[00:10.39]For how long did the writer give up smoking? [00:15.78]After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. [00:26.25]I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. [00:35.11]For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time my wife suffered terribly. [00:43.84]I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. [00:53.83]My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. [00:59.15]They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. [01:08.29]After seven days of this I went to a party. [01:13.04]Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. [01:19.78]When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. [01:29.23]I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction. [01:35.71]My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. [01:41.63]Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. [01:50.01]He himself has done it lots of times! 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!