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Jiiyeon: November 16, 2007 Updated: 2007-11-16 13:29:34 Description: Charles: What’s this article about? Jiyeon: It’s about teenagers who smoke. /It's about teenagers smoking. Charles: What does the article say can happen if teenagers smoke? Jiyeon: Well, in a study, scientists learned that some smokers get grey hair. Genie: What else can happen to smokers? Jiyeon: A smoker’s skin may look older than that of a non-smoker’s. This is because a smoker's skin is thinner. And so it wrinkles more easily. In this sentence, 'than that of ' means: ‘the skin of.’ Genie: What else can happen? Jiyeon: Smoking may damage your looks./Smoking may harm one's looks. Charles: What does 'this study suggests that smoking may cost teenagers their looks' mean? Charles: Remember these phrases have the smae meaning: 1. How much does it cost? 2. What does it cost? 3. What’s the cost? It means their health is hurt, or damaged by smoking, and this is the price they pay for 'the pleasure' of smoking. In these sentences, we are asking how much, or what will have to paid/lost/spent. Remember, we do not only lose money in our lifves. Everything is a choice—a purchase—if you will. You give money for a product. You give your health, for drugs, cigarettes, and bad food. You give your time, to study/play, build, or destroy things. Look at these examples: He spent his life studying the universe through mathematics. His name was Einstein. Young men who go to war in foreign countries often learn that the cost is much of their sanity. They often lose their minds. Fear of: In my opinion, parents do not teach their children that they should have a healthy fear of cancer and heart disease, which should lead them to eat more fresh vegetables and less meat, less milk products, and other junk food. Heart disease: Heart disease is something that most people give to themselves by eating too much cooked food, too much meat, and by drinking too much milk and other dairy products like cake, cheese, and cookies. It is also caused by a lack of exercise and by smoking. Basically, it is the clogging of the arteries around the heart with fat and cholesterol. Cancer: Cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the body, caused by DNA failure. What causes DNA failure? Smoking, too much fat in the diet, and cooked food cause cancer. Other causes of cancer are nuclear radiation, too much exposure to intense sunshine, bad air and water pollution, and anything that weakens the body’s immune system. In addition, we must remember, the body’s immune system is weakened when we do not rest, when we drink too much alcohol, and when we do not eat enough fresh vegetables, and fruits. Twins: Twins are two offspring (creatures; living things) born at the same time of birth, and coming from the same mother. Often they look very much alike/like each other/one another. Cause: The cause of something is the reason that it happens; “cause and effect;” The cause of the fire was lightning. The effect was the house burned down to the ground (there was nothing left of it). 'In other words:' 'In other words' means 'said another way. ' I want you to make a better effort. In other words, 'try harder.' Damage: 'To damage' something is to spoil, worsen, or ‘hurt’ it. Damage is the worsened condition. He damaged the car when he hit the fence with it. The fence is damaged too. Bald: 'Bald' means the condition of having no hair on one’s head. 'Balding' means to be losing you rhair. John is bald. I cannot believe it! He had so much hair when we were young. James is balding too. What? I say, James is losing his hair too! I guess he is bald because his father is bald. It runs in the family. Dear Ji-yeon: I hope that when people near you smoke, you move away. Smoke from other peoples' cigarettes is very harmful to your health. Charles and Genie LISTEN NOW | DOWNLOAD |
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