英語口語每天說上半小時 090

90. Smoking 吸煙

1. This is a non-smoker section, isn’t it? 這里是禁煙區(qū)，不是嗎?

2. Do you feel like a smoke? 你想抽根煙嗎?

3. Do you mind my smoking here? 你介意我在這里抽煙嗎?

4. What in your opinion can be done to stop smoking? 你覺得怎么樣才能禁煙呢?

5. Are you smoking a lot? 你抽很多煙嗎?

6. Are you smoking less? 你煙抽少了嗎?

7. Did you have to stop smoking? 你彼得不戒煙嗎?

8. Do you smoke much? 你抽煙量大嗎?

9. Do you smoke this kind of cigarettes? 你抽這種香煙嗎?

10. I guess you don’t smoke, right? 我猜你不抽煙的，對嗎?

Dialogue 1

W: Excuse me. Is anyone sitting here?

打擾了。有人坐這里嗎?

M: No, nobody.

不，沒人坐這里。

W: You don’t mind if I smoke, do you?

你不介意我抽煙，是嗎?

M: Well, to be frank, yes, I do.

額，老實說，我介意。

W: Oh, I’m sorry. But this isn’t a no-smoker, isn’t it? I mean would you mind if I smoke here?

噢，對不起。但是這里不是禁煙區(qū)，是嗎?我是說你介意我在這里抽煙嗎?

M: Actually it is. Perhaps you haven’t noticed the sign.

事實上這里是。你可能沒注意到那個標識。

W: Sign? What’s sign?

標識?什么標識?

M: There, on the window.

窗戶那里。

W: Oh, sorry. I didn’t notice it. Sorry.

噢，對不起。我沒有注意到。抱歉。

M: That’s all right.

沒關(guān)系。

Dialogue 2

M: What do you think of smoking?

你對抽煙有什么看法?

W: It’s harmful not only for yourself but for others.

抽煙不僅危害自己還危害他人。

M: What in your opinion can be done to stop smoking?

你認為怎么樣才能禁煙?

W: Stop producing cigarettes.

停止生產(chǎn)香煙。

M: But that’ll affect the national economy.

但是那會影響國家的經(jīng)濟。

W: That’s right. But I don’t think there are better ways.

沒錯。但是我認為沒有更好的辦法了。

M: How about painting a warning on each cigarette packet?

在每包香煙上印上警告語怎么樣?

W: Maybe it can take effect.

或許有效。

Dialogue 3

M: Are you a smoker?

你抽煙嗎?

W: Yes, I’m afraid I am. My husband is a smoker too.

是的，我抽煙。我的丈夫也抽煙。

M: Would you describe yourself as being a heavy smoker?

你覺得你自己煙癮大嗎?

W: No. But my husband smokes 20 or more a day.

不。但是我丈夫一天要抽20根香煙或以上。

M: When did you begin to smoke?

你什么時候開始抽煙?

W: I had my first cigarette when I was 17.

我第一次是抽煙是17歲。

M: Might I ask if you have tried to give up smoking?

我可以問一下，你試著戒煙過嗎?

W: Yes. Twice.

是的。戒了兩次。

Everyone knows that smoking is harmful for health. A lot of rules have been laid down to prohibit smoking. We can see the no-smoking sign in a lot of public places. In addition, we can see ‘smoking is harmful for your health’ on most packets of cigarettes. Some people even claim that we should stop producing cigarettes. But it will affect national economy. How can we prevent people from smoking? I think the answer to the problem is to make people realize the harm that cigarettes can do us. Only depending on our all efforts can we realize the true No smoking.

人人都知道吸煙有害健康。出臺了很多規(guī)則來禁煙。我們在很多公共場所都可以看到禁煙標識。另外，我們在很多香煙的包裝上都可以看到“吸煙有害健康”的字樣。一些人甚至主張我們應(yīng)該停止生產(chǎn)香煙。但是這會影響國家的經(jīng)濟。我們要怎樣阻止人們吸煙呢?我認為，問題的答案在于讓大家意識到香煙對我們的危害。只有依靠我們所有人的努力才能實現(xiàn)真正的禁煙。

1. Smoking is forbidden here. 這里禁止吸煙。

2. No smoking. 禁止吸煙。

3. Smoking will do you no good. 抽煙對你沒好處。

4. Smoking is not allowed here. 這里禁止抽煙。

5. I am a chain smoker. 我是一個老煙鬼。

6. This cigar makes a terrible smell. 這種雪茄的味道很不好。

7. You smoke just like a chimney. 你的煙癮真大。

8. You smoke yourself sick. 你抽煙抽到生病。

Dialogue 1

W: Are you feeling better today, Bill?

比爾，你今天覺得好些了嗎?

M: Well, it’s hard to say. I coughed a lot in the evening.

額，很難說。我晚上咳得很厲害。

W: You’d better give up smoking. It’s bad for your health.

我最好戒煙。抽煙有害健康。

M: You’re right. But you know it’s so hard to give up the old habit like smoking.

你說得對。但是你知道的，像抽煙這樣的壞習慣是很難去除了。

W: But you should make up your mind first.

但是你首先應(yīng)該下決心。

M: You know I often have to work far into the night. I need smoking to keep me awake.

你知道的，我晚上經(jīng)常工作到很晚。我需要抽煙來讓自己清醒。

W: Why don’t you go to bed early and get up early?You’ll have the same time for work.

你為什么不早睡早起呢?你也會有相同的時間來工作。

M: Thank you for your advice. I’ll try it.

謝謝你的建議。我會試試的。

Dialogue 2

M: Sorry to have smoked in your room.

對不起，在你的房間抽煙了。

W: Don’t worry. I’ll open the window.

別擔心。我會打開窗戶的。

M: It’s very kind of you.

你真是體貼。

W: Smoking is harmful for your health.

吸煙有害健康。

M: I know. I’ll try to give it up.

我知道。我會試著戒掉的。

Dialogue 3

W: Did you read the letter in the paper about smoking? The person who wrote that must be crazy.

你有看報紙上關(guān)于抽煙的信嗎?那個寫信的人一定是瘋了。

M: I don’t think so. I think the government should do everything it can to discourage people from smoking.

我不這樣認為。我覺得政府應(yīng)該盡一切努力阻止人們吸煙。

W: Maybe so. But a law banning cigarettes will do no good.

或許是這樣。但是出臺禁煙的法律是沒好處的。

M: No, you can’t suddenly make smoking illegal, but government could prohibit smoking in public places like movies and theatres.

不，你不能突然讓抽煙變成違法，但是政府可以在電影院和戲院這樣的公共場所禁煙。

Every year millions of dollars are wasted on cigarettes and every year thousands of people die of lung cancer. At the same time the government spends a huge amount of money trying to make people give up smoking. There is a very simple solution to this problem. Cigarettes should be forbidden by law. The only people who would suffer from such a law would be the tobacco companies’. But we all know that they contribute nothing to society.

每年，有成千上萬美元浪費在香煙上，每年，數(shù)千人死于肺癌。同時，政府花費了大量的金錢來讓人們戒煙。對于這個難題，有一個很簡單的解決辦法。應(yīng)該立法禁煙。受這種法律影響的只有那些煙草公司的人。但是我們都知道，他們對社會毫無貢獻。