Everyonegetssickofhearing.“Putonyourseatbelt!”Butit’sgoodadvice.Peoplewhowearseatbeltsare45percentlesslikelytobekilledwhileridinginthefrontseatofacar. TheUSgovernmentwantsmoreseatbeltlaws.Itsayschildrenaged4to15areoftenkilledincaraccidents.In2005,therewere1,627childrenaged4to15killedincaraccidents.Morethan1,000ofthosechildrenwerenotwearingseatbelts.Iftheyhadbeenwearingseatbelts,500ofthosechildrencouldbealivetoday. Thesechildrenaretoooldtobeincarseats,buttheyoftensitinthebackseat.Seatbeltlawsinmanystates,includingWisconsin,onlyrequirepeopleinthefrontseattowearseatbelts.Childrenwhoaren’twearingseatbeltscanbethrownfromthecar.Theriskofdyinginanaccidentisthreetimesgreaterifthepersonisthrownfromthecar. Newlawscouldrequirechildrenaged4to8tobeinboosterseatsinthecar.Boosterseatshelpseatbeltsfitchildrenproperly.Rightnow,only5percentofchildrenaged4to8areseatedinboosterseats. Whileparentshavethechoiceofwhetherwearingseatbeltsornot,childrenaretooyoungtomakethatchoice.Evenifyoudecidenottowearaseatbelt,makesureyouchildrenareinseatbeltsandcarseats.It’sthelawanditwillsavetheirlives. 小题1:Theunderlinedsentence“Everyonegetssickofhearing”inthefirstparagraphmeans“________”. |