Lesson 14 The last one?
最后一枝吗？

一、词汇部分
1.entitle/ɪnˈtaɪ.t̬əl/ v. 以......为名
搭配：be entitled to do something 被授予权利做某事
例句：You’re not entitled to do that. You’ve already crossed your line.

2.calm/kɑːm/ v. 使镇定
搭配：calm down 淡定

3.nerve/nɝːv/ n. 神经
搭配：have the nerve to do something
例句：I don’t have the never to propose to her. I think she’s so out of my league and I’m so afraid that she will reject me.

4.concentration/ˌkɑːn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/ n. 集中，专心
扩展：concentrate on/focus on

5.suffer/ˈsʌf.ɚ/ v. 受苦，受害
搭配：suffer from

6.symptom/ˈsɪmp.təm/ n. 症状
7.temper/ˈtem.pɚ/ n. 脾气
搭配：lose one’s temper 发脾气
throw a tantrum发爆脾气

8.appetite/ˈæp.ə.taɪt/ n. 胃口，食欲
例句：I don’t have any appetite. I think I’m coming down with something.

9.produce/prəˈduːs/ v. 拿出
10.urge /ɝːdʒ/ v. 力劝，怂恿
11.satisfaction /ˌsæt̬.ɪsˈfæk.ʃən/ n. 满意，满足
扩展：satisfied adj.满足的

12.delighted/dɪˈlaɪ.t̬ɪd/ adj. 欣喜的

文章讲解

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

文章精讲：

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

知识点:

后置定语：名词＋过去分词做后置定语
an article entitled ‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health’

句型：An article entitled ……

使用：ago/before
第一：ago 一边放在具体事件之后
例句： Seven years ago, I graduated from college. Then I quit my job and started my own business.

例句：The first time I met Laura was five years ago.

第二：before 后面加句子
例句：Before I leave for America, I want to have a get-together dinner with you.
例句：Before I quit my job, I need to ask for my wife’s advice.

Calm：安静
例句： Calm down. It’s nothing serious.

2.I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly.

知识点:
With＋名词，可以表示状语。
例句：Peter made it to Harvard with the help of his brother.

扩展：concentrate on/focus on
例句：Don’t get distracted by what other’s doing. You’ve got to focus on/concentrate on your own stuff. Nothing else matters.

宾语从句：
结构：be + adj. + that从句
例句：I was sure that this would be my last cigarette
例句：I’m sure that you will succeed, because you’ve put so much time and effort into it. And it’ll definitely worth it.

Suffer (from)
例句：People are suffering and you’ll never know because they suffer in silence.
例句：To live is to suffer. To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

3.I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.

知识点:
分词做后置定语：名词＋ doing something

口语用法：完整句子＋doing something 做补充。
例句：This is gonna be my first time driving out of California and I’m super excited about that.

表达：细节。
1.名词复数＋冒号，提供细节。
2.名词复数，＋ like提供细节
3.名词复数，such as 提供细节。

4.My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.

知识点:
搭配：keep on doing something 一直做某事／keep doing something
例句：I didn’t want to do anything to him. But he kept on challenging me.
例句：Learning English itself is not a difficult problem. If you keep practicing, you will get hold of it.

搭配：offer someone something 给某人提供某物
例句：My boss promise me he will offer me anything I want if I can hook him up with Mr. White.
例句：He offered me a pretty good job in his company but I didn’t want to go because I don’t like his personality.

搭配：make no effort to do something 无意做某事，不费力做某事

语法：Whenever 引导的时间状语从句
改版：They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.

改：take something out of 把…从…拿出

5.After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.

知识点:
语法：after 引导时间状语从句。
应用：after +句子
例句：After he came back from Peter’s place, he turned into/became a totally different person. He used to be very nice to me, but now he treats me like trash, not talking to me, getting angry very easily and he’s gotso much attitude. I don’t know what happened to him.


语法：and 表示一种承接关系，可能是时间的先后，也可能是因果关系。
例句：He got very pissed when he heard the news and then he slammed the door and left.
例句：It suddenly started raining and we had to cancel our camping plan.

脱口而出固定应用：Everybody around me 我周围的所有人
例句：Everybody around me didn’t agree with me at that time but I insisted. And now it turns out I am right.
例句：Everybody around me got married, which makes me feel like I’m a weirdo but deep down, I know what I want.

用法总结：more than
1.more than 后跟数词，相当于over，翻译成“……多、超过……”等，强调某物数量上超出某一范围。
例句: More than 83 people were killed in the flood. 有超过83人在洪水中遇难。例句: I’ve known him for more than 20 years. 我认识他已经二十多年了。　　

2.more than 后跟名词或动名词，相当于over, not just, not only，表示“不只是、不仅仅是”等。
例句: My trip to Beijing is more than sightseeing. 我去北京不仅仅是旅游观光。例句: She is more than a teacher to us, she is our friend. 他不只是教师，她还是我们的朋友。

3.more than后跟动词、形容词、副词、或介词，相当于very, much, not only, especially，表示“不仅、十分、非常、很、更加、非但”等。
例句：I was more than surprised; I was astonished. 我不是一般的吃惊，而是震惊。例句：Her performance was more than good; it’s perfect. 她的表演十分精彩，简直就是完美无缺。

4.more than后跟从句，相当于not only, over等，表示“不仅仅是……、超过……、难以……、，简直不能……”等，从句中常用can或could。例如：
例句: The hurt and pain were more than he could stand. 他无法承受那些伤害和痛苦。例句: It’s more than flesh and blood can bear. 此非血肉之躯所能忍受。
6.I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction. My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. He himself has done it lots of times!

扩展阅读：

South Korea tourism hit by China ban

South Korea's tourism body fears a huge drop in visitors, as a diplomatic row with China starts to bite.
The Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) predicted there could be 4.7 million fewer foreign tourists this year than in 2016 - a drop of about 27%.
China has banned travel agencies from selling package tours to Korea in protest at Seoul allowing a US missile defence system.
Visitors from China made up 46.8% of tourists in South Korea last year.
'Long-term depression'
Tourist numbers into South Korea saw double digit growth in the first two months of the year, the KTO said, but have declined every month since then.
May was particularly bad, with arrivals falling 34.5% against a year ago, and dropping below a million for the first time since the MERS epidemic in mid-2015.
"With the current trend, South Korea's tourism industry could enter a long-term depression," an unnamed KTO official told Yonhap.

The group tour ban came into force after the US military started to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea.
While supposed to guard against North Korea's shorter-range missiles, it has drawn criticism from China, which claims the powerful radar can probe deep into its territory.
Although the US insists it's a purely defensive weapon, China says it undermines regional security.

原文地址：http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40565119