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通过阅读学词汇6级(2007年新版)Lesson2


Lesson 2
Fight Against Youth Smoking
Three years ago, appalled by how many children were becoming addicted to cigarettes every year, the Vice President and I committed this administration to stopping the sale and marketing of cigarettes to children. Today, thanks to these efforts and the persistence of state attorneys general, the public health community, and leaders in Congress, we have the best opportunity ever to pass comprehensive anti-smoking legislation that will save millions of our children from a premature, painful, and very preventable death.
This week, in a historic and resounding 19 to 1 vote, a key Senate committee gave its stamp of approval to comprehensive legislation sponsored by Senator John McCain, a Republican, and Senator Fritz Hollings, a Democrat, that would cut youth smoking by half over the next decade. This bill represents a dramatic step forward. It would raise the price of cigarettes, give the FDA full authority to regulate tobacco products, ban advertising aimed at children, and protect tobacco farmers.
We still have work to do on this legislation. Above all, we need to put in place tough penalties that will cost the tobacco industry if it continues to sell cigarettes to young people. Just this week the Centers for Disease Control released a disturbing report that more than a third of teenagers in the United States now smoke, even though it’s illegal.

It is time to hold tobacco companies accountable. Reducing youth smoking must be everybody’s bottom line. Let’s remember — this is not about politics or money, or seeking revenge against the tobacco industry for past practices. We’re not trying to put the tobacco companies out of business; we want to put them out of the business of selling cigarettes to kids. This week’s progress in the Senate shows we have real momentum in both parties to do just that.
There’re still many issues to be worked out and many long nights ahead. But we have within our grasp one of the most important public health victories our nation has ever achieved.
Finally, let me just pause a moment to observe the 30th anniversary of the death of one of America’s greatest heroes, Dr. Martin Luther King. His dream, deeply rooted in the American Dream, is a dream for all Americans. Let us here at home always strive to heed Dr. King’s words and live up to his legacy.
—Bill Clinton
名人名言
Today, I want to talk to you about the historic opportunity we now have to protect our nation’s children from an even more deadly threat: smoking. Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, drugs and fires combined. Nearly 90 percent of those smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18.
Today, the epidemic of teen smoking is raging throughout our nation as, one by one, our children are lured by multimillion dollar marketing schemes designed to do exactly that. Consider this: 3,000 children start to smoke every day illegally, and 1,000 of them will die sooner because of it.
—Bill Clinton
反对青少年吸烟
三年以前，我和副总统为每年有如此众多的儿童染上烟瘾而震惊（appalled），我们决定让这届政府致力于禁止向儿童出售和营销香烟。今天，凭借我们的决心以及各州总检察长、公共医疗机构和国会领导人的不懈努力（persistence），我们已迎来了有史以来通过一项全面的反吸烟法案的最好时机。这一法案(legislation)可使数百万儿童避免痛苦地夭折，这样的死亡本来是完全可以避免的。
这个星期，参议院一个重要的委员会以历史性的响亮的19票对1票通过了一项由共和党参议员约翰