简单慢速英语阅读：A Cigarette for Grandpa

      His wife asked him to buy a cigarette¹. "Excuse me?" he asked. "Since when do you smoke?" She said it was for the Chinese New Year. Her dead grandfather used² to smoke. The cigarette was for grandpa. He went to the newsstand. He asked how much a pack of cigarettes³ was. It was $11. He asked how much the cheapest pack was. It was $10. He asked if they sold single cigarettes. They didn't. He didn't want to spend $10 on a whole pack of cigarettes. His wife had asked for only one cigarette. A woman nearby was smoking⁴ a cigarette. "Excuse me," he said. "Can I buy a cigarette from you for a dollar?" He offered her a dollar bill. She gave him a cigarette. She refused his money. He felt lucky. He had gotten a free cigarette. And it was a Marlboro—the best! Grandpa would like that.

1 cigarette   

n.香烟，纸烟，烟卷

参考例句：

• Help yourself to a cigarette.请随便用香烟吧。
• Please put that cigarette out.请把烟灭掉。

2 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

3 cigarettes   

n.纸烟，香烟( cigarette的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer. 有人劝他少抽烟、少喝啤酒。
• Oliver filched a packet of cigarettes from a well-dressed passenger. 奥立佛从一名衣冠楚楚的乘客身上偷得一包香烟。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。