曾经有一个烟民,下定决心要戒烟。有一天,他烟瘾又上来了。他掏出一根火柴,迎着风,一边划一边给自己立下了规定:“抽烟不过三,过三不抽烟。”三根火柴划完了,烟没点着。于是他又大声说: “抽烟不过七,过七我不吸。”又划了四根火柴,烟还没点着。他轻轻地安慰自己: “管他三七早十一,啥时点着啥时吸。” There was once a smoker who was determined to quit smoking. One day, he got into smoking again. He took out a match, faced the wind, and set aside the rules for himself: “If you smoke three, you won’t smoke after three.” The three matches are finished and the smoke is not lit. So he said loudly again: “Smoke but seven, I don’t smoke after seven.” And draw four matches, the smoke is not yet lit. He gently comforted himself: "Take him three or seven as early as he was.