Lesson 81 A Heavy Price to Pay

　　Tom's father died of lung cancer. Hecouldn't stop smoking¹. He tried quittingseveral times. However, whenever he sawsomeone smoking, he couldn't resist² lightingup. In the end, he gave up trying, it was nouse stopping one day and starting again thenext. He enjoyed smoking too much. Hecertainly paid a heavy price, though.
    惨重的代价

汤姆的父亲死于肺癌。他无法戒烟。他尝试戒了几次。不过，每当他看到有人抽烟时，他就无法抗拒要点根烟。最后，他放弃了尝试。因为一天停下来，第二天又开始是没有用的。
他太喜欢抽烟了。不过，他也的确付出了惨重的代价。

1 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。

2 resist   

vt.抵抗，反抗，抗，忍得住

参考例句：

• It is vain to resist.抵抗是没用的。
• I couldn't resist telling him the secret.我忍不住把那个秘密告诉了他。