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Hundreds of thousands of Russians die every year from diseases linked to smoking.
每年有數十萬俄羅斯人死于吸煙相關的疾病。
The country has one of the highest smoking rates in the world.
俄羅斯是全球吸煙率最高的國家之一。
The World Health Organization estimates that forty percent of adults in Russia smoke. That is about forty-four million people.
據世界衛生組織統計，40%的俄羅斯成年人吸煙，吸煙人數大約為4400萬。
The WHO says Russia is second in tobacco smoking rates.
世衛組織表示，俄羅斯的吸煙率位居全球第二。
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wants to reduce the number of smokers in his country.
俄羅斯總理梅德韋杰夫希望降低該國煙民的數量。
He has proposed a ban on smoking in public places by 2015, and a ban on all tobacco advertising.
他提出2015年前禁止在公共場合吸煙，并禁止所有煙草廣告。
And he wants to increase the country's very low cigarette taxes—in Russia, a pack of cigarettes can cost between one and two dollars.
他還希望提高俄羅斯異常低的煙草稅。在俄羅斯，一包香煙的成本在1到2美元之間。
Mr. Medvedev appeared in an Internet video about the issue. He said Russians must stop smoking.
就此問題，梅德韋杰夫在一則互聯網視頻中露面。他說俄羅斯人必須停止吸煙。
He said about ninety percent of Russian smokers begin smoking before they reach the age of twenty.
約90%俄羅斯煙民在20歲以前開始吸煙。
He said smoking kills about four hundred thousand people in Russia each year.
俄羅斯每年因吸煙致死的人數大約有40萬。
He likened the loss of life to a large city disappearing from the country's map.
他將此死亡數字形象地喻為一座大城市從俄羅斯地圖上消失。
The number of Russian women who smoke has increased sharply in the past twenty years.
過去二十年里，俄羅斯女性吸煙人數飆升。
In 1992 about seven percent of Russian women smoked. Twenty-two percent do now.
1992年，約7%的俄羅斯女性吸煙。而現在，這一比例高達22%。
Prime Minister Medvedev says a bill putting the ban in place should be approved quickly.
梅德韋杰夫總理表示，應該迅速批準并推出這一禁令的相關法案。
A Russian health ministry official told the news agency that the government wants to cut the smoking rate in half.
俄羅斯衛生部官員向新聞社透露，政府希望將吸煙率降低一半。
The upper and lower houses of parliament must consider the bill.
俄羅斯議會的上議院和下議院須對該法案深思熟慮。
Many experts say the government does not have enforcement power even if lawmakers pass the measure.
許多專家則表示，即使立法者通過這一法案，政府也沒有執行的權力。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題19至問題22是基于你剛剛聽到的這篇文章
Question 19. What do we know about Russia according to the passage?
問題19 文中提到了俄羅斯什么信息？
Question 20. What new measure will Russian Prime Minister take?
問題20 俄羅斯總理將采取什么新措施？
Question 21. What does the Prime Minister say about Russian smokers?
問題21 俄羅斯總理是如何描述俄羅斯煙民的？
Question 22. What do experts think about the government's effort on stop smoking?
問題22 專家對政府禁煙舉措的看法是什么？
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