vt. 说服,劝说
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Passage Three
It has been shown that
children who smoke have certain characteristics.
Compared with non-smokers
they are more rebellious,
their work becomes worse as they move up in school,
they are more likely to leave school early
and commit crimes,
and are more often sexually mature.
Many of these features can be summarized
as anticipation of adulthood.
There are a number of factors,
which determine the start of smoking,
and these are largely psychological and social.
They include availability of cigarettes,
curiosity, rebelliousness, appearing tough,
anticipation of adulthood, social confidence,
the example of parents and teachers,
and smoking by friends and older brothers and sisters.
It should be much easier to prevent children
from starting to smoke than
to persuade adults to give up the habit once established,
but in fact this has proved very difficult.
The example set by people in authority,
especially parents, health care workers,
and teachers, is of prime importance.
School rules should forbid smoking by children at school.
There is, however,
a risk of children smoking just to rebel against the rules.
And even in those schools
which have tried to enforce no smoking
by physical punishment,
there is as much smoking as in other schools.
Nevertheless, banning smoking is probably
on balance beneficial.
Teachers too should not smoke at school,
at least not in front of children.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
33. Which is not a certain characteristic
of children who smoke?
34. Which is not an element determining the start of smoking?
35. Why is there a risk in banning smoking in schools?
重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
persuade | [pə'sweid] | 联想记忆 | ||
nevertheless | [.nevəðə'les] | |||
availability | [ə.veilə'biliti] | |||
understand | [.ʌndə'stænd] | |||
beneficial | [.beni'fiʃəl] | 联想记忆 | ||
boring | ['bɔ:riŋ] | |||
mental | ['mentl] | 联想记忆 | ||
stress | [stres] | |||
urban | ['ə:bən] | 联想记忆 | ||
troubled | ['trʌbld] | 联想记忆 |
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