Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors课时作业

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　　I gave up smoking on April 1, 2012. I wanted to __1__ for many reasons, but there are two most urgent reasons. Firstly, I was waiting for the arrival of my new grandchild who would be __2__ in our house, so I would not be able to smoke in the house any longer. Secondly, my other son and his wife were in __3__ need of free babysitting to free them from the enormous __4__ of childcare for their three children so they could buy a house.

　　I had been smoking for 37 years and was smoking at least 50 cigarettes a day. I had tried to stop smoking __5__ in the past，so I thought about all the __6__ why I wasn't successful and decided to make it this time. I __7__ a date on which I would stop in order to force myself. I purchased nicotine patches (贴片) to cure the headaches and __8__ from nicotine withdrawal, and I put the rest of my cigarettes in my purse to __9__ with me at all times to __10__ thinking I was out of cigarettes. I know that must sound crazy but __11__ I was without cigarettes I would be __12__ and need to go to buy more right away.

　　I also __13__ the nicotine from my home, put all ashtrays (烟灰缸) away and my __14__ became "I am a non­smoker." When the date arrived, I began my __15__； I imagined that the cigarettes were __16__ me and that I was not tolerating (忍受) it any longer. Gradually I developed a(n) __17__ for those cigarettes and became __18__ to get rid of their control. At first it was one minute at a time. Later 30 minutes would go by __19__ thinking of a smoke.

　　That was 3 years ago and I am really a non­smoker now. My son and his wife brought their baby home and my husband and I __20__ having our granddaughters here every day.

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