话题如下：

Version 122 Some people claim that using tobacco has brought severe social problems and smoking should be banned. To what extent do you agree with the above statement?

范文推荐如下：

Since the discovery of tobacco related to a number of health problems, an increasing number of people have called for prohibiting smoking. It is undeniable that still a considerable amount of smokers exist in this world. I would like to examine the advantages and disadvantages of smoking cigarettes as following and then offer my own opinion.

There are some advantages to taking tobacco.(topic sentence) First, tobacco industry contributes a great proportion of revenue to the nation. Extremely high taxation imposed on tobacco yielding and cigarette manufacturing has released the financial burden for both the government and the individual taxpayer generation by generation. Second, the soothing effects of smoking has been confirmed by ordinary smokers; particularly those who have hard-brain-working jobs are in favor of it; they claim that smoking cigarettes can make them calm and stimulate brain cells to work more efficiently. Finally, cigarettes play an important role in social activities.

On the other hand, smoking demonstrates numerous negative effects.(topic sentence) Initially, nicotine may bring takers a number of diseases. Second-hand smoking also does harm to your health. Moreover, hatred from non-smokers always grow against smokers hence some conflicts arise frequently. We then look at the statistics showing that thousands of fire accidents worldwide occur each year due to the litter of non-extinguished cigarette ends, not to mention the related deaths and losses. Last but not least, expenses have to be taken \into\ consideration. Fine cigarettes are not cheap. If you get addicted to them, your daily amount of cigarette consumption will increase inevitably, emptying your pocket money.

After all, so far no direct evidence has been provided that smoking can definitely result in takers' death of lung cancer, and those fire accidents are the result of carelessness or irresponsibility of the smokers, not tobacco to be laid blames. Also, spending pocket money can never be considered as a financial burden. In addition, I suggest more restricted smoking areas be planned so as not to violate non-smokers' rights. After weighing the pros and cons of using tobacco, I, for one, am against the act to ban smoking.

重难点词汇学习：

prohibiting 

释义

v.禁止，阻止( prohibit的现在分词 );

a law prohibiting the sale of alcohol

禁止售酒的法令

They themselves are energetically prohibiting gambling and suppressing banditry.

他们自己在那里努力禁牌赌,清盗匪.

Prohibiting the AutoRun feature, the system will automatically screen function.

禁止自动运行功能, 将屏蔽系统的自动运行功能.

undeniable

释义

adj.不可否认的，无法抵赖的; 无可争辩的; 确实的; 无可疵议的;

He had undeniable charm.

他具有不可否认的魅力。

It is undeniable that the economic picture is brightening.

不可否认经济状况正在好转。

That all great art has this power of suggesting a world beyond is undeniable.

不可否认,一切伟大的艺术都具有使人有超尘脱俗的浮想的力量.

disadvantages

释义

n.不利，劣势，短处( disadvantage的名词复数 );

The advantages of this deal largely outweigh the disadvantages.

这笔交易的利远远大于弊。

Being 6ft 3in tall has some distinct disadvantages!

身高6英尺3英寸有些明显的不便之处！

The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.

利远大于弊。

demonstrates 

释义

v.举行示威游行（或集会）( demonstrate的第三人称单数 ); 示范。展示; 显示; 论证;

Everything he writes demonstrates the acuteness of his intelligence.

从他的文笔可以看出他思维敏捷。

Everything he writes demonstrates the depth of his sensibility.

他笔下的一切都显示出他深深的感悟。

The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs.

证据表明人很容易持有相互矛盾的信念.

conflicts

释义

n.冲突( conflict的名词复数 ); 战斗; 相互干扰; 矛盾;

The four provinces are riven by deep family and tribal conflicts.

这4个省被严重的家族和部族纷争弄得四分五裂。

Frequently he was called upon to resolve conflicts.

不断有人要求他出面解决冲突。

I can help resolve conflicts that drain energy.

我可以帮助解决消耗精力的冲突。