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Smoking Ban In New Zealand

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

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New Zealand will try to eliminate smoking with a combination of tough new measures. Most notably, the New Zealand Government will ban the next generation of New Zealanders from ever buying tobacco products in their lifetime. As current smokers get older, the minimum age to buy tobacco (currently 18) will rise with them.

To reduce smoking nationwide, other new rules include limiting the number of places where cigarettes can be sold, reducing the level of nicotine in tobacco products, and increasing funding for addiction services. E-cigarettes will not be affected by the new rules as they are seen as helpful to those who wish to stop smoking.

Critics say the rules will lead to a larger black market for cigarettes and an opportunity for gangs to make money. The new rules are also expected to economically hurt convenience stores which partly rely on cigarette sales to bring customers through their doors.

Smoking is New Zealand’s leading cause of preventable death, killing 14 people per day. For this reason, the New Zealand Government has the goal of eliminating smoking by 2025. While smoking rates among white New Zealanders are on track to meet this target, smoking is more popular among the main minority groups of Maori and Pacific Islanders.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Ban /bæn/ noun לֶאֱסוֹר

    a rule saying that people can’t do or have something

    There will be a gun ban every election day.

  • Eliminate /ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt/ verb לְחַסֵל

    to remove something

    He can eliminate the stress that he feels.

  • Measure /mɛʒər/ noun מידה

    a method or way

    Can you measure the situation?

  • Notably /noʊtəbli/ adjective יש לציין

    all through a country

    The newspapers are notably biased.

  • Black market /blæk ˈmɑrkət/ noun שוק שחור

    the market for illegal buying and selling

    The black market is giving low prices.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. What things are banned in your country?
  2. How dangerous is smoking? How common is it in your community?
  3. It’s common to have age restrictions that apply to young people. Can an age restriction that applies to older people be successful?
  4. If the black market grows and gangsters make more money, can we consider the new restrictions a failure?
  5. What do you think about the NZ Government’s plan? Will it succeed?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What made them reduce smoking?

  2. According to critics, What will be the result of this new rule?

  3. Smoking is more popular in which group of islanders?

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