新奇事件簿 日本一大学不再聘用吸烟教师

A university in Japan has said it will no longer hire teachers who smoke. Nagasaki University said it wants to create a healthier environment for its workers and students. The university's president Shigeru Kono said: "Our job as a university is to look after our staff. We feel we have to discourage them from smoking." Many companies have also started not recruiting¹ smokers². Mr Kono said there would be a ban on smoking anywhere in the university by teaching and other staff from August. In addition, staff and students will be banned from taking cigarettes and lighters³ into any areas of the university from April 2020. Approximately eight per cent of the university's professors and teachers are smokers.

日本一所大学表示将不再聘用吸烟的老师。长崎大学表示希望为学生和教职工创造一个更加健康的环境。大学校长Shigeru Kono表示：“作为一所大学，我们的工作是照顾我们的教职工。我们认为必须劝阻他们不要吸烟。”很多公司也开始不再雇佣吸烟的员工。Kono表示从8月起，学校将禁止教师和其他工作人员在任何地方吸烟。此外，从2020年4月起，员工和学生将禁止携带香烟和打火机进入大学的任何区域。近8%的大学教授和老师抽烟。

The no-smoking policy taken by Nagasaki University is part of a growing trend in Japan to ban smoking in public spaces. There are currently⁴ bans in many public places, including restaurants and bars, in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. There are many areas of Tokyo and Kyoto in which people cannot smoke on the streets. The number of people in Japan who smoke is on the decline⁵. In 1966, 49 per cent of adults smoked, including 84 per cent of men. Last year, 18 per cent of adults smoked, including 28 per cent of men. One company in Japan is trying to get its staff to quit smoking by offering extra days off to employees who did not smoke. Several staff soon quit the habit.

长崎大学的禁烟政策是日本禁止在公共场所吸烟这一日益增长的趋势的一部分。在2020年东京奥运会和残奥会之前，很多地方目前都禁烟，包括餐厅和酒吧。在东京和京东的很多地区，人们不能在街上抽烟。日本吸烟人数正在下降。1966年，49%的成人吸烟，其中84%为男性。去年，18%的成人吸烟，其中28%为男性。日本一家公司正在尝试通过为不吸烟的员工提供额外假期的方式让员工戒烟。数名员工很快就戒掉了这个习惯。

 

1 recruiting   

招聘( recruit的现在分词 )； 吸收某人为新成员； 动员…（提供帮助）； 雇用

参考例句：

• We are recruiting a sales manager with responsibility for the European market. 我们正在招聘负责欧洲市场的销售经理。
• "Hoist the recruiting flag and hungry men will come. “插起招军旗，就有吃粮人。”

2 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

3 lighters   

n.打火机，点火器( lighter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The cargo is being discharged into lighters. 正在往驳船里卸货。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Babies'bootees and cheap cigarette lighters were displayed in unlikely juxtaposition. 儿童的短靴和廉价的打火机很不相称地陈列在一起。 来自辞典例句

4 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

5 decline   

n.衰微，跌落，下降；vt.使降低，婉谢；vi.下降，衰落，偏斜

参考例句：

• I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。
• The birthrate is on the decline.出生率在下降。