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Lesson 5：No smoking, please！(1)

http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/08/11 13:49 新浪教育

　　课文翻译

　　1. Reading comprehension阅读理解

　　NO SMOKING, PLEASE!(1)

　　请勿吸烟!(一)

　　At present about 38% of the Chinese population smoke. 89% of smokers

　　目前大约有38%的中国人吸烟，其中89%的吸烟者

　　are male. Every year,millions of smokers die because of illnesses which are

　　是男性。每年有数以百万计的人因吸烟

　　caused by smoking tobacco.

　　引起的疾病而死亡。

　　The Chinese government receives a lot of money from sales of tobacco; in

　　中国政府从烟草销售中获得巨额收入,

　　1989 it received about 24 billion yuan. But in the same year, cigarette smoking

　　1989年为240亿元。但是在同一年里，因吸烟而

　　cost the government even more money, about 28 billion yuan. Smokers cost the

　　使政府付出了更多的钱，约280亿元。烟民们之所以

　　government a lot of money for two reasons. First, money is spent looking after

　　使政府花费大量的钱，其原因有二。第一，政府要花钱

　　people with illnesses which have been caused by smoking. Second, many fires

　　来照顾因吸烟而患病的人；第二，许多火灾

　　are caused by smokers. People who smoke in bed often fall asleep while they

　　是由烟民引起的。在床上吸烟的人常常在吸烟的时候睡着了。

　　are smoking. The bedclothes catch fire and the whole house may be burnt down.

　　铺盖着了火，整座房子都可能被烧掉。

　　China produces one third of the world's cigarettes. Each day, about 220

　　中国生产的香烟占全世界香烟的1/3。每天大概有22

　　million packets of cigarettes are smoked by Chinese. This is good news for the

　　亿盒香烟都是中国人抽的。这对烟草公司来说是

　　tobacco companies, but bad news for the health of the nation. Every year,

　　好消息，而对全民的健康来说则是坏消息。每年

　　tobacco companies must persuade new people to start smoking cigarettes. This

　　烟草公司必须要设法使一些不吸烟的人开始吸烟，这是

　　is because each year millions of smokers die from the habit.

　　因为每年有数以百万计的烟民因此习惯死去了。

　　In Britain, which has a population of only 58 million people, 110,000

　　英国人口只有5，800万，每年却有11万人

　　people die from smoking each year. The chance is that one smoker in four will

　　因吸烟而死去。有可能4个吸烟的人中

　　die from smoking.

　　就有1个会死于吸烟。

　　In Britain, sales of cigarettes have been reduced by 30% in the last ten

　　最近10年来，英国香烟的销售额下降了30%。

　　years. Just under a third of the population now smokes, about 17 million people.

　　目前吸烟的人约有1，700万，占总人口的1/3弱。

　　In the 16-19 age group, 32% of women smoke, compared to 28% of men.

　　在16至19岁的年龄组里，有32%的妇女吸烟，而男人只有28%。

　　However, in the 20-24 age group, 39% of women smoke and 38% of men.

　　然而，在20岁至24岁年龄组里，有39%的妇女吸烟，而男人只有38%。

　　The problem is that 300 people are dying each day from illnesses caused by

　　问题是每一天将有300人由于吸烟引起的疾病而死去。

　　smoking. Therefore, if the tobacco companies want to remain in business, they

　　因此，如果烟草公司想继续保持营业的话，

　　have to encourage young people to start smoking.

　　就得鼓励年轻人开始吸烟。

　　2. Writing写

　　“No smoking”signs appear everywhere in our city. They can be seen

　　“禁止吸烟”的标志在我市处处皆是。

　　in hospitals, schools, m rooms, theatres, musical halls, excentres,

　　在医院、学校、会议室、剧院、音乐厅、展览中心、

　　museums, libraries, s centres, trains, buses, waiting rooms,

　　博物馆、图书馆、购物中心、火车上、公共汽车上、候车室

　　and o. This is welcomed by all the nsmokers, especially

　　及办公室均可看见“禁止吸烟”的牌子。所有不吸烟的人都表示欢迎，

　　women and children. It means that they can enjoy cleaner a, which is

　　尤其是妇女和儿童。禁止在公共场所吸烟意味着他们可以享受更清洁的

　　better for their h. Many s also support the ban on s in

　　空气，这有益于他们的健康。许多烟民也支持在公共场所禁止吸烟，

　　public places. They think that this will help them kick their smoking h.

　　他们认为这(个举措)可以帮助他们改掉吸烟的习惯。

　　Some h smokers are not so happy, but they say“It makes no difference

　　有些烟鬼可不大高兴，不过他们说：“这些牌子无关紧要，

　　b most of these places have been saying‘no’to us for quite a long因为大多数公共场所说不许(我们吸烟)也不是一天两

　　time.”C sellers do not seem to worry as they are quite sure that the

　　天了。”销售香烟的人似乎并不担心。在公共场所禁止吸烟几乎不会

　　ban will h cut the number of cigarette buyers.

　　使购烟者的数量下降，他们对此深信不疑。

第六课：请勿吸烟！(1)

　　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1、at present目前；in the past在过去

　　At present 80% of the Chinese population are farmers.

　　目前中国80%的人口是农民。

　　2、because of表示“因为，由于”之意，是介词短语，后跟名词，代词。because

　　是连词，后跟句子。

　　He was late because of a traffic jam.

　　He was late because the traffic was busy.

　　他因为交通拥堵迟到了。

　　3、for...reason因……原因

　　He died for the reason of smoking.他因吸烟而丧生。

　　4、be caused by由……引起

　　The fire was caused by his carelessness.这场火灾是由他的粗心引起的。

　　5、catch fire着火

　　辨析：catch fire强调动作，不能延续；be on fire强调状态，可以延续。例如：

　　The house caught fire yesterday.这幢房子昨天着火了。

　　The house has been on fire for an hour.这幢房子着火一小时了。

　　6、be good news for对于……来说是好消息

　　news为不可数名词，前面一定不能加a。

　　The success in bidding for the Olympic Games is good news for Chinese people.

　　申奥成功对于中国人来说是好消息。

　　7、persuade sb. to do sth./persuade sb.sintosdoing sth.说服某人干某事

　　I persuaded him to give up smoking.我说服他戒了烟。

　　8、die from由于……而死

　　The driver died from a traffic accident.

　　司机死于一次交通事故。

　　辨析：die from常指因疾病以外的原因造成的死亡，die of

　　常指因疾病或自身原因造成的死亡。

　　He died of an illness.他病死了。

　　9、In Britain, sales of cigarettes have been reduced by 30% in the last ten years.过去十年来，英国的香烟销售量下降了30%。

　　(1)reduce是及物动词，作“减少，降低”解。它的反义词是increase。

　　Some fat people try to reduce their weight.

　　有些胖子设法减轻体重。

　　I advised him to reduce the price to ,500.

　　我劝他把价格降到1，500美元。

　　(2)介词by在本句中表示数量增减的程度。

　　Production costs have been reduced by one third.

　　生产成本下降了三分之一。

　　The price has been increased by five cents.

　　价格上涨了五美分。

　　10、compare...with...把……与……相比

　　If they compare the present with the past, theyll be content.

　　如果他们拿现在和过去比较，他们会感到满意的。

　　短语链接：compare...to把……比作

　　The poet compared sleep to death.这位诗人把睡眠比作死亡。

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