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[originaltext] A single cigarette sold on a street corner may not cost a lot
[originaltext] A single cigarette sold on a street corner may not cost a lot
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A single cigarette sold on a street corner may not cost a lot: however, the overall costs of smoking are huge. First, consider the cost of human life. The World Health Organization says about 10 people die of tobacco-linked diseases every minute. That rate adds up to almost six million people dying from such diseases every year.
The majority of these preventable deaths happen in low-income and middle-income countries. The World Bank says each of these countries has a gross national income of less than $12,746.
For most people, stopping smoking is hard Many began smoking as teenagers. They are used to it. Also, tobacco contains the powerful drug nicotine.
Studies show people who want to stop smoking can do so with different treatments. Some get help from electronic cigarettes, medicine or nicotine patches that reduce one’s desire for the drug.
Dr. Nancy Rigotti works at Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States. She says she finds that medicine and counseling services together work best of all.
Other experts and former smokers offer even more effective advice: if you are considering starting smoking, don’t.
In fact, smoking costs more than the life of an individual. It can affect the health of an entire country.
The World Health Organization says low-income countries depend heavily on taxes from cigarettes. They use the money, in part, to pay the costs of health care for tobacco-related diseases.
But the illegal trade in tobacco products is further testing the economies of low-income countries. WHO officials say the illegal trade earns about $31 billion every year.
Douglas Bettcher is the director of the WHO’s Department for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases. He calls the illegal trade a monster with many heads. He says the trade enables young people to buy cigarettes at low prices, become addicted to tobacco and suffer serious health problems. It also increases crime and reduces tax revenue.’
The World Health Organization is urging the United Nations member states to sign a treaty to end the illegal trade in tobacco products. Eight countries have approved the treaty. But the approval of 32 other countries is needed for it to become international law. If the treaty succeeds, governments could put people who trade illegal tobacco products in jail—another cost to countries’ budgets.
23. What do we learn about smoking from the lecture?
24. What is the best way to stop smoking according to Dr. Nancy Rigotti?
25. What does the WHO urge UN member states to do about illegal tobacco trade?
选项
A、To establish an international law to stop it.
B、To sign an agreement to stop it.
C、To put illegal traders in prison.
D、To increase countries’ budgets to end it.
答案
B
解析
世界卫生组织(WTO)敦促联合国成员国签署条约,以结束烟草制品的非法贸易(sign a treaty to end the illegal trade),B项是对该处录音原文的同义表达,为正确答案。A项错在international law,WTO是敦促成员国签署条约(treaty),A项偷换了概念。如果条约成功签订,各国政府可以监禁从事非法烟草贸易的商人, C项“监禁非法烟草贸易商人”是条约签署成功后对非法商人的惩罚方法,故排除C项。D项“通过增加国家预算阻止非法烟草贸易”利用原词countries’ budgets作干扰,与讲座内容不符。
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