EP 0125Daily Life
No Smoking!
It smells like an ashtray in here!
Hi honey! What’s wrong? Why do you have that look on your face?
What’s wrong? I thought we agreed that you were gonna quit smoking.
No! I said I was going to cut down which is very different. You can’t just expect me to go cold turkey overnight!
Look, there are other ways to quit. You can try the nicotine patch, or nicotine chewing gum. We spend a fortune on cigarettes every month and now laws are cracking down and not allowing smoking in any public place. It’s not like you can just light up like before.
I know, I know. I am trying but, I don’t have the willpower to just quit. I can’t fight with the urge to reach for my pack of smokes in the morning with coffee or after lunch! Please understand?
Fine! I want a divorce!
核心词汇
pack of smokescommon noun, singular
a box of cigarettes
urgecommon noun, singular
a strong impulse, inner drive, or yearning
light upphrase
to start smoking a cigarette
willpowercommon noun, singular
the strength of mind to carry out a decision
nicotine chewing gumcommon noun, singular
gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body
crack downphrase
To act more forcefully to regulate or repress
cold turkeyphrase
Immediate, complete withdrawal from something
nicotine patchcommon noun, singular
a patch that slowly releases nicotine into the body
ashtraycommon noun, singular
A receptacle for tobacco ashes and cigarettes and cigars
cut downprinciple verb, present simple
reduce he amount taken or used
拓展词汇
dragcommon noun, singular
smoking a cigarette once, a puff, share a cigar with someone
tarcommon noun, singular
A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic.
lightercommon noun, singular
A mechanical device for lighting a cigarette, cigar, or pipe.
matchcommon noun, singular
a thin strip of wood or cardboard tipped with a chemical that ignites when scraped against a rough or specially treated surface
stogiecommon noun, singular
informal of saying cigarette
buttcommon noun, singular
the end of the cigarette which contains the filter and is placed in the mouth to smoke