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Lesson 7：No smoking, please！(2)

http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/08/13 10:55 新浪教育

　　课文翻译

　　1. Reading comprehension阅读理解

　　In Britain, 70% of smokers say that they would like to stop smoking, and

　　在英国，70%的烟民说，他们愿意戒烟，而且

　　of these smokers, 83% have tried more than once to give it up. Why do smokers

　　在这些吸烟者中，有83%的人不止一次地试过戒烟。烟民们明知

　　continue to smoke, even when they know that the habit may kill them or at

　　这个习惯可能要他们的命，或至少会引起重病，

　　least cause a serious illness? The problem with tobacco is that it contains a

　　为什么他们还要继续吸烟呢?烟草的问题在于它里面含有一种

　　drug called nicotine. Nicotine is a drug that gets onesintosthe habit of smoking.

　　叫尼古丁的麻醉剂。尼古丁是一种使人吸烟上瘾的毒品。

　　That means that once you start taking the drug, it is hard to stop.

　　那就意味着，一旦吸起这种毒来，你就很难戒掉。

　　When smokers who are used to nicotine go without it for an hour or two,

　　那些对尼古丁上了瘾的烟民，一两个小时缺少尼古丁，

　　they begin to feel bad. The body is calling for a new supply of the drug nicotine.

　　就会开始感到难受。他们的体内要求补充新的麻醉剂尼古丁。

　　So they say“I must have a cigarette”. In fact, they don't need a cigarette.

　　因此，他们会说：“我一定要抽一支。”事实上，他们并不是需要香烟。

　　All they need is something to make them feel better at that moment. One thing

　　他们所需要的只是某种可以使他们当时感到舒服的东西，使他们

　　that will stop them feeling bad is the drug nicotine, which is contained in

　　消除难受感觉的一种东西，就是香烟中所含的那种麻醉剂尼古丁。

　　cigarettes. And so their habit of smoking continues.

　　因此，他们吸烟的习惯就改不掉了。

第七课：请勿吸烟！(2)

　　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1would like愿意，想要

　　后面可跟名词、不定式作宾语，还可跟不定式作宾语补足语，形成would like sth./to do sth./sb. to do sth.结构。

　　2be bad for...对……有害

　　Keeping late hours is bad for your health.晚睡晚起对你的健康有害。

　　反义词链接：be good for...对……有利

　　3.get sb.sintosthe habit of使某人养成……习惯

　　Nicotine is the drug that gets onesintosthe habit of smoking.

　　尼古丁是使人养成吸烟习惯的毒品。

　　短语链接：getsintosthe habit of; fallsintosthe habit of; form the habit of形成……习惯

　　4be used to sth./doing sth.习惯于(干)某事

　　be used to do sth.被用于某事

　　used to do sth.过去常常干某事

　　I'm used to living here.我习惯住在这儿。

　　Grass is used to make curtains.草可以用来做帘子。

　　I used to walk to school.我过去常常步行上学。

　　5stop sb. from doing sth.阻止某人做某事

　　The heavy rain stopped us from coming here on time.

　　这场大雨使得我们不能按时来到。

　　句型链接：prevent sb. from doing sth.; keep sb. from doing sth.(在该短语中from不能省略，前两个结构中from可以省略)。

　　6The problem with sth. is that...……的问题是……

　　The problem with my family is that there is no money.

　　我们家的问题是没有钱。

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