247 跟 爸爸 “谈判” ||negotiation 247 "Negotiating" with Dad.

跟 爸爸 “ 谈判 * ” ||negotiate "Negotiating with Dad *"

我 的 爸爸 从 很 年轻 的 时候 就 开始 吸烟 喝酒 。 ||||||||||smoking|drinking alcohol My dad has been smoking and drinking since he was very young.

年轻 的 时候 他 工作 很 忙 ， 所以 常常 吸烟 来 减轻 压力 *。 |||||||||smoking||to relieve|stress When he was young, he was very busy with work, so he often smoked to reduce stress *. 他 说 吸烟 的 时候 他 能 思考 * 得 更好 ， 可是 那 时候 烟 很 贵 ， 所以 他 不得不 少吸 点儿 。 |||||||think|(omitted)|better||||cigarettes|||||had to|smoke less| He said that when he smokes, he can think better, but at that time, cigarettes were very expensive, so he had to smoke less. 80 年代 以后 ， 爸爸 的 工作 越做越 好 ， 经济 * 条件 * 也 比 以前 好多 了 ， 烟 对 他 来说 再也 不 象 以前 那么 贵 了 ， 所以 他 就 开始 吸 很多 烟 。 the 1980s|||||better||economic|conditions|||before|much better|||||for him|no longer||like||||||||started|smoke|a lot| After the 1980s, my father's work became better and better, and the economic conditions were much better than before. Cigarettes were no longer as expensive for him as they used to be, so he started smoking a lot. 而且 ， 因为 他 的 工作 常常 需要 应酬 * ， 他 喝 的 酒 也 比 以前 多 了 。 |||||||socialize||||||||| Moreover, because his work often requires socializing, he also drinks more alcohol than before. 烟 和 酒 对 人 的 身体 很 不好 ， 到 了 90 年代 的 时候 ， 我们 就 发现 爸爸 的 身体 越来越 不好 了 。 Tobacco and alcohol are bad for people's health. By the 1990s, we found out that Dad's health was getting worse and worse. 可是 ， 大家 跟 他 说 过 很 多次 ， 他 就是 不能 少吸 点儿 ， 少 喝 点儿 。 |||||||many times||||smoke less|||| However, everyone told him many times that he just couldn't drink less and drink less.

我 是 爸爸 最 喜欢 的 女儿 ， 长大 以后 也 成 了 经常 和 他 聊天 的 朋友 ， 所以 决定 要 和 爸爸 “ 谈判 ”， 劝 他 戒酒 戒烟 。 ||||||daughter|||too|become|(past tense marker)|often|||||||decided||||negotiate|persuade||quit drinking|quit smoking

我 跟 爸爸 一起 常常 做 运动 ， 帮 他 买 戒烟 糖 ， 劝 他 少 喝酒 。 ||||||||||quit smoking|candy|advise||| I often exercise with my dad, help him buy smoking cessation candy, and advise him to drink less. 后来 ， 爸爸 慢慢 地 不 喝酒 也 不吸 那么 多烟 了 。 |||||||didn't smoke||much smoke|(past tense marker)