Lesson 78 The last one?最后一支吗？冠词

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.

I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.

give up ^{放弃，放手，停止尝试；认输}

• We were on the point of giving up.
• You must give up fishing!

someone giving up doing ^{独立主格(有人放弃做某事)}

没有谓语动词也能说清楚一件事。不属于基础语法。通常用于句子中表达两个动作同时发生，其中一个动作由名词短语或代词构成的独立主格表达。这个结构经常用来表达因果关系或者伴随关系。

1. he rushed out of the house, her heart pounding with fear. ^{（她匆忙离开了房子，心中充满了恐惧。）}
2. I opened the window, the cold wind biting at my face.^{（我打开了窗户，冷风刺骨般地吹在我的脸上。）}
3. She entered the room, her eyes scanning the surroundings. ^{（她走进了房间，眼睛扫视着四周。）}

My friends kept on offering cigarettes and cigars.

cigar ^{n. 雪茄}

• cigar → cigarette

offer sb. sth. ^{给某人某物}

• Josie had offered her services as a guide. ^{乔西曾表示愿意当向导。}

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

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

urged me to accept ^{怂恿、力劝去接受}

• She urged me to accept the new post, although the job is not very well paid. ^{她努力劝我接受那个新职位，虽然那职位报酬并不优厚。}

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.

I took one guiltily, lit it, and smoked with satisfaction.

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

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.

联合复习

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