话题：

Smokers can cause themselves serious health problems. The choice to smoke is made freely and with knowledge of dangers.Smokers should therefore expect to pay more for medical treatment than non-smokers.

吸烟者会给自己带来严重的健康问题。吸烟的选择是自由的，并且知道危险。吸烟者因此，应该比不吸烟者支付更多的医疗费用。

To what extent do you agree with this statement?

You should write at least 250 words.You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

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Everyone has the choice of being a smoker or not. The people who choose to smoke do so knowing there is a risk of causing harmful damage to themselves. However, I do not entirely agree that these people should have to pay more to receive all the medical treatment they need.

I think there are many situations in which a medical problem has nothing to do with whether a person smokes or not. In these cases, where an illness has no relation to smoking, then I believe that smokers should not be required to pay more than other people for their medical treatment. Most car accidents, for example, have no connection with smoking, and the people who are injured ought to have the same medical help, regardless of the cost. And what about the common flu - it does not seem justifiable to me that a smoker should have to pay more to see a doctor for an illness we can all contract.

On the other hand, I agree that a smoker should pay more than a non-smoker for the necessary treatment of any condition which has been caused by smoking. The principle that people should take responsibility for their own actions is a good one. Consequently, if a person chooses to smoke knowing that this habit can cause serious health problems, then there is no reason why the community or an insurance company should have to pay for medical treatment for an illness which could have been avoided.

In many countries, cigarette packets have a clear warning that smoking can cause health problems and so no smoker can claim not to know the danger. Lung cancer is sometimes a fatal disease and the treatment is both lengthy and expensive, and it is unfair for the smoker to expect the hospital or the community to carry the cost. In fact, it could also be argued that those who smoke in public should be asked to pay extra because of the illness caused to passive smokers.

In conclusion, I feel that smokers should pay more in cases related to smoking, but for any other illness they should pay the same as anyone else.

重难点词汇学习：

receive

释义

vt.& vi.收到; 接到; 接纳; 接待;

vt.接收; 受理; 欢迎; 承受;

vi.接到，获得; 接见，欢迎; [电子学] 接收; [橄榄球] 接球;

There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence.

因有可减轻罪行的情节被告未被判刑。

All joiners will receive a welcome pack.

每位入会者都会收到一个迎新包。

You should receive a reply within seven days.

你会在七天之内收到答复。

situations

释义

n.位置( situation的名词复数 ); （人的）情况; 局面; [心理学]情境;

Try to view situations more objectively, especially with regard to work.

要尽量客观地分析情况，尤其是在工作上。

Whether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations.

这样的地产是否可获得大笔收益还要视具体情形而定。

Daydreams may seem to be rehearsals for real-life situations.

白日梦可能像是真实情景的预演。

principle

释义

n.原则，原理; 准则，道义; 道德标准; 本能;

Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law.

尊重生命是英国法律最重要的原则。

If we cannot understand that there's an issue of principle here, then we have lost our way.

如果我们看不到这里的原则问题的话，那么我们已经迷失方向了。

Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.

私有化有悖于他们反对工业私有的原则。

cigarette

释义

n.纸烟，香烟;

He singed his hair as he tried to light his cigarette.

他点烟时把头发给燎了。

Over coffee, she lit a cigarette, her eyes daring him to comment.

喝咖啡时，她点燃了一支烟，用挑衅的眼神看着他，谅他也不敢吭声。

Her cigarette glowed brightly, then died.

她的香烟燃起一阵亮光，然后就熄灭了。