【发音版】Topic: 吸烟Smoking

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Conversation:

A: Honey, I think you should quit smoking.

B: Why? You said I was hot when smoking.

A: But I want you to be fit.

B: Smoking is harmful to health. I know.

A: Check out this article. It says smoking can lead to lung cancer.

B: I don't believe it.

A: But you know that smoking does harm to health, right?

B: Of course I know it. But you know, it's hard to quit smoking.

A: Stop beating around the Bush. Will you quit or not?

Notes:

quit表示“停止；戒掉；辞去（工作）”

quit smoking戒烟

quit one's job辞职

be harmful to表示“对...有害”；还可以说"do harm to"

check out表示“查看；调查；退房”等。在酒店退房时可以说："Check out, please."或"I'd like to check out."

Check it/this out可以翻译为“仔细讨论；查看清楚”

例句：

Maybe we need to go down to the library and check it out.

或许我们应该去趟图书馆查个明白。

I will reply to you as soon as I check it out.

我查看后马上给你回复。

lead to“导致”

Eating too much sugar can lead to health problems.

吃太多糖会引起健康问题。

beat around the bush“旁敲侧击；说话绕圈子”

Stop doing something“停止做某事”

Translation:

亲爱的，我觉得你要戒烟了。

为什么？你以前不是说我抽烟的时候很性感吗？

但是我更喜欢你健健康康的。

我知道吸烟有害。

看看这文章，上面说吸烟会导致肺癌。

我才不相信呢。

但是你知道吸烟有害健康是吧？

我当然知道吸烟有害健康，可是戒烟难啊。

别拐弯抹角了，你到底戒不戒烟？