开口英语

14. Quit Cold Turkey

第14课 断然戒烟

Jane is talking to her boyfriend. (J=Jane; B=boyfriend)

珍正在和她的男朋友交谈。
You promised me that you were going to give up smoking.
你答应过我要戒烟的。
What's that in your hand?
你手上拿的是什么？
I'm sorry. I really want to except that every time I get nervous, I can't help smoking.
对不起。我真的想要戒烟, 但我每次紧张时就忍不住要抽烟。
That's just an excuse.
那只是借口。
No. It's true. I've tried everything:
不是, 是真的。我试过各种方法：
chewing gum, biting my fingernails and even meditation, but nothing works.
嚼口香糖、咬手指甲、甚至打坐, 可是都没效。
Well, if you want to be with me, you'll just have to quit cold turkey.
呃, 你如果想和我在一起, 就得断然戒烟。
That will work!
那会有效哦！

Mom...? Yeah, honey? I had a bad dream. Oh, no, well, um...why don't you go back to bed and I'll come lay down with you in a second? I'm so sorry, I owe you one.

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Night has fallen over the country. Through the trees rises the red moon, and the stars are scarcely seen. In the vast shadow of night the coolness and the dews descend. I sit at the open window to enjoy them; andhear only the voice of the summer wind. Like black hulks, the shadows of the great trees ride at anchor onthe billowy sea of grass.

I cannot see the red and blue flowers, but I know that they are there. Far away in the meadow gleams the silver Charles. The tramp of horses' hoofs sounds from the wooden bridge. Then all is still save the continuous wind of the summer night. Sometimes I know not if it be the wind or the sound of the neighboring sea.The village clock strikes; and I feel that I am not alone.

How different it is in the city! It is late, and the crowd is gone. You step out upon the balcony, and liein the very bosom of the cool, dewy night as if you folded her garments about you. Beneath lies the publicwalk with trees, like a fathomless, black gulf, into whose silent darkness the spirit plunges, and floats away with some beloved spirit clasped in its embrace.

The lamps are still burning up and down the long street. People go by with grotesque shadows, now foreshortened, and now lengthening away into the darkness and vanishing, while a new one springs up behind the walker, and seems to pass him revolving like the sail of a windmill. The iron gates of the park shut with a jangling clang. There are footsteps and loud voices; a tumult; a drunken brawl; an alarm of fire; then silence again. And now at length the city is asleep, and we can see the night.

The belated moon looks over the rooftops and finds no one to welcome her. The moonlight is broken. It lieshere and there in the squares, and the opening of the streets angular like blocks of white marble.

夜幕已经笼罩着乡间。一轮红月正从树林后面徐徐升起，天上几乎见不到星星。在这苍茫夜色中，寒气与露水降下来了。我坐在敞开的窗前欣赏着这夜色，耳边只听见那夏天的风声。虽然我见不到红色和蓝色的花朵，但是我知道它们在哪儿。远处的草地上，银色的查尔斯河闪闪发光。木桥那边传来了踢嗒踢嗒的马啼声。接着，万物俱寂，只留下夏夜不断的风声。有时，我丝毫辨别不出它究竟是风声，还是邻近的海涛声。村子里的时钟敲起来了，于是我觉得并不孤单。

城市的夜晚是那样的不同啊! 夜深了，人群已经散去。你走到阳台上，躺在凉爽和露水弥漫的夜幕中，仿佛你用它作为外衣裹住了你的身子。阳台下面是栽着树木的人行道，像一条深不可测的黑色的海湾，飘忽的精灵就投入了这漆黑沉静的海湾，拥抱着某个所爱的精灵随波荡漾而去。长长的街道上，街灯依然到处亮着。人们从灯下走过，托拽着各种各样奇形怪状的影子，影子时而缩短，时而伸长，最后消失在黑暗之中；同时，一个新的影子又突然出现在那个行路人的身后，这影子好似风车上的翼板一样，转到他身体的前方去了。公园的铁门当啷一声关上，耳边可以听到脚步声和响亮的说话声；一阵喧闹；一阵酒醉后的吵嚷声；一阵火灾的报警声；接着，寂静如初。于是，城市终于沉睡，我们终于能够看到夜的景色。姗姗来迟的月亮从屋顶后面探出脸来,发觉没有人在欢迎她.月光破碎,东一块,西一块,撒落在各个广场上和各条大街的开阔处---像一块块白色的大理石一样棱角分明.

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Grandpa：Here are the fliers1, hot off the press2!

Ellen：[She takes some fliers.] Looks good. Simple.

Marilyn：Right over here, Grandpa. You fold3 the fliers. Richard and I will put them into the envelopes4.

Richard：We finished addressing5 over three hundredenvelopes.

Grandpa：Need another box?

Ellen：Good work, gang.

Mike：[ speaking on the phone ] Hi, this is Mike

Johnson. Can I speak with Mr. or Mrs. Anderson? Thanks.

Robbie：[ speaking on the phone ] Mr. Nelson. Hi. Thisis Bobbie Stewart. Did you know my mother is running for the school board?

Jimmy：[ speaking on the phone ] Yes, Miss Kim, Ellen Stewart. “She cares. ” Oh, see you at the polls6. [ He hangs up the phone, picks it up again, and dials another number.]

Robbie：Certainly, I'll give her your best wishes, Mr.Nelson.

Mike：[ speaking on the phone ] Hi, this is Mike Johnson. Can I speak with Mr. or Mrs. Burns? Thank you.

Ellen：We have done so much in such a short amountof time7. I can't believe it! Wait till Philip comes home and sees our progress8!

Robbie：Everyone saw the story in the Riverdale newspaper.

Ellen：Mr. Maxwell was very kind to print my announcement.

Grandpa：It helps enormously9. Everybody in Riverdalereads his paper.

Richard：Your photo in it helped, too.

Ellen：Thanks to you, Richard. It's a good picture. 10

Philip：[He enters.]Well, hi, all.11

Richard &

Robbie：Hi, Dad.

Ellen：Hello, darling.

Philip：May I … may I help?

Marilyn：[ She murmurs12 yes.] Licking envelopes. 13

Grandpa：I fold the fliers.

Richard：We stuff 14 them

Philip：And I lick the envelopes.

Robbie：Hey, everybody, Mrs. Greenberg is on the phone. She says Carter Boswell is on the TV right now----doing a commercial15.

Philip：What channel16?

Robbie：Five.

Philip：Five? [ He turns on the television .]

[They all watch the TV .]

Boswell：…and if you ask what I care about, I'll tell you. I care about the school buildings in need of paint17. I care about more lockers18 for the teachers. I care about new fixtures19 in the hallways----not music or dancing or entertainment. I care about the practical20 things. Ifyou do, vote for me, Carter Boswell.

Ellen：A lot of people will agree with him.

Philip：I told you.

Robbie：Too bad kids can't vote. It's our school, but we can't vote.

Richard：There are people in favor of 21 the cultural programs, Mom.

Marilyn：There are, Ellen. Don't be upset by Boswell's commercial.

Philip：You have to go on television, too.

Ellen：Boswell's a powerful speaker.

Philip：You can be, too. Your ideas are good ones.

Ellen：I don't know. I'm not sure I'm up to it 22.

13. Health Comes First 健康至上

Smoking is bad in that it is harmful to one's health.
抽烟不好，因为它有害健康。
In spite of the fact that doctors have even warned that it causes cancer,
尽管医师甚至已经警告说抽烟会致癌，
people still keep on smoking.
但人们还是照抽不误。
In some Western countries, however,
然而，在一些西方国家中，
people are beginning to kick the bad habit.
人们开始戒除这个坏习惯。
They realize that health should come first.
他们了解健康应该重于一切。
To help them quit smoking,
为了帮助他们戒烟，
there are laws against cigarette advertising and smoking in public places.
法律明文规定在公共场所禁止做香烟广告与吸烟。
This is praiseworthy except that Western countries are now selling cigarettes in the East in greater numbers than ever.
此举值得赞许，但美中不足的是西方国家现在卖往东方的香烟达到空前的数量。
That they are doing this is immoral, don't you think?
他们这么做是不道德的，您不觉得吗？

16. Letters of Recommendation 介绍信

Claire was applying to private schools. Most private schools required letters of recommendation. Claire did not know who to ask. She felt like her teachers did not know her that well. Claire asked her teachers anyways. Some of them said yes, and some of them said no. One week later, Ms. Hershey gave Claire a letter of recommendation in an envelope. Claire wasn't supposed to open it, but she really wanted to know what Ms. Hershey wrote.

Claire carefully tore it open and read the letter. She was disappointed. Ms. Hershey didn't write anything interesting about Claire. Ms. Hershey just wrote that Claire was a smart, nice girl. Claire couldn't get into her top schools with that letter.

Claire asked her swim coach to write her a letter of recommendation. Her swim coach knew her well. The problem was that the swim coach wasn't the best writer. He did not go to college. Claire asked him to write a letter anyways. "Of course I'll write you a letter, I'll even send it to you," he said. One week later, Claire got an email for her swim coach. She was nervous to read what he wrote. Claire was impressed with the letter. Her swim coach was really funny yet intelligent in the letter!

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