Dont Mind if I Smoke1 p5 X2 h$ ~! _* ^2 v9 L6 b
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 cant work in a country __(2)___.
& Q% Y' r# O/ B, k Law or no law, smokers and nonsmokers mingle __(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.& ?" ^9 Z8 |; f! w
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.
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A) without apparent friction in Paris café and restaurants% L* q- U r+ V! I
B) light up in train stations5 r. `* K a4 B: m G
C) doing great harm to the smokers health& S! \5 B6 O4 @2 v
D) the attempt to legislate good health1 H( z3 M$ m5 q, k. `0 \; b( K
E) who are against smoking" J8 d2 u+ q& ^- v2 m- \, l
F) that has always aided lifes petty vices
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发表于 2012-8-15 23:57:33
