天籁音乐 抽！抽！抽！(Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!)

吸烟危害身体健康，这三岁小孩都知道。但是，照样有无数前赴后继的勇士们在不停地加入着这个行列，并且，坚定不移而又顽强地在摧残着自己微弱身躯。中国拥有庞大的吸烟人口，世界上每四个烟民中就有一个是中国人；而与此同时，全球每年有3000万新增烟民，我国又占了其中的一半。

    虽然全球每年有500万成年人死于吸烟，虽然中国烟民数量世界第一，但国内关于烟的论调却少之又少，除了一句贫乏的“吸烟有害健康”之外，似乎完全不受什么条条框框的限制和束缚。未成年人吸烟熟视无睹，公共场所吸烟亦是毫无顾忌，更不要说关于戒烟的公益宣传了。

 

    我们今天介绍的这首歌是著名的美国乡村音乐巨匠莫尔·特拉维斯(Merle Travis)写给他的友人泰克斯·威廉姆斯(Tex Williams)的。泰克斯是一位资深烟民，吸烟不仅使他染上肺病，也使他的事业日渐消沉。于是，他的朋友莫尔为他写了这首歌，以警戒他吸烟的危害，同时希望能劝勉他戒烟。本歌由泰克斯传唱后，迅速风靡全美，也成为最流行的戒烟歌曲之一。

    虽然这首歌拯救了泰克斯濒危的事业，但却无力挽回他的生命，1985年10月13日，在多次戒烟失败后，泰克斯最终死于晚期肺癌。正如歌中所唱：“抽，抽，抽完那根烟；吐烟圈，吐烟圈，直到吐掉自己的性命；告诉在天堂等待的圣彼得；你不想让他等太久；因此还得再抽一根烟。”（注：原歌曲中含有大量美国南部口语，提供下载的翻唱版的歌词会略有出入。）

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!(That Cigarette)

　　Now I'm a guy with a heart of gold
　　And the ways of a gentleman I've been told
　　Kind-of-a-guy that wouldn't even harm a flea¹
　　
　　But if me and a certain character met
　　The man who invented that cigarette
　　I'd murder that son-of-a gun in the first degree
　　
　　It ain't cuz I don't smoke 'em myself
　　and i don't think that it'll hurt my health
　　I smoked 'em 25 years and I ain't dead yet
　　
　　But nicotine² slaves are all the same
　　at a pettin' party or a poker³ game
　　Everything gotta stop while they have a cigarette
　　
　　CHORUS
　　
　　Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette
　　Puff⁴, puff, puff until you puff yourself to death.
　　Tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate
　　That you hate to make him wait,
　　You just gotta have another cigarette.
　　
　　In a game of chance the other night
　　Old dame⁵ fortune was good and right
　　The kings and queens they kept on comin' around
　　
　　Aw, I was hittin' em good and bettin' 'em high
　　But my bluff⁶ didn't work on a certain guy
　　He kept callin' and layin' his money down
　　
　　See, he'd raise me then I'd raise him
　　and I'd say to him buddy⁷ ya gotta sink or swim
　　Finally called me but didn't raise the bet!
　　
　　Hmmph! I said Aces⁸ Full Pal⁹ -- I got you!
　　He said, "I'll pay up in a minute or two
　　But right now, i just gotta have another cigarette."
　　
　　CHORUS
　　
　　Now the other night I had a date
　　with the cutest little gal¹⁰ in the 51 state
　　A high-bred, uptown, fancy little dame
　　
　　She said she loved me and it seemd to me
　　That things were sorta like they suppose to be
　　So hand in hand we strolled down lovers lane
　　
　　She was a long way from a chunk¹¹ of ice
　　And our pettin' party was goin' real nice
　　And I got an idea I might have been there yet
　　
　　So I give her a kiss and a little squeeze
　　Then she said, "Johnny, Excuse me Please
　　But I just gotta have a cigarette."
　　
　　CHORUS

1 flea   

n.跳蚤

参考例句：

• I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话，我就要对他不客气了。
• Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。

2 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

3 poker   

n.扑克；vt.烙制

参考例句：

• He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
• I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。

4 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。

5 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

6 bluff   

v.虚张声势，用假象骗人；n.虚张声势，欺骗

参考例句：

• His threats are merely bluff.他的威胁仅仅是虚张声势。
• John is a deep card.No one can bluff him easily.约翰是个机灵鬼。谁也不容易欺骗他。

7 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

8 aces   

abbr.adjustable convertible-rate equity security (units) 可调节的股本证券兑换率；aircraft ejection seat 飞机弹射座椅；automatic control evaluation simulator 自动控制评估模拟器n.擅长…的人( ace的名词复数 )；精于…的人；（ 网球 ）（对手接不到发球的）发球得分；爱司球

参考例句：

• The local representative of ACES will define the local area. ACES的当地代表将划定当地的范围。 来自互联网
• Any medical expenses not covered by ACES insurance are the sole responsibility of the parents. 任何ACES保险未包括的医疗费用一律是父母的责任。 来自互联网

9 pal   

n.朋友，伙伴，同志；vi.结为友

参考例句：

• He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
• Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。

10 gal   

n.姑娘，少女

参考例句：

• We decided to go with the gal from Merrill.我们决定和那个从梅里尔来的女孩合作。
• What's the name of the gal? 这个妞叫什么？

11 chunk   

n.厚片，大块，相当大的部分（数量）

参考例句：

• They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
• The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。