Parents, teachers and the government are increasingly concerned about this trend. The latest ONS research says that this habit will kill about 1 million of today’s teenagers when they reach middle age.
家長，老師和政府越來越擔心這一現(xiàn)象。根據(jù)國家統(tǒng)計辦公室最近一次的調查研究，吸煙將會導致約一百萬青少年在中年時喪生。
In Newcastle, in northeast England, the local health authority is working with a secondary school to help teenagers stop smoking. They hold regular “quitting” sessions where students can talk openly about smoking and are given advice about why and how to stop.
在東北部的紐卡斯爾，當?shù)匦l(wèi)生部門與一所中學聯(lián)手幫助青少年戒煙，定期召開戒煙會，告訴他們?yōu)槭裁唇錈?，怎樣戒煙。學生們還可以就吸煙問題暢所欲言。
Parents and authority figures are also concerned because there seems to be a relationship between smoking and educational achievement. Most students who pass fewer than five General Certificate of Secondary Education exams (GCSEs), which all students must take at the age of 16, are regular smokers. The national average for a good student is nine GCSE passes.
學生家長和一些權威人士也參與了這項活動，因為學生吸煙現(xiàn)象似乎和教育質量有著某種關系。所有學生在十六歲時必須參加中等教育普通證書考試，但大多不能通過五門以上考試的學生都是長期吸煙者。而一個好學生應該通過九門考試。
Government campaigns to stop smoking include TV advertisements showing real-life smokers who have cancer. Cigarettes are also very expensive in the UK, due to government taxes. A packet of 20 cigarettes costs around four pounds and fifty pence (about 54 yuan).
政府為幫助戒煙采取了一系列的措施。其中包括通過電視廣告反映生活中患癌癥的吸煙者的真實情況。另外，由于政府的稅收，在英國香煙的價格很貴，一盒二十支香煙要賣4英鎊50便士（約合人民幣54元）。
Every year, anti-smoking organizations join the government in holding a National No Smoking Day in March. Leaflets with government health warning about the risks of smoking are given out on the streets. Teenagers and adults are encouraged to try one day without smoking, in the hope that this will encourage them to give up forever. But with the government recently delaying plans to ban tobacco advertising in the UK, the trend of teenage smoking is likely to get worse.
每年都有一些反吸煙組織加入到政府的“三月全國無煙日”活動中來。在大街上散發(fā)傳單，告誡人們吸煙有害健康，鼓勵青少年和成人一天內不要吸煙，希望以此幫助他們戒煙。但是，由于政府延緩頒布禁止香煙廣告的法令，青少年吸煙現(xiàn)象有可能日趨嚴重。
相關詞語 Related Words and Expressions
Hastings 黑斯廷斯（地名）
Newcastle 紐卡斯爾（地名）
regular “quitting” session 定期戒煙課
General Certificate of Secondary Education 中等教育普通證書
leaflet 傳單
a National No Smoking Day 全國無煙日
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