人人知道吸烟有害健康,连烟盒上都印着Smoking is dangerous to your health.但香烟依然大行其道.对于香烟的称呼,也就由于使用者以及使用场合的不同而五花八门。在标准英语中,常用以下几个词:

　　1. tobacco烟草,烟叶。如:

　　roasted tobacco烤烟;tobacco pipe烟斗;tobacco pouch烟袋;tobacco-curing制烟;tobacco leaf烟叶;cut tobacco烟丝.

　　2. cigarette香烟,纸烟,卷烟。如:

　　cigarette case 烟盒;cigarette holder烟嘴;cigarette paper 卷烟纸;cigarette end(butt,stub)烟蒂;cigarette ash烟灰;cigarette tar烟油.

　　3. cigar 雪茄

　　除了这些,在英语口语中,香烟还被称为butt, fag, weed。如:

　　A mechanic said to his wife: I haven't had a weed all day.一个机械工人对他的妻子说:"我一整天没有抽烟了。"

　　A student asked his friend: Got a butt?一个学生问他的朋友:"有烟吗?"

　　在英语俚语中,香烟被幽默地称为cancer stick(癌棍儿)和coffin nail(棺材钉)--可谓精辟地指出了香烟的"功效"。如:

　　That's the third pack of cancer sticks I've smoked today. 这是我今天抽的第三包烟。

　　最后,请"欣赏"几个烟鬼(heavy smoker)的表演:

　　Brezhnev is a chain smoker. His trademark is an amber holder and his proudest possession appears to be his cigarette case with built-in timer and lock.勃列日涅夫是一个一支接一支抽烟的人.他的"注册商标"是一个琥珀烟嘴,而他最引以为自豪的财产似乎就是他的烟盒--装有内插式定时器和锁.(不到一定时间,烟盒锁着打不开,想抽烟也没有办法。)

　　She bent low out of the wind to light the cigarette, puffed twice before she sat up again. 她弯下腰去避风点上烟,猛抽了两口才又坐起来。

　　He steered the car with the other hand, knocking the dottle out into the ashtray.他一只手开着汽车,另一只手把烟斗里吸剩的烟丝磕到烟灰缸里。

　　(文/王维红　英语辅导报大学一年级版03~04学年第44期;版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)