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Business Matters: The WHO slams e-cigarettes 27 Aug 14

Wed¹, 27 Aug 14

A damning report from the World Health Organisation² says adverts³ for electronic cigarettes should be banned and also laws introduced preventing people from using them indoors. But our guest, Charles Hamshaw Thomas from E-Lites, says the UN agency has got it all all wrong and needs to re-examine the science. Lucy Williamson reports from Paris, where Francois Hollande has unveiled his newly reshuffled government, and Selin Girit examines the phenomenon that is Halal Tourism - holidays aimed at the Islamic market. In New York, Dante Barry, Deputy Director of the Million Hoodie justice movement, discusses the US Justice Department's inquiry⁴ into the shooting dead of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in St Louis, Missouri. Joining us from her home in Delhi, Jyoti Malhotra, senior writer at India Today, talks tobacco and the smartphone killswitch.

1 wed   

v.娶，嫁，与…结婚

参考例句：

• The couple eventually wed after three year engagement.这对夫妇在订婚三年后终于结婚了。
• The prince was very determined to wed one of the king's daughters.王子下定决心要娶国王的其中一位女儿。

2 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

3 adverts   

advertisements 广告，做广告

参考例句：

• the adverts on television 电视广告
• The adverts are not very informative. 这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。

4 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。