W：Did you read the letter in the paper about smoking? The person who wrote that must be crazy.
你有看報(bào)紙上關(guān)于抽煙的信嗎?那個(gè)寫信的人一定是瘋了。
M：I don’t think so. I think the government should do everything it can to discourage people from smoking.
我不這樣認(rèn)為。我覺得政府應(yīng)該盡一切努力阻止人們吸煙。
W：Maybe so. But a law banning cigarettes will do no good.
或許是這樣。但是出臺(tái)禁煙的法律是沒好處的。
M：No, you can’t suddenly make smoking illegal, but government could prohibit smoking in public places like movies and theatres.
不，你不能突然讓抽煙變成違法，但是政府可以在電影院和戲院這樣的公共場(chǎng)所禁煙。