情景英语：中级美语对话(第121讲)

121 Kick the Habit

　　There are millions of people all over the world who smoke. Most of these smokers¹ have tried to quit smoking at least once in their lives， but in vain. Make no mistake； smoking is addictive². And once you are addicted³， it's very difficult to stop smoking. Many people have tried many different ways to kick the habit. None of them is easy.

　　Take a tip from me. I smoked for twenty-five years. Then one day， I decided⁴ to quit cold turkey after trying everything else. It worked. That was two years ago and I haven's smoked a single cigarette since then. Good luck！

　　do sb good    good名词   Excerising at least three times a week does everybody good.

　　Smoking will do you harm.

　　in vain  adv.徒劳地

　　addictive 上瘾的   sb be addicted to sth 对……上瘾

　　ganbling 赌博

　　chase 追求

　　once and for all 一劳永逸

　　a single cigarette   single强调

　　cold turkey 一劳永逸地