卫生类英语补全短文(十一)
时间:2007-05-19 07:11:12
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Dont Mind if I Smoke
The French surprised even themselves when they banned tobacco ads three years ago, and created smoke-free zones in public spaces. Even then, ___(1)___ seemed a little too American. Now some French lawmakers are preparing to end the act as reform that simply
cant1 work in a country __(2)___.
Law or no law,
smokers2 and nonsmokers
mingle3 __(3)__, whose owners generally ignore requirements to create separate no-smoking sections. French smokers __(4)___, in hospitals and directly under no -smoking signs. There are stiff fines for violating the smoke-free areas, but they are never imposed. "We have more important things to do", says a Paris official.
The 1992 laws most controversial provision is the tobacco-ad ban. An exception has been made for motor sports, which are underwritten by tobacco firms. And fans shouted angrily when French TV blacked out a soccer game from abroad because of "secondary" tobacco and liquor ads at the local stadium. Still, those __(5)___ credit the ad ban for a 15 percent drop in smoking among French teens in the last three years.
EXERCISE:
A) without apparent friction in Paris café and restaurants
B) light up in train stations
C) doing great harm to the smokers health
D) the attempt to legislate good health
E) who are against smoking
F) that has always aided lifes petty vices
KEY:D F A B E
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cant
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| n.斜穿,黑话,猛扔 |
参考例句: |
- The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.船只出现向左舷危险倾斜。
- He knows thieves'cant.他懂盗贼的黑话。
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smokers
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| 吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 ) |
参考例句: |
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
- Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。
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mingle
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| vt.使混合,使相混;vi.混合起来;相交往 |
参考例句: |
- If we mingle with the crowd,we should not be noticed.如果我们混在人群中,就不会被注意到。
- Oil will not mingle with water.油和水不相融。
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