Lesson 78 The last one? 最后一枝吗？

For how long did the writer give up smoking?

1. 原文

my wife suffered. 我妻子很痛苦 suffer /'sʌfə/ v. 受苦，受害

I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking …, 戒烟的人通常表现的一切征兆，我都有……。

• someone giving up smoking 是独立主格结构，作of的宾语。someone是逻辑主语，giving up smoking 是逻辑谓语。
• 独立主格结构的用法讲解

enormous adj.巨大的，极大的；<古>凶暴的，极恶的

kept on offering me cigarettes and cigairs, 不断给我递香烟和雪茄。keep on doing 是“持续不断做”的意思。

produce (1.8) /prə’dju:s/ v. 拿出

it was more than he could bear. It was more是主句；was：系动词；more表语；than he could bear 是比较状语从句

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