时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄初级美国英语


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   Alcohol and cigarettes are the two great-est killers 1 in the world. Hundreds of thou-sands of people have died because of thesetwo social evils. As a result, some govern-ments are trying to control the use of thesedrugs. For example, in many countries, thelegal age for drinking has been raised fromeighteen to twenty-one. Some countrieshave even banned smoking in public places.

People can help each other live longer bysimply discouraging these bad habits.

 

    最大的杀手 

     酒和烟是全世界最大的两个杀手。有数十万计的人死于这两种有害于社会的东西。因此,有些政府正设法控制这些麻醉剂的使用。例如,在许多国家中,喝酒的合法年龄已从18岁提高为21 岁。有些国家甚至禁止在公共场所抽烟,而人们只要劝别人改掉这些坏习惯,就可以帮助彼此活得久一点。



1 killers
凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事
  • He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
  • They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
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