Vocabulary

make up one's mind 下定決心

keep someone awake 保持清醒

A：Are you feeling better today, Bill?

比爾，你今天覺得好些了嗎?

B：Well, it’s hard to say. I coughed a lot in the evening.

額，很難說。我晚上咳得很厲害。

A：You’d better give up smoking. It’s bad for your health.

你最好戒煙。抽煙有害健康。

B：You’re right. But you know it’s so hard to give up the old habit like smoking.

你說得對。但是你知道的，像抽煙這樣的壞習(xí)慣是很難去除了。

A：But you should make up your mind first.

但是你首先應(yīng)該下決心。

B：You know I often have to work far into the night. I need smoking to keep me awake.

你知道的，我晚上經(jīng)常工作到很晚。我需要抽煙來讓自己清醒。

A：Why don’t you go to bed early and get up early?You’ll have the same time for work.

你為什么不早睡早起呢?你也會(huì)有相同的時(shí)間來工作。

B：Thank you for your advice. I’ll try it.

謝謝你的建議。我會(huì)試試的。