Advanced Listening Lesson 06

A: "Hey Jane. How are you doing?"

B: "Hi Jack¹. I'm doing great."

A: "I hope you haven't been waiting too long."

B: "No. I just got here a few minutes ago."

A: "Do you know if smoking² is allowed here?"

B: "I think this is a no-smoking place. Do you want to go somewhere else?"

A: "That's alright. I don't need to smoke."

B: "Why don't you quit³?"

A: "I never thought about it. All my friends smoke, and we hang out a lot."

B: "So do you smoke by yourself?"

A: "When I started I didn't, but after a few months I started smoking at home. Usually when I'm bored."

B: "Do you smoke cause you're bored?"

A: "Yeah. It helps to kill the time. I also think it's out of habit. I'm so used⁴ to having a cigarette⁵ every now and then."

B: "How much do you smoke in a day?"

A: "I smoke about a half pack a day."

B: "Well, I think you should quit. You know it's bad for you?"

A: "I always knew it was bad, but I never thought about it."

B: "You better start thinking⁶ about it now. You might not feel the difference now, but after 10 years of smoking, you might feel it and then it will be too late."

A: "That's a good point. I'll try to quit."

B: "Good. And if you need any support, I'll always be here for you."

A: "Thanks."

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

3 quit   

n.退出；vi. 离开，辞职，停止；vt.离开，放弃，解除，表现，停止

参考例句：

• If I don't get a pay rise,I'll quit.若不给加薪，我就不干了。
• I got my present job when I quit the army.我退伍后得到了现在这份工作。

4 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

5 cigarette   

n.香烟，纸烟，烟卷

参考例句：

• Help yourself to a cigarette.请随便用香烟吧。
• Please put that cigarette out.请把烟灭掉。

6 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。