unit 4 smoking.pptVIP

Unit four Common Sense or Legal Intervention Smoking Reading One The Butt Stops Here  butt: = stub The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it. About the Title The title is changed from another phrase – “The buck stops here”, which, literally, means you have to take responsibility for something and will not try to pass the responsibility on to someone else. 责任止于此；责无旁贷 (Buck在这里的意思是“责任”） About the Title This is also Harry Truman’s famous declaration. The slogan was enshrined in a desk-top sign in his Oval Office. 美国总统杜鲁门(Truman)曾经有一句名言：the buck stops here，意思是“他会为政府部门的行为承担最终的责任”。 About the Title It was changed into “The butt stops here” to indicate the author’s determination to take his share of responsibility for stopping smoking in the workplace. …the hard line stiffened last February when employees were permitted to smoke only at their desks. hard line: a firm, uncompromising policy, position, or stance (尤指在政治上顽固坚持的)强硬路线，强硬政策；强硬立场 The president should abandon his hard line in the region. stiffen: become stronger and more determined to stiffen sb’s resolve 加强决心 sb’s will stiffens 意志坚强 to stiffen sbs muscles 使某人的肌肉变僵硬 If time is going to be wasted, I’d rather it be frittered away on daydreams and chatter(喋喋不休的说) than flicked into a valley of ashes. flick away/off : remove with a quick movement of your hand or finger. (用手或手指) 弹掉，拂去 例： Papa flicked the ash from his cigar. … and all the brawny cowpokes and tawny(黄褐色)-haired sirens cannot blow enough advertising smoke to obscure the fact… No matter how attractive and enchanting all the muscular cowboys and blond beauties in cigarette commercials are, they cannot hide the fact that smoking is responsible for every one out of seven deaths in the country. siren: 迷人的女子；妖妇; 汽笛，警报器  Siren【希腊神话】塞任(半人半鸟的女海妖，常用美妙歌声引诱水手，令船触礁沉没) …smoking may not be a victimless vice A victimless crime is a crime that is considered to be less serious than