英语泛读教程3下课文+译文(Unit 8-15)精选.doc

Unit 8 1 Text Anti-Smoking Role Playing ??? About 85 percent of the people who smoke wish they could stop, and yet they have to go through the agony of quitting. Read the following text and know more about the hazards of smoking, some valuable precautions against falling into tobacco abuse. ??? In 1988, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop declared that cigarettes are as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Scientists and smokers who have tried to quit have known for a long time that smoking is addictive. They have said that smokers are hooked on their own kind of drug, nicotine. However, with this new declaration, it is clearer that smoking is a medical problem. When a smoker who tries to stop has a difficult time, it is not a sign of weakness. Smoking is more than just a bad habit such as eating too much sweet food. ??? If this is the case, why do so many people start in the first place? Do they fear being different? Do they think smoking will relax them? Do they hope that smoking will help them cover up their awkwardness and shyness? Do they worry that they will be called chicken if they dont smoke? What can you say when someone accuses you of being afraid to smoke? There are some easy answers, whether you are being pushed to smoke tobacco or marijuana. ??? Molly learned a good answer through a skit that was part of a so-called inoculation1 program in her social-studies class. In the skit Mollys friends Bill, Mary, and Tim played the parts of teenagers who smoked. Mollys character was someone who had decided not to smoke and resisted being branded a weirdo when she refused a cigarette that was offered to her. ??? In the skit, Molly walked over to talk with Bill, Mary, and Tim, who were standing together with their backs toward her. Molly hadnt realized they were smoking until she joined them. Tim offered Molly a cigarette, but she turned it down. ??? Come on, Molly, taunted Bill. Dont be chicken. Join the group. ??? Molly refused to be baited. Instead, she laughed an