Conversations · Section 5

Smoking

Do you smoke? I've never known that. When did you start smoking?

Level: B1 · 13 sentences

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1. Do you smoke? I've never known that.
2. When did you start smoking?
3. I started smoking when I was eighteen.
4. So, how long have you been a smoker?
5. I've smoked for twenty years.
6. How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?
7. I smoke two packs of cigarettes a day.
8. Have you ever tried to quit?
9. Yes, I have quit twice: once when I was expecting my baby, Paul,
10. and the other time when I had a bad sore throat.
11. But I had a hard time.
12. If you knew what it was doing to your lungs,
13. you would think twice about it!