[al:新概念英语（二）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:The Last One?] [by:更多学习内容，请到chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:12.44]For how long did the writer give up smoking? [00:18.23]After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. [00:28.14]I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. [00:36.96]For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time my wife suffered terribly. [00:46.27]I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. [00:56.08]My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. [01:00.63]They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. [01:09.32]After seven days of this I went to a party. [01:14.59]Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. [01:21.09]When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. [01:28.42]I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction. [01:35.79]My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. [01:41.39]Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. [01:49.04]He himself has done it lots of times!