[00:01.120]--- Lesson 78 The last one?
[00:06.960]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:12.000]--- For how long did the writer give up smoking?
[00:17.800]After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves.
[00:27.720]I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.
[00:36.560]For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly.
[00:45.840]I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.
[00:55.560]My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.
[01:00.320]They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.
[01:08.840]After seven days of this I went to a party.
[01:14.120]Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable.
[01:20.640]When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.
[01:27.920]I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction.
[01:35.280]My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more.
[01:40.680]Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.
[01:48.640]He himself has done it lots of times!
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