A project in Britain is trying to deal with the loneliness of the old by asking young people to work as volunteers to help the old.
Lorna Burnett was paired with 15-year-old Ailsa, a schoolgirl, through the Reading Friends project. Lorna used to read two to three books every week when she was a librarian. In her 40s, she developed a serious eye disease and her vision became worse and worse. Finally, she was unable to read or watch television for any length of time without her eyes hurting.
Not only have Lorna’s reading periods with Ailsa helped to reconnect her with her love for literature, they have also built a strong intergenerational friendship. “I chose a book and she would come along and read it to me,” Lorna said.
Since the Reading Agency started the program in 2017, they have introduced tens of Reading Friends periods across Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England.
According to the organisation’s website, “Loneliness is an important health and wellbeing problem for older people. Research shows that reading together can help older people to build social networks and connect with others. Fact also shows that reading has a good influence on cognitive functions (认知能力) and wellbeing and can reduce the risk of dementia (痴呆).”
Ruth Sheppard from Bannock bum High School is responsible for connecting schoolchildren like Ailsa with the program and she says that it has had an amazing influence on the young people. “We have wonderful young people at our school and we want to get them into the community,” Sheppard said. “It has been fantastic to see them become more confident as well as improving their reading ability and social skills. They are meeting community members like Lorna that they are making friendships with, and all the library workers also help them.”
1. What does the underlined word “vision” in Paragraph 2 mean?A.View. | B.Sight. | C.Strength. | D.Confidence. |
A.By reading books to her. |
B.By looking after her carefully. |
C.By collecting good books for her. |
D.By helping her with her library work, |
A.To explain the bad influence of loneliness. |
B.To introduce the health condition of the old. |
C.To show the necessity of running the program. |
D.To encourage young people to join the program. |
A.The program is also good for the students. |
B.The program needs more students like Ailsa. |
C.The program has won the support of communities. |
D.The program is highly thought of by many students. |
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【推荐1】Sacha Jafri is a 44—year—old artist from England. He decided to create the world's largest painting. He asked children to send him pictures showing their true feelings, and he got artwork electronically submitted by children from over 140 countries.
Using the children's ideas as a starting point, he started to paint at the beginning of March last year. He tried to keep the ideas from the children's pictures in his mind. He even included the children's drawings in the artwork.
Jafri used a huge ballroom in a fancy hotel to do this. He worked long hours— often up to 20 hours a day. He hurt his back by bending over so much while he painted so that he had to put it aside and have a rest for some days in July. It took seven months, over 1 ,000 paintbrushes and 1 ,664 gallons of paint to create the painting which is over 1,600 square meters. He set a Guinness World Record for the world's largest painting—roughly the size of four basketball courts.
The artwork called The Journey of Humanity is about connection between people. Jafri hopes that no matter what difficulties people meet, it will help bring the world together and unite as one to fight against them. Since Jafri's goal was to raise money to help children, he planned to cut it up into smaller sections, so he could sell them for charity.
Jafri hoped that by selling the sections separately, he could raise $ 30 million. But when the auction (拍卖)ended on March 22, 2021, Jafri did much better than that. And he didn't have to split up the pieces. The whole artwork was sold for $62 million. That's the fourth highest price ever paid for a painting by a living artist. The buyer plans to build a special building to show the artwork off and let more people appreciate it.
1. Why did Jafri ask the kids from different countries for their pictures?A.To sell them to raise money for his painting. |
B.To collect their ideas to be used in his painting. |
C.To make his painting the world's largest one. |
D.To show the worldwide influence of his painting. |
A.Last July. | B.Last August. |
C.Last September. | D.In March ,2021. |
A.The protection of children. |
B.The development of charity. |
C.The appreciation of different arts. |
D.The partnership between people. |
A.It's unexpected. | B.It's doubtful. | C.I's discouraging. | D.It's worrying. |
【推荐2】Robert Vallieres hikes for miles, often three times a week, climbing the high mountains, just to get a glimpse of his beloved birds.
Many years ago, as a young engineer in the army, Vallieres was struck in the head in a task in Gulf War, which ended his military career and left him fighting for his life. He was 28 years old and battled stress, survivor’s guilt and PTSD (创伤后应激障碍). “When you’re disabled and you really can’t move too much, you’re wondering if death is nearby.” he said.
Despite his condition, Vallieres still had to be a father to his little boy-a curious child who helped jump start his love for birds.
One day, his three-year-old son noticed a bird and asked his father what kind it was. Vallieres bought a bird identification book and started learning along with his son. He bought some small telescopes and the two began observing birds together near their home in New Hampshire.
Then came another turning point. Vallieres saw an ad in the newspaper for a birding trip in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and signed up.
Now it’s his joy and renewed purpose to track and save the peregrine falcon and the bald eagle-two species nearly wiped out by the chemicals used for killing pests. It’s hard physical work for anyone, which needs patience, keen observation skills and time. But Vallieres is a natural at it, because his military training made him a perfect match, especially in reading maps and navigating.
Vallieres says not only does his volunteering help with physical fitness, but also his mental state. “To find rhythm or purpose in life besides myself,” says Vallieres, “I shouldn’t get stuck on myself but have a way out.”
1. What led to Vallieres leaving the army?A.Life failure. | B.Severe injury. |
C.His son. | D.Love for birds. |
A.By climbing mountains often. |
B.By buying some small telescopes. |
C.By strengthening the military training. |
D.By signing up for protecting birds. |
A.For his habit of reading. | B.For his experience in army. |
C.For his devotion to career. | D.For his talent in drawing maps. |
A.A Volunteer’s Story of Saving Birds |
B.An Inspiring Story of Self-motivation |
C.A Soldier’s Story of Healing through Birds |
D.A Moving Story Between a Father and His Son |
【推荐3】A Utah man who has been in a wheelchair for more than three decades has created a pheasant hunt for people like him who need help getting into the outdoors.
Clint Robinson broke his neck after being thrown off a horse at a rodeo (竞技) 32 years ago. He’s done his best to keep getting into the outdoors to hunt and fish, the Daily Herald in Provo reports.
The event he calls “Wheelchairs in the Wild” pairs people that have physical disabilities with hunters who help them with whatever they need. Many go in off-road vehicles.
“What we’re trying to do is get new injured people back out into the field trying to get them back out, enjoying the outdoors and wildlife that’s out there and show them that there’s other things that they can do besides sitting in the house doing nothing,” Robinson said.
The youngest hunter at last year’s event was 13-year-old Missy Cowley who has spina bifida (脊柱裂). Her father loves to hunt but didn’t know how to accommodate (安排) her wheelchair. Her mother, Cindy Cowley, said it was amazing to find a program that allowed her daughter to go hunting.
“We always told her when she was little, you can do everything you want to do…but we just got to figure out a way,” Cindy Cowley said. “But we really didn’t know how we were going to get her up there to hunt.”
Missy Cowley said it was a great experience that also allowed her to meet other people who use wheelchairs. “This is wonderful. I can actually do it,” Missy said. “It was really fun. And I love being outdoors.”
Jerry Schlappi, officer from Division of Wildlife resources, who helped with the event, said Robinson is a perfect role model showing other wheelchair users with disabilities that they don’t have to give up what they love.
1. What can we know about Clint Robinson from the text?A.He began to usea wheelchair thirty years ago. |
B.He used to be interested in hunting and fishing. |
C.He liked riding horses before getting disabled. |
D.He is now more physically active than before. |
A.The benefits of his event. | B.The purposes of his event. |
C.The processes of his even. | D.The difficulty with his event. |
A.To show the effects of disabilities. |
B.To explain the problem with hunters. |
C.To show people’s interest in hunting. |
D.To think highly of Robinson’s event. |
A.Hope Is brought back To Hunters with Disabilities. |
B.Man Organizes hunting Event For Wheelchair Users. |
C.Hunting Event Is Benefiting The Physically Disabled. |
D.Wheelchair Users Are Supposed To Get Into Nature. |
【推荐1】The creativity TikTok stimulates allows for a broad range of content that encourages users to participate in trends that integrate their passions and hobbies. Specifically, content related to literature on TikTok has generated its own domain. Commonly referred to as “BookTok,” this side of the platform focuses on all things about books: book recommendations, tips for pleasing bookshelves and edits related to literature-based fandoms (粉丝圈).
With heightened demand for new media to comfort themselves during the pandemic period of severe challenges, many young adults have regarded literature as a form of escape. Restarting former literary passions, BookTok users have turned their attention to the app to praise the novels that have helped serve as a brief getaway to worlds within bound pages.
Through a revival of novels that shaped the childhoods of many who are now young adults, even younger generations on the app have been exposed to foundational novels in young adult literature. Along with this emphasis on nostalgic (怀旧的) fandoms, BookTok takes advantage of TikTok trends in order to attract those who may not be familiar with literature to read. The popularity of BookTok and the novels that are recommended to young adults on the app have had a direct effect on bookstores and book sales, with both independent bookstores and chains such as Barnes & Noble taking notice of the broader range of readers that are influenced by TikTok and updating their stock to appeal to users.
As of March 2021, BookTok has over 6 billion views and will only continue to grow larger. Though the popularity of BookTok brought many significant questions regarding the future of the book industry and the books that receive mass attention on social media, the importance of the BookTok phenomenon perhaps lies mainly with the readers who claim their love for books and the creative channels through which they express this admiration. TikTok has demonstrated, at least through BookTok, that brilliant literature is written for a broad audience — the perfect book for you is waiting somewhere on a shelf and, through BookTok, you will surely discover it.
1. What can users do on BookTok?A.Share favorable books. |
B.Buy pretty bookshelves. |
C.Make profits from editing. |
D.Create their own platforms. |
A.TikTok has lost quantities of users. |
B.The elderly take up children’s books. |
C.The bookstores change their books accordingly. |
D.Youths start treasuring their memories of childhood. |
A.Its bright future. | B.Its big challenges. |
C.Its amazing function. | D.Its minor disadvantages. |
A.Why BookTok had an effect on bookstores |
B.How BookTok expanded its range of audience |
C.Why BookTok gained popularity among elderly |
D.How BookTok repopularized young adult fiction |
【推荐2】As we grow old, we realize that we have so little time to read and there are so many great books that we've yet to get around to. Yet re-readers are everywhere around us. For certain fans, re-reading The Lord of the Rings is a conventional practice annually. One friend told me that Jane Austen's Emma can still surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times.
New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading. Journalist Rebecca Mead first came across George Eliot's Middlemarch at 17. Since then, she has read it again every five years. With each re-reading, it has opened up further; in each chapter of her life, it has resonated differently. Mead evidenced the large number of ways in which really good books not only stand the test of repeat reads, but also offer fresh gifts each time we re-read them. These kinds of books grow with us.
Scientists have also recognized the mental health benefits of re-reading. Research conducted with readers in the US found that on our first reading, we are concerned with the “what” and the “why”, Second time round, we're able to better appreciate the emotions that the plot continues to express. As researcher Cristel Russell of the American University explained, returning to a book “brings new or renewed appreciation of both the great book and its readers.”
It's true that we often find former selves on the pages of old books. (if we're fond of making notes on the pages). These texts can carry us back to a time and place, and remind us of the kind of person that we were then. We're changed not only by lived experience but also by read experience-by the books that we've discovered since last reading the one in our hand.
Perhaps what's really strange is that we don't re-read more often. After all, we watch our favourite films again and we wouldn't think of listening to an album only once. We treasure messy old paintings as objects, yet of all art forms, literature alone is a largely one-time delight. A book, of course, takes up more time, but as Mead confirms, the rewards make it adequately worthwhile.
1. The two books are mentioned in Paragraph 1 mainly to________.A.attract the attention of readers |
B.introduce the topic of the passage |
C.provide some background information |
D.show the similarity between re-readers |
A.Positive. | B.Carefree. | C.Tolerant. | D.Unwilling. |
A.reading benefits people both mentally and physically |
B.readers mainly focus on feelings on their first reading |
C.we know ourselves better through re-reading experience |
D.we will change writers by reading the books |
A.call on different understandings of re-reading old books |
B.argue against the mental health benefits of re-reading |
C.bring awareness to the significance of re-reading |
D.introduce the effective ways of re-reading old books |
【推荐3】I don’t think I need to tell you that reading is good for you. Unfortunately, most people don’t read. Sometimes, people do want to read, but can never seem to find the time.
Have a goal.
Some people set goals for themselves like reading one book a week. You can start by reading a book a mouth, or a book every two months even. It’s up to you, whatever floats your boat.
Apply a little pressure.
You can have a reading partner. Set something up between both of you like what book you’re going to read and when to see your promise through.
If you’re determined and willing, use every possible moment to bury yourself in the art of the written word. On the bus. On the subway. On your lunch break. Or at the gym. You won’t regret it, I promise!
Take action right away.
A.Goals can always keep you focused to get the job done. |
B.You can also borrow books from your local library. |
C.You may find it easy to take action immediately. |
D.Sometimes the thing preventing us from reading is our mind. |
E.Start with great determination. |
F.Read whenever and wherever you can. |
G.If you are one of them, well, my friends, this post is for you. |
【推荐1】Fitness trackers are damaging youngster's mental health.
"You have physical as well as mental consequences," he said. "I see the early stages of that. It is not long before the competitive instinct (本能) could become quite unhealthy." Then, writing in Attain, the Independent Prep School Association's magazine, he said: "Wearable activity trackers have become steadily more mainstream over the last few years, so much so that an increasing number of children are wearing them.
Mr. Dunlop said that some children are "particularly easy to be influenced by obsessive (过度沉迷的) behavior in pursuit of certain goals, such as 30,000 steps a day". He said "responsible, well-meaning parents" may think they are helping their children by responding to the problem of childhood inactivity.
In fact, Mr. Dunlop says that such items are "entirely unnecessary" as in most cases,
If parents really want their children to develop active lifestyle, they should encourage them to take part in sociable sporting activities, Mr. Dunlop advised.
A.because their children are already very active. |
B.Parents should stop encouraging their children to wear them. |
C.A new tracker designed for children over eight has been launched. |
D.Used well, the data they provide can be invaluable in promoting fitness. |
E.Those include contributing towards anxiety or other mental health issues. |
F.By all means use these things but make sure to get them involved in sports clubs. |
G.The trackers can measure data from the number of steps you take to your heart rate. |
【推荐2】Michael Laffoon has a vivid memory of the day he decided to piece his life back together. “I literally woke up in my van(小货车)and I thought . I can’t do this anymore because I’m going to die,’” he says. “It was just a strong feeling that I had come to the end of a chapter. ”
For eight years, the Santa Cruz, California resident drifted in and out of homelessness because of a serious drug addiction. It was a frustrating, impossible lifestyle. In 2009, Laffoon learned about Homeless Garden Project at a kitchen where he was volunteering. The not-for-profit aims to lift people living on the streets of Santa Cruz out of homelessness through farming. The end goal is that they will leave the farm with stable housing and a full-time job.
After a year and a half of being in the program, Laffoon was able to secure employment and stable housing. He later obtained a degree in horticulture(园艺学). “It was the first step back into normal society-the first open door,” he says.
Trainees are employed to grow fruit, vegetables, flowers and herbs on the farm. They get paid a wage, are given basic job skills training and are matched with a social worker to work through specific goals. The project has helped close to 1,000 people. Over the past five years, 96 percent of graduates have obtained jobs or stable income and 86 percent have found housing.
The project’s staffers say that the project has always had a strong element of community, which is central to the healing process of its trainees, as they often feel like they’ve lost their sense of belonging. Laffoon says that while he was homeless, he spent a lot of his time “trying to be invisible” and felt secluded from the rest of society. The project gave him meaningful work and a sense of belonging, which helped him get back on his feet.
Ella Fleming, the project’s farm manager, has seen how growing food can have a life-changing and inspirational impact on trainees. “We provide a place where it’s safe, it’s nurturing, it’s healthy and there’s an exchange that happens,” she says. “When you’re caring for a plant to try to get it to grow, you’re also giving yourself some self-care to know that you can grow,”she says.
1. What kind of person is Laffoon described as in the text?A.A person who fights his drug addiction. |
B.A person who has experienced homelessness. |
C.A person who gets stable housing and a full-time job. |
D.A person who benefits from Homeless Garden Project. |
A.To employ them to work on the farm. |
B.To provide them with housing and work. |
C.To enable them to make a living in society. |
D.To give them opportunities for volunteering. |
A.Laffoon felt alone in the world. | B.Laffoon felt sorry for himself. |
C.Laffoon felt different from others. | D.Laffoon felt unsatisfied with society. |
A.It’s flexible. | B.It’s enjoyable. |
C.It’s inspiring. | D.It’s comforting. |
【推荐3】Asia’s centuries-long fascination with fair skin has deep roots and, even today, is influenced by Eurocentric (以欧洲为中心的) beauty standards linking paleness with charm. The questioned concept dating from colonial history is continued through media channels.
This fascination is vividly reflected in the make-up industry, leading to a multi-billion-dollar market for skin-whitening products across Asia. A striking survey conducted by WHO revealed 40% of women in countries such as China, Malaysia, the Philippines, and South Korea routinely use skin-whitening products. It was also found that 75% of men believed their partners would be beautiful with lighter skin. Such a deep-rooted relation between fairness and beauty continues to fuel the thriving skin-whitening industry. The industry’s value is estimated to reach a breathtaking $8.9 billion by 2027.
The historical preference for lighter skin in Asian culture is also closely tied to socio-economic status. Historically, having fair skin indicated higher social status, as individuals engaging in physical labor often had darker skin from being in the sun. The upper class, meanwhile, enjoyed a sheltered indoor life due to their wealth, translating into fairer skin. Consequently, those with darker skin remained in a lower status, fueling the favor for fairer faces.
Colonialism (殖民主义) has also affected the beauty standards in Asian countries. Many nations across the continent were once colonized by white powers from the US and Europe. Eventually, their fair skin symbolized the power and wealth of the colonizers. Even in Japan, never colonized, noblewomen during the Edo period adopted white makeup to copy the luxurious image related to lighter skin. These historical factors continue to shape modern beauty standards in Asia.
In recent years, such Eurocentric beauty standards have been receiving widespread criticism. A growing movement has come up, promoting the beauty of darker skin tones and advocating accepting all skin colors. While the preference for pale skin remains universal in many Asian countries, the tendency is slowly turning as new standards of beauty pop up. Hopefully, we will see a society that celebrates inclusivity and the beauty of all skin tones.
1. What’s the common beauty standards in Asian countries?A.They include a person’s charm. |
B.They relate to a person’s makeup. |
C.They are measured by a person’s fair skin. |
D.They refer to the color of a person’s skin. |
A.European colonizers in Japan. |
B.Exposure to the sun and physical labor. |
C.Socio-economic status and colonialism. |
D.The use of white makeup by noblewomen. |
A.A growing preference for pale skin. |
B.A rejection of Eurocentric beauty ideals. |
C.No change in traditional beauty standards. |
D.Increasing acceptance of diverse skin tones. |
A.They are unique to Asian culture. |
B.They are set to remain unchanged. |
C.They are rooted in biological differences. |
D.They are being questioned and changing gradually. |
【推荐1】With coronavirus (新冠肺炎)outbreaks at different stages around the world, in many countries lockdowns are being carefully eased off while urging citizens to keep on practicing the social distancing rules. Singapore is trying a new way of carrying it out--a robot dog.
The government has arranged Spot, a yellow and black robotic dog made by Boston Dynamics Company, at one local park. The same robot has been previously seen dancing to hit song “Uptown Funk.”However, 2020 is an extremely difficult year and the company is trying to assist the national coronavirus-control effort. In turn, the job has been handed over to Spot.
The four-legged robot dog patrols(巡查) the park and broadcasts a pre-recorded message to encourage visitors to observe safe distancing measures. As it walks around the park, the dog says in a female voice, "Let's keep Singapore healthy. For your own safety and for those around you, please stand at least one meter apart. Thank you.
Spot is one of the world's most advanced robots and unlike wheeled robots, it is capable of going pretty much anywhere a dog can go and can walk up to three miles per hour over different areas, making it ideal for operation in public parks and gardens. Furthermore, it is remotely controlled and has cameras with 360-degree vision and analytic tools to scan the surroundings and help officials estimate the number of people gathering in the park.
For now, the pilot project is currently set to run in a limited trial for two weeks at one park during off-peak(非高峰)hours. But if all goes well, authorities will consider expanding the program to improve enforcement(强制)of social distance throughout on Singapore
Spot is also being used in other ways during the public health crisis beyond just patrolling a park. The government says it's also using Spot in another capacity- at a local isolation facility where the robot helps bring medicine to patients.
1. What do we know about Spot in the passage?A.It's a dog-like robot that can speak. |
B.It’s a robot that can sing a popular song. |
C.It’s a wheeled robot that can walk anywhere. |
D.It's a robot newly invented during the pandemic(流行病). |
A.It enforces people to follow the rules. | B.It warns visitors against littering anywhere. |
C.It works day and night to patrol the park . | D.It politely reminds people to keep apart. |
A.The robot dog's basic equipment. | B.Some smart features of the robot. |
C.The working condition of the robot. | D.The experiment process of the project. |
A.A robot dog is used for social distance. |
B.Boston Dynamics is making a new type of robots. |
C.The coronavirus is coming into Singapore. |
D.Singapore leads the top in fighting the crisis |
【推荐2】High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a problem in her class. But she did not realize how serious the problem was until she did an in-class experiment. For one class period, she used a blackboard on her student’s phones to count (数) every text, call, Snapchat that appeared to their phones. She was shocked by the results. “One girl, just during the one hour, got close to 150 text messages or call 150!” she said.
Tests, after-school activities and problems at home can increase pressure for students. But Chavis is among a growing number of teachers and parents who believe that smartphone is the number one reason for the growing anxiety levels.
Emily Mogavero is a 17-year-old student in Buffal, New York. She said, “It worries me that I’m on my phone so much. I sometimes put my phone out of reach or power it down so I don’t hear.”
Schools are starting to take actions to deal with the problem. Some schools have organized No Smartphone Days (NSD) in which teachers and students do not use their telephone on certain days. Some parents are not letting their children get smartphones until they grow up. Erin Schifferli, a parent in Western New York, says her 12-year-old daughter, Aeva, won’t get a phone until she is 16 years old.
Another parent, Deirdre Birmingham of New Jersey, signed onto a campaign (活动) called “Wait until Eighth Grade (WUEG)” because she didn’t think her video game-loving son was ready for a smartphone. The campaign joins groups of parents who have children in the same class. These parents agree to not let their children get phones until they are old enough, or in the 8th grade.
Birmingham said she had feeling that the phone “would be difficult for my child to manage. As an adult, I find it difficult sometimes to manage.”
1. Which is the leading cause for the increasing anxiety levels according to some teachers?A.Tests. | B.Homework | C.Smartphones. | D.Family problems. |
A.encourages students from the same school to join in. |
B.forbids teachers from using smartphones in schools. |
C.asks parents who have children in the same class to join in. |
D.sets age limits for children from different neighborhoods. |
A.She is willing to support the WUEG campaign. |
B.It is easier for grown-ups to put away their telephones. |
C.Students should stop using telephones on certain days. |
D.Her child is suffering from the anxiety caused by smartphones. |
A.By reasoning. | B.By giving examples. | C.by listing numbers. | D.by comparing. |
【推荐3】Carl Wieman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist at Standford University, excelled in the lab, where he created the Bose-Einstein condensate (玻色—爱因斯坦凝聚态). However, his mastery in the lab did not extend to the classroom. For years, he wrestled with what seemed to be a straightforward task: making undergraduates comprehend physics as he did. Laying it out for them — explaining, even demonstrating the core concepts of the discipline—was not working. Despite his clear explanations, his students’ capacity to solve the problems he posed to them remained inadequate.
It was in an unexpected place that he found the key to the problem: not in his classrooms but among the graduate students(研究生) who came to work in his lab. When his PH.D. candidates entered the lab, Wieman noticed, their habits of thought were no less narrow and rigid than the undergraduates. Within a year or two, however, these same graduate students transformed into the flexible thinkers he was trying so earnestly, and unsuccessfully, to cultivate. “Some kind of intellectual process must have been missing from the traditional education,” Wieman recounts.
A major factor in the graduate students’ transformation, Wieman concluded, was their experience of intense social engagement around a body of knowledge — the hours they spent advising, debating with, and recounting anecdotes to one another. In 2019, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences backed this idea. Tracking the intellectual advancement of several hundred graduate students in the sciences over the course of four years, its authors found that the development of crucial skills such as generating hypotheses (假设), designing experiments, and analyzing data was closely related to the students’ engagement with their peers in the lab, rather than the guidance they received from their faculty mentors (导师).
Wieman is one of a growing number of Stanford professors who are bringing this “active learning” approach to their courses. His aspiration is to move science education away from the lecture format, toward a model that is more active and more engaged.
1. What problem did Carl Wieman have with his undergraduates?A.Making them excel in the lab. | B.Demonstrating lab experiments. |
C.Facilitating their all-round development. | D.Enhancing their physics problem-solving. |
A.Limited in thinking. | B.Resistant to new ideas. |
C.Flexible and earnest. | D.Experienced and cooperative. |
A.Intense lab work. | B.Peer pressure and evaluation. |
C.Academic interaction with fellows. | D.Engagement with external society. |
A.Transforming Graduates’ Habits | B.Carl Wieman’s Nobel Prize Journey |
C.The Nobel-Prize Winner’s Struggles | D.Carl Wieman’s Education Innovation |