Raising awareness about tobacco
According to research, about 1 billion people around the world smoke. Each year, around 5 million die from tobaccorelated illnesses. That translates to about one person every six seconds.
Most kids learn about the dangers of tobacco at a young age. Kaylie Lynch, a rising seventhgrader from Whitney Point, New York, decided to take her knowledge one step further.
“I wanted people to really think about what tobacco is doing, and what it could do to them，”Kaylie said in a recent phone interview. “The fact that people are dying and we can prevent that is just astonishing to me. It's important for kids to know early on about the effects (影响) of tobacco, so that we can spread the word and tell others.”
“STAY SMART”
This year，“Stay Smart About Tobacco”poster competition invited sixthand seventhgraders around the country to create a poster to raise awareness (意识) about tobacco's harmful effects.
Kaylie's poster includes a list of the bad effects of smoking.“I made my poster very informational，”she explained.“I wanted to get the message out in a way that people would really understand.”
SPREAD THE WORD
Kaylie's poster won first prize. “I wasn't really expecting to win，”she said.“It kind of came as a surprise.”As the prize winner, she won a trip to “Say What！”， a youth meeting in Montgomery, Texas, that centered on preventing tobacco use. The meeting, which began on July 17, offered several workshops (研讨会) for students from around the state.
“Participating was a great experience，”Kaylie said.“It made me want to start making a difference in my community.”
Kaylie is glad that she was able to express her ideas through art. “I've been drawing ever since I can remember，”she said. “Art is a good way to get a lot of powerful messages across. You can say a lot with pictures.”
From：kpcnotebook.scholastic.com,[语篇导读]
众所周知，吸烟有害健康。但烟草究竟会带来哪些危害呢？一位少女用她亲手设计的海报给出了她的答案。
[词海拾贝]
1．according to 根据，按照
2．tobaccorelated 烟有关的
3．at a young age 在很小时
4．take...one step futher 深入，更进一步
5．spread 传播
6．center on... 以……为中心
7．kind of 有点
8．make a difference 起作用；有影响
Section Ⅰ Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary
Ⅰ.重点单词
1．核心单词
①drug n．毒品；药品
②cancer n. 癌症
③reduce vt. 减少
④nearby adj. 附近的
2．拓展单词
①addictive adj.(药物等)上瘾的→addict n．对(药物等)上瘾的人；瘾君子
②danger n．危险→dangerous adj.危险的→endanger v．使遭受危险；危害→endangered adj.濒危的
③powerful adj.有力的；(药等)有功效的→power n．权力→powerless adj.无能力的；无权力的
④crime n．罪行；犯罪行为→criminal n．罪犯
3．阅读单词
①cigarette n．香烟
②tobacco n. 烟草；烟丝
③cocaine n. 可卡因
④needle n. (注射用的)针；针管
⑤shoplifting n. 逛商店时偷窃商品的行为
Ⅱ.重点短语
1．die_from 死于
2．(be)_related_to 有关系的/有关联的
3．look_up 查阅
4．share..._with_sb. 与某人分享……
5．belong_to 属于
6．become/be_addicted_to 对……上瘾；沉迷于
7．break_into 破门而入；强行闯入
8．in_danger 处于危险之中
