1、选修六UNIT-3-reading-课文逐句翻译This brings me to the real reason for my letter, my deargrandson. 这就是我写信给你的真正原因，我亲爱的孙子。Your mother tells methat you started smoking some time agoand now you are finding it difficult to give it up. 你妈妈告诉我，你不久前开始吸烟了，而且现在很难把它戒掉。 Believe me, I know how easy it is to begin smo
2、king andhow tough it is to stop. 相信我吧，我知道，吸烟容易戒烟难。 You see, during adolescence I also smoked andbecame addicted to cigarettes. 你知道，当我还是一个十几岁的孩子的时候，我也吸过烟，而且还上了瘾。Par2By the way, did you knowthat this is because youbecome addicted inthree differentways?这儿我想顺便问你一个问题，你知道上瘾有三个方面的原因吗？ First, you can be
3、come physically addicted to nicotine,which is one of the hundreds of chemicals in cigarettes.首先，你会在身体上对尼古丁有瘾，它是香烟里几百种化学物质之一。This meansthatafter a whileyour bodybecomes accustomed tohaving nicotinein it.这句是说，过一段时间以后，你的身体习惯了香烟里的尼古丁，Sowhen the drug leaves your body, you get withdrawal symptoms. 一旦你
4、的体内没有这种麻醉剂了，你就会有断瘾症状，I remember feelingbadtemperedand sometimes evenin pain. 我记得曾感到烦躁、甚至痛苦。Secondly, you become addicted through habit. 其次你也可能因为习惯的原因而上瘾。As you know,if you do the same thing over and over again, you begin to do it automatically. 你知道，如果你反反复复地做同一件事情，你就会自动地做它。Lastly, you can become
5、mentally addicted. 最后，你可以心理上瘾。I believedI was happier and more relaxed after having a cigarette, so I began to thinkthat I could only feel good when I smoked.我那时认为，抽了一支烟后就会感到更轻松愉快，于是我就以为抽烟才能使自己感觉良好。I was addicted in all three ways, so it was very difficult to quit. 我之所以上瘾就有着这三个方面的原因，因此，要戒烟就很难。Bu
6、t I did finallymanage.但是我终于还是戒掉了。Par3When I was young, I didn‘t know much about the harmful effects of smoking. 在我年轻的时候，关于吸烟的危害性我知道的并不多。I didn’t know, for example,that it could do terrible damage to your heart andlungs or that it was more difficult for smoking couples to become pregnant.例如，我不知道抽
7、烟能严重侵害人的心脏和肺部，也不知道吸烟的夫妇生育能力会下降。I certainly didn‘t knowtheir babies may have a smaller birth weight or even beabnormal in some way.我当然不知道他们的婴儿在出生时可能体重较轻或某些方面不正常。Neither did Iknowthat my cigarette smoke could affect the health
