英语听力文摘 English Digest 91、哪种烟最有害

　　We all know that smoking cigarettes is bad. But what about smoking a pipe or cigars? Since you don’t inhale¹, is it better for your health? Or at least less bad?
Good question.So first, it’s true that cigarettes are in a league of their own when it comes to ruining your health.
And it’s also true that pipes and cigars have an aura of sophistication and, perhaps, harmless merriment. But the fact is that in their own way, pipes and cigars are plenty bad for you.
Right,like cigarettes, smoking a pipe or cigar is linked to all sorts of cancers. Cancer of the lung, lip, tongue, mouth, and throat, to name a few.
One study found that people who smoke pipes or cigars are more likely than non smokers² to have chronic³ obstructive pulmonary disease. People with the disease have trouble breathing.
Finally, if you’re not already convinced, pipes and cigars can be just as addictive⁴ as cigarettes. After all, you’re still smoking tobacco laced with nicotine⁵. And even if you don’t inhale deeply, the nicotine still seeps⁶ into your bloodstream through the lining⁷ of the mouth.
So bottom line, smoking tobacco is bad for you–period. Just because pipes and cigars may seem urbane⁸, there’s nothing harmless about them.
pipe:烟斗，烟袋
inhale:吸入
aura:气味，氛围
sophistication:混合
to name a few:举几个例子来说
chronic:慢性的
pulmonary:与肺有关的
nicotine:尼古丁
tobacco:烟草
urbane:都市化的，温文尔雅的

1 inhale   

v.吸入(气体等)，吸(烟)

参考例句：

• Don't inhale dust into your lung.别把灰尘吸进肺里。
• They are pleased to not inhale second hand smoke.他们很高兴他们再也不会吸到二手烟了。

2 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

3 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

4 addictive   

adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的，成为习惯的

参考例句：

• The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
• Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。

5 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

6 seeps   

n.（液体）渗( seep的名词复数 )；渗透；渗出；漏出v.（液体）渗( seep的第三人称单数 )；渗透；渗出；漏出

参考例句：

• Water seeps through sand. 水渗入沙中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Water seeps out of the wall. 水从墙里沁出。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

8 urbane   

adj.温文尔雅的，懂礼的

参考例句：

• He tried hard to be urbane.他极力作出彬彬有礼的神态。
• Despite the crisis,the chairman's voice was urbane as usual.尽管处于危机之中，董事长的声音还象通常一样温文尔雅。