? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ?{{B}}Common Problems, Common
Solutions{{/B}} ? ?The chances are that you made up your mind about
smoking a long time ago — and decided it’s not for you. ? ?The
chances are equally good that you know a lot of smokers — there are, after all
about 60 million of them, work with them, and get along with them very
well. ? ?And finally it’s a pretty safe bet that you’re open-minded
and interested in all the various issues about smokers and nonsmokers — or you
wouldn’t be reading this. ? ?And those three things make you
incredibly important today. ? ?Because they mean that yours is the
voice — not the smoker’s and not the anti-smoker’s — that will determine how
much of society’s efforts should go into building walls that separate us and how
much into the search for solutions that bring us together. ? ?For
one tragic result of the emphasis on building walls is the diversion of millions
of dollars from scientific research on the causes and cures of diseases which,
when all is said and done, still strike the nonsmoker as well as the smoker. One
prominent health organization, to cite but a single instance, now spends 28
cents of every publicly contributed dollar on "education" (much of it in
and-smoking propaganda) and only 2 cents on research. ? ?There will
always be some who want to build walls, who want to separate people from people,
and up to a point, even these may serve society. The anti-smoking wall-builders
have, to give them their due, helped to make us all more keenly aware of
choice. ? ?But our guess, and certainly our hope, is that you are
among the far greatest number who know that walls are only temporary at best,
and that over the long run, we can serve society’s interest better by working
together in mutual accommodation. ? ?Whatever virtue wails may
have, they can never move our society toward fundamental solutions. People who
work together on common problems, common solutions,
can.
What does the word "wall" used in the passage mean?
? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ?{{B}}Common Problems, Common
Solutions{{/B}} ? ?The chances are that you made up your mind about
smoking a long time ago — and decided it’s not for you. ? ?The
chances are equally good that you know a lot of smokers — there are, after all
about 60 million of them, work with them, and get along with them very
well. ? ?And finally it’s a pretty safe bet that you’re open-minded
and interested in all the various issues about smokers and nonsmokers — or you
wouldn’t be reading this. ? ?And those three things make you
incredibly important today. ? ?Because they mean that yours is the
voice — not the smoker’s and not the anti-smoker’s — that will determine how
much of society’s efforts should go into building walls that separate us and how
much into the search for solutions that bring us together. ? ?For
one tragic result of the emphasis on building walls is the diversion of millions
of dollars from scientific research on the causes and cures of diseases which,
when all is said and done, still strike the nonsmoker as well as the smoker. One
prominent health organization, to cite but a single instance, now spends 28
cents of every publicly contributed dollar on "education" (much of it in
and-smoking propaganda) and only 2 cents on research. ? ?There will
always be some who want to build walls, who want to separate people from people,
and up to a point, even these may serve society. The anti-smoking wall-builders
have, to give them their due, helped to make us all more keenly aware of
choice. ? ?But our guess, and certainly our hope, is that you are
among the far greatest number who know that walls are only temporary at best,
and that over the long run, we can serve society’s interest better by working
together in mutual accommodation. ? ?Whatever virtue wails may
have, they can never move our society toward fundamental solutions. People who
work together on common problems, common solutions,
can.
What does the word "wall" used in the passage mean?
A.Anti-smoking propaganda. B.Diseases striking nonsmokers as well as smokers. C.Rules and regulations that prohibit smoking. D.Separation of smokers from nonsmokers.
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