有关吸烟的英语作文
吸烟有害他人自由 Smoking Hurts Others Freedom
Though smoking has been banned in public places
in many cities, many people are still addicted to
smoking, especially young people. Some smokers seem to
have quite convincing reasons for their continuing to
smoke. They claim if smoking is forbidden in public
places, it will infringe upon their personal freedom
and human rights.
尽管很多城市的公共场所禁止吸烟，但是很多人仍
然沉溺于吸烟，特别是年轻人。有些吸烟者似乎为他们继续
吸烟找到极具说服力的理由。他们声称：如果公共场合禁止
吸烟将会侵犯他们的人身自由和权力。
But these smokers should know that they are not
entitled to the freedom to smoke, which infringes upon
non-smokers freedom to breathe clean and fresh air in
public places. Unfortunately, these smokers make
non-smokers victims of their bad habit. Some smokers
ignore health problems and stress that the smoking ban
will endanger the local economies. In their words,
tobacco industry means money and millions of jobs.
Indeed, tobacco industry, on the one hand, collects a
large amount of revenue every year and helps develop
local economies; on the other hand, they make people
victims of lung cancer and other fatal diseases. Have
they ever thought of the direct medical costs on
treating smoking-related diseases?
但是这些吸烟的人应该知道他们不享有侵犯不吸
烟的人在公共场所呼吸干净新鲜的空气的权力。不幸的是，
这些吸烟者使不吸烟者成为他们坏习惯的受害者。一些吸烟
的人忽视健康问题并且强调禁烟将会使当地经济陷入危险。
换句话说，烟草业意味着钱和成千上万的工作岗位。事实上，
烟草业一方面每年积累了大量的收入帮助了当地经济的发
展;另一方面，它们使人们称为了肺癌以及其他致命疾病的
受害者。他们有没有想过花在吸烟相关疾病治疗上的直接医
疗费用?
It is reported that the US Government has
adopted even more severe measures to control the
development of its tobacco industry. Having a hard time
at home, some US tobacco companies are sparing no effort
in finding their way into China, which has the worlds
largest number of smokers. In modernChina, opium
brought by British imperialists brought great
suffering to Chinese people, who were then called sick
men ofEast Asia. Have we forgotten this bitter
experience? Is tobacco revenue so dear or smokers
freedom so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of
the health and life of our people?
据报道，美国政府已经采取了更为严重的措施来控
制烟草业的发展。由于在国内发展困难，一些美国的烟草公
司不遗余力的寻找通往中国的道路，因为中国是世界上吸烟
人口最大的国家。在近代中国，英帝国主义者所带来的鸦片
给中国人民带来了巨大的痛苦，中国人民被称为东亚病夫。
我们已经忘记了这痛苦的经历了吗?香烟的收入如此高昂又
或是吸烟者的自由如此美好以至于要用人们的健康和生命
的代价来购买吗?