Daily Life - No Smoking! (0125)
Daily Life - No Smoking! (0125)
A:
It smells like an ashtray in here!
B:
Hi honey! What's wrong? Why do you have that look on your face?
A:
What's wrong? I thought we agreed that you were gonna quit smoking.
B:
No! I said I was going to cut down which is very different. You can't just expect me to go cold turkey overnight!
A:
Look, there are other ways to quit. You can try the nicotine patch, or nicotine chewing gum. We spend a fortune on cigarettes every month and now laws are cracking down and not allowing smoking in any public place. It's not like you can just light up like before.
B:
I know, I know. I am trying but, I don't have the willpower to just quit. I can't fight with the urge to reach for my pack of smokes in the morning with coffee or after lunch! Please understand?
A:
Fine! I want a divorce!
Key Vocabulary
pack of smokes
common noun, singular
a box of cigarettes
urge
common noun, singular
a strong impulse, inner drive, or yearning
light up
phrase
to start smoking a cigarette
willpower
common noun, singular
the strength of mind to carry out a decision
nicotine chewing gum
common noun, singular
gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body
crack down
phrase
To act more forcefully to regulate or repress
cold turkey
phrase
Immediate, complete withdrawal from something
nicotine patch
common noun, singular
a patch that slowly releases nicotine into the body
ashtray
common noun, singular
A receptacle for tobacco ashes and cigarettes and cigars
cut down
principle verb, present simple
reduce he amount taken or used
Supplementary Vocabulary
drag
common noun, singular
smoking a cigarette once, a puff, share a cigar with someone
tar
common noun, singular
A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic.
lighter
common noun, singular
A mechanical device for lighting a cigarette, cigar, or pipe.
match
common noun, singular
a thin strip of wood or cardboard tipped with a chemical that ignites when scraped against a rough or specially treated surface
stogie
common noun, singular
informal of saying cigarette
butt
common noun, singular
the end of the cigarette which contains the filter and is placed in the mouth to smoke