我的太太在我抽煙的時候一直抱怨。她說抽煙是最壞的事情。
李: Then you shall stop,darling.
那么你就戒掉吧,親愛的。
楊: But cigarettes are my best friends, honey. I know smoking is not good but I cannot live without it.
但是香煙是我最好的朋友,甜心。我知道抽煙不好,但是我不能沒有它。
李: Ok, I can tell me some advantages of smoking, and then you can decide how to do.
好的,我可以告訴你抽煙的一些好處,然后你來決定怎么做。
楊: Really? Advantages? Please go ahead.
真的嗎?好處?請繼續(xù)說。
李: First smoking will protect your house against thieves. Smoking people usually cough a lot during night, thieves may think they are awake and then go away.
首先抽煙可以防范小偷。抽煙的人晚上容易咳嗽,小偷們會認為他們還沒睡著然后就跑了。
楊: It is not a good reason. Do you have another one?
這不是個好理由。有別的呢?
李: Well, smoking people will scare away fierce dogs because they are usually humpbacked and dogs will think they are taking stones.
恩,抽煙的人能夠嚇跑惡狗, 因為抽煙的人容易駝背,狗會以為抽煙者在撿石頭。
楊: Come on, these cannot be called advantages.
得了吧,這些不能夠成為好處。
李: I have last one, smoking will keep you young. Smoking people usually have many diseases, so they don’t have chance to die old.
我還有最后一個,抽煙使你保持年輕。抽煙的人通常由很多的疾病,所以他們沒有機會在老的時候死去。
楊: Ok, guy, I will stop smoking.
好吧伙計,我會戒煙。