No Spitting!

　　禁止随地吐痰

　　With SARS gradually passing its peak, more and more people take off their gauze masks. They feel released and have more freedom to breathe in fresh air. However, a certain number of people have restored their bad habit and start to spit everywhere. Now and then, whether in the street, or on the bus, or in city gardens, we will see some people, the fine ladies and gentlemen, spitting without feeling a bit ashamed as shown in the picture. When shown the "No Spitting!" sign, they just turn a blind eye to it. Still worse, people around have to be on guard against the sudden at tack of "spit shot" from the spitters.

　　Spitting is a terrible habit. For one thing, it is entirely uncivilized. The world has entered the 21st century and human civilization has reached a more advanced stage. Why can't those people remove this ugly habit? Is it because they think the earth is a gigantic spit toon? For another thing, spitting does great harm to public health. According to chemical laboratory test, one sputum contains thousands upon thousands of germs and SARS viruses if the spitter is a SARS sufferer. As was reported, the Beijing municipal government once mobilized an army of a thousand sanitation workers to clean out the mess in Tian An Men Square.

　　For people to get rid of this uncivilized behaviour, we suggest local authorities strengthen education by publicizing the harmfulness of spitting, and at the same time, enforce the law of punishment.

　　Finally, we, citizens of the earth, must be self-disciplined, love our mother earth and don't dirty her.

　　作文结构分析：

　　·漫画描述

　　* SARS后的故伎重施

　　* 当心“痰弹”

　　·陋习不改的原因与危害

　　* 大地本身是个大痰盂吗?

　　* 传播细菌和病毒

　　·建议

　　* 加强教育

　　* 重罚

　　* 爱护大地母亲

　　作文内容分析：

　　本文为一篇议论文。文中作者就“不准随地吐痰”这一热门话题发表议论。文中第一段以漫画为依据揭示随地吐痰这一不文明现象; 第二段主要批评这一陋习及其危害; 第三、四段是建议和忠告。学习本文时应注意作者的构思技巧和语言表达。

　　单词词组：

　　take off their gauze masks 卸下口罩

　　passing its peak 过了高峰期

　　feel released 感到释然

　　restore their bad habit 恢复陋习

　　feel ashamed 感到惭愧

　　turn a blind eye to... 对……视而不见

　　still worse 更糟糕的是

　　guard against 提防

　　"spit shot" “痰弹”

　　spitter n. 吐痰者

　　gigantic spit toon 大痰盂

　　sputum n. 痰

　　virus n. 病毒

　　municipal government 市政府

　　mobilize v . 动员

　　an army of thousand sanitation workers 千名清洁工大军

　　clean out the mess 清除痰迹

　　local authorities 当地政府

　　publicize v . 宣传

　　enforce v . 加强

　　self-disciplined a . 自律

　　dirty v . 弄脏