身临其境练一练

Friends,《老友记》

A:Do you have any respect for your body?

甲:难道你不爱惜你的身体吗？

B:Don't you realize what you're...you're doing to yourself?

乙:你难道不明白你自己…自己对自己在做什么吗？

A:Hey，y'know，I have had it with you guys and your cancer and your emphysema and your heart disease. The bottom line is, smoking is cool, and you know it.

甲:嘿，你知道么，我受够你们了，还有你们说的癌症、肺气肿、心脏病，至少抽烟很酷，这点你们也清楚。

B:Chandler? It's Alan, he wants to speak to you.

乙:钱德勒？是艾伦，他要和你说话。

A:Really? He does? Hey, buddy, what's up? Oh, she told you about that, huh. Well, yeah, I have one now and then. Well, yeah, now. Well, it's not that big...well, that's true...Gee, y5know, no-one...no-one，s ever put it like that before. Well, okay, thanks!

甲:真的？他找我？嘿，老兄，怎么了？哦，她告诉你了，呃。嗯，对，我偶尔会犯烟瘾。嗯，对，现在。嗯，没那么糟…嗯，这倒是真的…天啊，你知道么，没人…没人这么说过。哦，好的，谢谢！

B:God, he's good.

乙:天啊，他真好。

A:If only he were a woman.

甲:如果他是女人多好。

B:Yeah.

乙:是啊。

生活口语

Do you want to smoke?

你想抽烟吗？

No, thanks. I quit smoking.

不了，谢谢。我戒烟了。

重点讲解:

I gave up smoking.

I quit smoking.

“戒烟”可以说give up smoking, give up表示“放弃'但是老外在日常生活中提起“戒烟”，还有一个更地道的说法，即quit smoking，quit表示“放弃，离开”，如，quit job “辞职”，quit school “辍学。”