问答题
1. Read the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use your own words. Sunday is World No—Tobacco Day, and beginning Monday smoking in restaurants, offices and on public transportation will be banned in the Chinese capital.
Under the rules, anyone in Beijing who violates the bans, which include smoking near schools and hospitals must pay a fine from 50 yuan to 200 yuan or about 8 to 32 U.S. Dollars. This is twenty times the amount of current fines.
The rules also state that anyone who breaks the law three times will be named on a government website. Businesses can be fined up to 10000 yuan or about 1600 U. S. dollars, for failing to stamp out smoking on their premises. The government will also no longer allow cigarettes to be sold in shops within 100 meters of primary schools and kindergartens.
Some restaurant owners in Beijing are complaining that the tough rules will cause a loss of customers and an increase in arguments over lighting up.
"We'll suggest our customers smoke outside the restaurant. This is our outdoor smoking area," said a waitress in a non-smoking restaurant.
"My principle is not to affect the interests of the restaurant. We'll probably suggest they smoke outside, but not in a tough way, otherwise a quarrel or a fight will probably happen," said a restaurant owner.
【正确答案】Chinese capital city issued a regulation in the World No-Tobacco Day, from the day on, smoking is legally banned in the public areas in Beijing, such as restaurants, subways, and offices. Anyone who break the law may be fined with 50 to 200 yuan according to the regulation. Moreover, those people who were fined for three times will be named on the government website as a warning.
Not only individuals, but also the businesses should be responsible for public smoking. Business should put non-smoking signs on their pubic areas, or they will be fined. Some restaurants' owners have complained that they are afraid of confliction among the customs and them. But some others have already separated their restaurants into two areas, smoking and non-smoking area.
In my opinion, smoking in the pubic area is harmful and impolite. But it is not realistic for smokers to stop smoking for a very long time. So it is critical to clearly separate the smoking area and the non-smoking area.
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