90. Smoking1
1. This is a non-smoker2 section, isn’t it?
2. Do you feel like a smoke?
3. Do you mind my smoking here?
4. What in your opinion can be done to stop smoking?
5. Are you smoking a lot?
6. Are you smoking less?
7. Did you have to stop smoking?
8. Do you smoke much?
9. Do you smoke this kind of cigarettes?
10. I guess you don’t smoke, right?
Dialogue 1
W: Excuse me. Is anyone sitting here?
M: No, nobody.
W: You don’t mind if I smoke, do you?
M: Well, to be frank3, yes, I do.
W: Oh, I’m sorry. But this isn’t a no-smoker, isn’t it? I mean would you mind if I smoke here?
M: Actually it is. Perhaps you haven’t noticed the sign.
W: Sign? What’s sign?
M: There, on the window.
W: Oh, sorry. I didn’t notice it. Sorry.
M: That’s all right.
Dialogue 2
M: What do you think of smoking？
W: It’s harmful not only for yourself but for others.
M: What in your opinion can be done to stop smoking?
W: Stop producing cigarettes.
M: But that’ll affect the national economy4.
W: That’s right. But I don’t think there are better ways.
M: How about painting a warning5 on each cigarette packet?
W: Maybe it can take effect.
Dialogue 3
M: Are you a smoker?
W: Yes, I’m afraid I am. My husband is a smoker too.
M: Would you describe yourself as being a heavy smoker?
W: No. But my husband smokes 20 or more a day.
M: When did you begin to smoke?
W: I had my first cigarette when I was 17.
M: Might I ask if you have tried to give up smoking?
W: Yes. Twice.
Everyone knows that smoking is harmful for health. A lot of rules have been laid down to prohibit6 smoking. We can see the no-smoking sign in a lot of public places. In addition, we can see ‘smoking is harmful for your health’ on most packets of cigarettes. Some people even claim that we should stop producing cigarettes. But it will affect national economy. How can we prevent people from smoking? I think the answer to the problem is to make people realize the harm that cigarettes can do us. Only depending on our all efforts can we realize the true No smoking.
1. Smoking is forbidden here.
2. No smoking.
3. Smoking will do you no good.
4. Smoking is not allowed here.
5. I am a chain smoker.
6. This cigar makes a terrible smell.
7. You smoke just like a chimney7.
8. You smoke yourself sick.
Dialogue 1
W: Are you feeling better today, Bill?
M: Well, it’s hard to say. I coughed a lot in the evening.
W: You’d better give up smoking. It’s bad for your health.
M: You’re right. But you know it’s so hard to give up the old habit like smoking.
W: But you should make up your mind first.
M: You know I often have to work far into the night. I need smoking to keep me awake.
W: Why don’t you go to bed early and get up early？You’ll have the same time for work.
M: Thank you for your advice. I’ll try it.
Dialogue 2
M: Sorry to have smoked in your room.
W: Don’t worry. I’ll open the window.
M: It’s very kind of you.
W: Smoking is harmful for your health.
M: I know. I’ll try to give it up.
Dialogue 3
W: Did you read the letter in the paper about smoking? The person who wrote that must be crazy.
M: I don’t think so. I think the government should do everything it can to discourage8 people from smoking.
W: Maybe so. But a law banning cigarettes will do no good.
M: No, you can’t suddenly make smoking illegal9, but government could prohibit smoking in public places like movies and theatres.
Every year millions of dollars are wasted on cigarettes and every year thousands of people die of lung cancer. At the same time the government spends a huge amount of money trying to make people give up smoking. There is a very simple solution to this problem. Cigarettes should be forbidden by law. The only people who would suffer from such a law would be the tobacco10 companies’. But we all know that they contribute11 nothing to society.
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