hortatory
exposition text
text II
read the
textbelow and answer the following question
never try
smoking
a
lot of people especially teenagers, who do not smoke, always want to try
smoking. they know it is bad for them and all, but is just something they want
to try. so they ask one of their smoker friends for a cigarette. admittedly,
they firstly cannot light it on their own so they ask his friend to do it. then
they inhale that cigarette and smoke occasionally.
apparently
that makes them the born smokers. now they do smoke fairly regularly. they
cannot avoid smoking and they enjoy too. they have smoker friends . every day
they bring a pack in their pocket. for them, a pack of cigarette is as important
as a wallet for their money.
suddenly,
for certain reason, they realize the fact that tobacco is the cause of a long
list of nasty diseases. It is not only heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung
disease but also bladder,lung, and pancreatic cancer. Even it was reported that
around 400,000 americans died each year. It was one every 80 seconds from
tobacco-related illnesses.
Then
they decide it is stupid to harm selves. They want to quit smoking.
Unfortunately, they find that quitting smoking is so difficult. “why can’t I
stop smoking ? I really want to stop it “. It is hard to quit because nicotine
is powerfully addictive. Cigarette is one of the most efficient drug-delivery
devices ever devised. As result, when people try to quit smoking, they often experience
classic nicotine withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, headache,
depression, and restlessness. Well, still want to try smoke ? think the facts
before trying! If you are not smoker, you should never and never try to smoke.
Questions
:
1. How do
teenagers begin to smoke ? (Literal)
2. Why cannot
teenagers avoid smoking? (Literal)
3. Explain the
negative effect of smoking ? (Interpretative)
4. Do you think
smoking is easy to stop? How? (critical)
5. Paraphrase
the text above by using your own words! (Interpretative)
