Vocabulary Exercise
1. Match
the following words:
1. public
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a. smoke
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2. premature
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b. up
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3. passive
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c. death
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4. light
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d. health
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5. secondhand
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e. light
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6. food
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f. smoking
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7. smoke-free
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g. labels
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8. traffic
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h. environment
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2. Complete the paragraphs by
using the words from the list.
UK Smoking Ban
The British government will soon
________ smoking in most public places in an effort to protect public health
and cut the number of illness and ________ deaths caused by secondhand
smoke. It is not a total ban, like that in Ireland, but will see a smoke-free
environment in 90% of restaurants and bars that ________ food. Any bar
that has only potato chips, nuts and sandwiches not made onsite will beat
the ban. Plans may also be in the making to make it ________ to light
up in offices and factories.
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served
illegal ban premature |
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Anti-smoking groups say the ban
does not go ________ enough. Deborah Arnott, Director of ASH (Action on
Smoking and Health) regarded it as a positive ________ as “it
will ________ thousands of lives every year, as people are no longer
exposed to dangerous secondhand smoke.” More needs to be done as smoking (and
passive smoking) is the single largest cause of preventable death in Britain,
and as many as 34,000 pubs and clubs in Britain could ________ the ban.
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move
far escape save |
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The smoking ban is part of the
government’s upcoming "Public Health White Paper for England",
which covers a wide range of health ________ in response to a
health ________ in Britain. The British are the second-fastest in the
world (after the United States) and ________ kills many. The government
will ban junk food advertisements on TV before 9.00 pm to ________
children’s health, and introduce a red, yellow, green traffic light-style
system on food labels to show how often they can be eaten.
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protect
issues crisis obesity |
Taken
from:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
(for educational purposes)
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