78 The Last One

The last one?

最后一枝吗?

After reading an article entitled ‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health’I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves.

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。

I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.

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。

For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly.

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。

I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking:

我具备了戒烟者通常表现出来的所有症状:

a bad temper and an enormous appetite.

脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。