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--- Lesson 78 The last one? |
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--- First listen and then answer the question. |
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--- For how long did the writer give up smoking? |
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After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. |
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I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. |
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For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly. |
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I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. |
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My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. |
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They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. |
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After seven days of this I went to a party. |
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Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. |
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When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. |
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I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction. |
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My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. |
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Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. |
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He himself has done it lots of times! |
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