their amusement
- they
[subject] - made no effort
[predicate verb phrase] - to hide their amusement
[to-do as object]
- they
- whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.
- whenever
[adverbial clause of time] - I
[subject] - produced
[predicate verb phrase] - a packet of sweets
- from my pocket
[adverbial of place]
- whenever
- They made no effort to hide their amusement
- knowledge:
- produce + sth.① + from + sth.②
- a + packet + of + sth. n. 一盒..., 一捆..., 一包...
- make + an + effort + to + do. + (sth.) v. 努力(做)...
After seven days of this I went a party.
- simple sentence:
- after seven days of this
[adverbial of time] - I
[subject] - went
[predicate verb phrase] - a party
[object]
- after seven days of this
Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable.
- compound sentence:
- Everybody around me was smoking
- Everybody around me
[subject]- around me
[attributive]=> everybody
- around me
- was smoking
[predicate verb phrase][past continuous tense]
- Everybody around me
- and
- I felt extremely uncomfortable
- I
[subject] - felt
[link verb] - extremely
[adverbial] - uncomfortable
[predicative][adjective]
- I
- Everybody around me was smoking
When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.
- complex sentence:
- it was more than I could bear.
- it
[subject] - was
[be verb] - more than i could bear
[predicative][noun phrase]
- it
- When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette
- when + clause
[adverbial clause of time] - my old friend
[subject] - urged
[predicate verb phrase] - me
[object] - to accept a cigarette
[to-do as object complement]
- when + clause
- it was more than I could bear.
- knowledge:
- urge + sb. + to + do. + (sth.)
- v. [催促/敦促/力劝]...(某人)...(做某事)
- urge + sb. + to + do. + (sth.)
I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction .
- compound sentence:
- I took one guiltily
- I lit it
- I smoked with satisfaction
- I
[subject] - smoked
[predicate verb phrase] - with satisfaction
[adverbial of accompany]
- I
- knowledge:
- with + satisfaction
- prep. 满足地, 满意地, 称心如意地
- with + satisfaction
My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more.
- complex sentence:
- My wife was delighted
- My wife
[subject] - was
[be verb] - delighted
[predicative][adjective]
- My wife
- that thing had returned to normal once more
- that + clause
[attributive clause] - thing
[subject] - had returned {
[prepositional object phrase]}[predicate verb phrase][present perfect tense] - to normal
[prepositional object phrase] - once more
[adverbial]
- that + clause
- My wife was delighted
- knowledge:
- once + more adv. 再一次
Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
- simple sentence:
- it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking
- it
[subject] - is
[be verb] - easiest thing in the world
[predicative][noun phrase]- in the world
[attributive]=> thing
- in the world
- to give up smoking
[adverbial]
- it
- it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking
- knowledge:
- give + up + doing. + (sth.) v. 放弃(做)..., 中止(做)..., 停止尝试...、
- in + the + world prep. 在世界上; 在这个世界
He himself has done it lots of times!
- simple sentence:
- He himself
[subject] - has done
[predicate verb phrase] - it
[object] - lots of times
[adverbial]
- He himself
- an article entitled
- as I was sure that his would be my last cigarette.`
- keep on doing 持续不断的做
- seven days of this
- as Brian pointed out
- clam down
- get on one's nerves
- concentrate on
- concentration
- suffer from
- make an effort to do
- more than 超出、非常、不仅仅
- I love you more than I can say
- once again = once more