Lesson 78 The last one? 最后一枝吗？Read the passage and then answer the question.阅读短文，然后回答以下问题。For how long did the writer give up smoking?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 cigar ette. 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 sw eets 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!New words and expressions 生词和短语entitle v. 以……为名 temper n. 脾气calm v. 使镇定 appetite n. 胃口，食欲nerve n. 神经 produce v. 拿出concentration n. 集中，专心 urge v. 力劝，怂恿suffer v. 受苦，受害 satisfaction n. 满意，满足symptom n. 症状 delighted adj. 欣喜的Notes on the text 课文注释1 an article entitled …, 题名为……的文章2 as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette, 因为我确信这是我最后一支烟。 as 是“因为”的意思。3 I had all the usual symptoms of s omeone giving up smoking …, 戒烟的人通常表现的一切征兆，我都有……。someone giving up smoking...
