Today in the U.S. cigarette smoking is restricted in many ways. When smokers are in restaurants, on trains and in public buildings, they may smoke only in designated areas.

When they are on public buses, in theaters and in classrooms, they may not smoke at all.

Cigarettes are not advertised on television or radio. A notice is on every package of cigarettes sold in America warning that smoking is dangerous to health. These regulations have reduced cigarette smoking very much since they were instituted. Smoking is on the decline.

现在老师先把今天测验的三个问题念一遍给你听.

第一个问题是:

M: How is tobacco smoked in the U.S.?

第二个问题是:

M: What has caused many Americans to stop smoking?

第三个问题是:

M: What are some of the regulations on smoking in the U.S.?

现在老师用慢速度再把整篇文章念一遍给你听.

American Indians grew and smoked tobacco before Columbus came to America.

The tobacco industry has been large and important for America's economy ever since colonial farmers grew tobacco for export 300 years ago. Even today tobacco is grown in large quantities along America's Eastern Coast.

Since the 1800's the most common form of smoking tobacco is in cigarettes. Men and women of all ages smoke cigarettes and there are dozens of brands sold in the U.S.

Nearly all cigarettes now sold have filters. Pipe smoking has some popularity and cigars are usually only smoked by older men.

Over the past fifteen years, many people have stopped smoking. This movement away from cigarettes began when lung cancer and other ailments were linked to smoking.

In the 1970's when taxes on cigarettes were greatly increased, cigarette smoking became much more expensive. Since the late 1970's physical fitness has become a major aim of millions of Americans. These three factors have been the major causes for many people to stop smoking.

Today in the U.S. cigarette smoking is restricted in many ways. When smokers are in restaurants, on trains and in public buildings, they may smoke only in designated areas.

When they are on public buses, in theaters and in classrooms, they may not smoke at all.

Cigarettes are not advertised on television or radio. A notice is on every package of cigarettes sold in America warning that smoking is dangerous to health. These regulations have reduced cigarette smoking very much since they were instituted. Smoking is on the decline.

现在请你回答你刚才听过的三个问题. 每回答一个问题, 老师就会念出正确答 案给你听.

第一个问题是:

M: How is tobacco smoked in the U.S.?

F: Tobacco is smoked in cigarettes, cigars and pipes.

第二个问题是:

M: What has caused many Americans to stop smoking?

F: Ailments, taxes on cigarettes and physical fitness have caused many Americans to stop smoking.

第三个问题是:

M: What are some of the regulations on smoking in the U.S.?

F: Smokers can only smoke in designated areas. Cigarettes are not advertised on television or radio and people are warned that smoking is dangerous to health.