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!
【Pronunciation】
1. normal adj. [英] [ˈnɔ:ml] [美] [ˈnɔ:rml]
2. 朗读中停顿很重要，'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health'为引用，使用应停顿强调。
3. fun/done/won/one
后两个词发音完全相同。
小咪诀窍：在/n/后面加上一个schwa sound, 可以帮我们找到/n/的正确发音，它是舌尖抵齿龈，不是舌后抬起触碰软腭。
4. Pointed out 属于verbal phrase, 后面的out除了和前面的pointed有辅元连读, out本身还要读的再重些。原因是out在句尾，享受tonic stress, 比前面的pointed读的更重。
5. He himself中的himself是反身代词，需要重读。原声里himself重读音节里的元音e能明显听到音高从低到高的上扬语调。证明这是一个tonic stress。
【Words & Expression】
1. all the thumbs
2. break/kick/give up the habit
develop the habit
3. symptom n. 症状
Lesson 78 The last one
4. appetite n. 食欲
appetizer n. 开胃菜 thing that is eaten or drunk before a meal to stimulate the appetite. = starters
Eg: Exercise is a good appetizer.
一般西餐的顺序是: appetizer-soup-main course-dessert-drinks
pickles n. 咸菜 a thick cold sauce that is made from pieces of vegetables preserved in vinegar.
5. follow one's example 学习某人
6. produce v. 拿出
7. inveterate adj. 根深蒂固的，惯常的 someone who lies a lot, smokes a lot etc and cannot stop
ineveterate liar/smoker
8. palatable ['pælətəbl] 美味的/可接受的
-palatable food
-a palatable solution to the problem
scrumptious['skrʌmpʃəs] 美味可口的
- a scrumptious apple pie
9. return to normal 恢复正常
10. cold turkey: if you stop doing something such as smoking or taking drugs, you stop it suddenly and completely.
to go/quit cold turkey 断然戒掉
Some smokers quit cold turkey.
【Good Sentence】
1. After reading an article entitled "Cigatette Smoking and Your Health" I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves.
2. Old habits die hard. 江山易改，本性难移。
3. Your is going to be out of juice. 你的手机快没电了。
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