时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2010年VOA慢速英语(十一)月


英语课

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

Delegates from around the world are meeting this week in Uruguay to consider new ways to control tobacco. A World Health Organization treaty called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control took effect five years ago. More than one hundred seventy governments have signed it.

The treaty requires a number of efforts -- like raising tobacco prices, restricting advertising 1 and banning sales to children.

(SOUND)These high school students recently protested against tobacco companies at a trade show in Jakarta. Indonesia has not signed the international treaty. But its Health Ministry 2 proposes to ban all forms of cigarette advertising.

An official at the Indonesian Tobacco Alliance says his trade group agrees with banning all activities to promote cigarettes to the young. But he says tobacco companies should be able to market their products to adults, just like any other legal product.

Tobacco growers are also concerned about several measures proposed at this week's meeting in Uruguay. One would ban additives 3 traditionally used with "burley" tobacco. This kind of tobacco is grown extensively in Africa and used extensively in American-style cigarettes that are popular worldwide.

A cigarette seller takes a break in Jakarta, Indonesia Antismoking groups say the proposal is aimed against flavorings like chocolate, licorice and sugar. The director of the Tanzania Tobacco Control Forum 4 points out that several American brands still use burley tobacco but without additives.

But economists 5 at NKC, a South African research group, say the guidelines would affect the lives of millions of Africans who depend on tobacco farming. The report says nearly four million people in Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe would be most seriously affected 6.

Since June, the United States has banned cigarette companies from using misleading terms like "light," "mild" and "low tar 7."Last week, federal health officials announced new actions to control tobacco. These include proposals to require larger health warnings on cigarette packages and advertisements.

Officials also want to require new "graphic 8 health warnings" within two years. Proposals include a picture of a woman blowing smoke in a baby's face, and an image of diseased lungs next to healthy lungs.

You can find a link to all of the proposed images at voaspecialenglish.com.

And that's the VOA Special English Health Report. I'm Steve Ember.

___Contributing: Avi Arditti, Scott Bobb and Angela Dewan



n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
n.添加剂( additive的名词复数 )
  • chemical additives in petrol 汽油中的化学添加剂
  • It'says on the packet that these crisps contain no additives. 包装上说这些炸薯片不含添加剂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
  • The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
  • We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
adj.生动的,形象的,绘画的,文字的,图表的
  • The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
  • Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。
学英语单词
a clay doll
additive formula
Allium fetisowii
anterolateral seta
anticlericalists
astern rating
autosomal recessive
barcklays
Bernard Mannes Baruch
biomethylation
blood-group immune transducer
board-room
Bobrovytsya
Bockwitz
built - in check
by the dozen
calystegine
capital cover
Challenger Fracture Zone
Clarkebury
Clocaenog
conformity certificate of protection
convection type
cosmic light
credit exchange
creep of recovery
Current lcon
cyanide copper
direct line of descent
disenjoys
double umpire
electoral roll
emergency cooling circuit
exoticises
fistulotomy
fittings(storage)
flooding gas-solids
forerunner
format directed
fruit stall
functional reconstruction
GAR
girly girl
glue logic board
Gonacrine
guruve (sipolilo)
hachured
high-temperature thermistor
hoofbeat
in spite of someone's beard
initial budget estimate
interior design
iteration rule
jack-sinker
Jerislav
lashlike
manchild
manganese frog
mean flax
modlin
moisi
NBEO
NSC-85998
octase
Ophiodon elongatus
Palkovice
Parris
pneumatic oil stop
posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
projection speed
pyloroplasty
quasiunemployment
reconverting
recurrent vein
roll piercing mill
rosseld
saddlebill
sailfishes
satang
Sea of Moscow
Senecio lijiangensis
sequential link
set bit
sight plug
south-sides
splish-splash
stress annealing
stys
Tbenoyl
the triumph of love
thunder storm
tiliacorine
toilet seat dermatitis
tortoiseshell butterfly
Tweeddale, Dist.
tympanic lip
undecyne
water-like solvent
well-known port numbers
wombill
YFND
Young's modulus in tension