Lesson 78 The last one? 笔记

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Lesson 78    The last one?

【New words and expressions】

entitle          v. 以……为名

calm             v. 使镇定

nerve            n. 神经

concentration    n. 集中，专心

suffer           v. 受苦，受害

symptom          n. 症状

temper           n. 脾气

appetite         n. 胃口，食欲

produce          v. 拿出

urge             v. 力劝，怂恿

satisfaction     n. 满意，满足

delighted        adj. 欣喜的

★entitle       vt. 以……为名,取名，给……题名, 给……称号；v. 授权, 授权

entitle + 宾语 + sth.     给……题名为……

The writer hasn’t entitled his new book yet.

The book was entitled The Sun Also Rises.

call sb. sth.   

name sb. sth.

★ calm     v. 使镇定

calm down     镇定下来

★nerve     n. 神经

lose one's nerve     失去勇气

I lost my nerve.

nervous     adj. 神经紧张的

mental disorder     神经病

★concentration     n. 集中，专心

concentrate     v. 专心

concentrate on doing sth.     集中精力做某事

concentrate on learning English

★suffer     v. 受苦，受害

① vi. 受痛苦，爱苦难；患病

During this time, my wife suffered terribly.

What is the patient suffering from?

② vt. 遭受（痛苦、损害等）

The village suffered serious damage from the floods.

Many people are suffering cold and hunger in that district.

★temper     n. 脾气

keep one's temper     别发火

lose one's temper     发火

Since his illness, he always loses his temper.

名词 + ed 为形容词：

hot-tempered  脾气火爆；good-tempered 好脾气的 ；bad-tempered 坏脾气的

★appetite     n. 胃口，食欲

appetite for sth.     关于……的食欲 （appetite 表示的胃口仅对食物而言）

I have good appetite for the ice cream.    我很想吃冰淇淋

to one's taste     对某人的胃口

This book is not to my taste.

★produce     v. 拿出

produce=take

★urge     v. 力劝，怂恿

urge sb. to do sth.     怂恿某人做……

persuade sb. to do sth.      说服/劝说某人做某事

★satisfaction     n. 满意，满足

satisfactory       adj. 令人满意的

★delighted     adj. 感到高兴的，欣喜的

delight     n. 欣喜，高兴

delight +人    让某人高兴

glad/happy/pleased     感到高兴的

I'm glad/happy/pleased.

glad 是一种客套的话

Glad to hear that.

happy 是相对稳定的一种快乐

He is a happy man.

pleased 高兴的，含有很满足的概念

I'm pleased.

delighted 突如其来的事情让人感到的开心

I'm delighted.

【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!

参考译文

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！

【课文讲解】

1、After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves.

an article entitled      题名为……的文章

在英语中，文章名与书名中的每个单词的第一个字母均大写，不在开头位置的连词、冠词、小品词除外。

lit （light，light）   v. 点燃

I lit a cigarette.

lighted     adj. 被点燃的

This is a lighted cigarette.

2、My friends kept on offering cigarettes and cigars.

keep on doing sth. = continue doing sth.    持续不断的做

  The child was crying loudly, but he kept on watching TV.

cigar    n. 雪茄

offer sb. sth.     给某人某物

3、They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.

make every effort    尽全力，尽一切努力

He made every effort to get/at getting the job.

make no effort       根本不作努力，毫不费力

make no effort to persuade him

She wrote the letter with/without effort.    她费力/毫不费力地写了那封信。

make effort + to do sth.     努力做……

no matter when = whenever    无论何时

no matter who = whoever      无论是谁

no matter where = wherever     无论在哪里

no matter how     无论怎样

4、When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.

was more than I could bear = I couldn't bear

more than后面跟一个从句或一个形容词时可以表示“超出”（多用于口语）：

  He was more than pleased with his new room.

  This was more than I had expectd.

5、Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.

anyway     不管如何

Anyway I love him.

Thank you anyway.

point out = explain     指出，指明

  Why didn’t you point out his mistake to him at that time?

  He pointed out that we still had to get a few other things.