Unit9 Giving up Smoking 戒除煙癮
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
生病才知健康好。
Dialouge 4
A:Would you like a cigarette?
A:抽煙嗎?
B:No,thanks.I've decided to give up smoking.
B:不,謝謝。我已經(jīng)決定戒煙了。
A:Really? Why?
A:真的?為什么?
B:Well,it's just that I think if you don't enjoy doing something any more,you should stop doing it.
B:嗯,就是因為我覺得如果你不喜歡再干什么事情的話,你就不要做好了。
A:I see. You mean you don't enjoy smoking any more?
A:噢。你的意思是說你不再喜歡吸煙啦?
B:That's right. You should give it up, too. It's bad for your health.
B:對呀。你也應(yīng)該戒掉。吸煙對你的健康不利。
A:Stop talking like my mother. That's what she keeps saying.
A:別又像我媽媽似的。她就總這么說。
B:But it's true. It's a nasty habit. I can't think why I ever started. Anyway ,it's obviously got you in its grip !
B:可我說的是真的。吸煙是個壞習(xí)慣。我都想不明白我開始是怎么吸上的。反正它把你控制住了。
A:What do you mean? What are you talking about?
A:你是什么意思?你在說什么呀?
B:I mean you couldn't give it up!
B:我是說你戒不掉啦!
A:Who? Me? Could't give up smoking? Nonsense! Of course I could !I know I could !
A:誰戒不掉?我嗎?戒不掉吸煙?胡說!我當(dāng)然能戒掉!我知道我能戒掉!
B:How do you know?
B:你怎么知道你戒得攆呢?
A:Because I've already proved it. Smoking's the easiest thing in the world to give up. I've done it hundreds of times!
A:因為我已經(jīng)證明過了。吸煙是世界上最容易戒掉的東西。我都戒了好多次了!