Schools need to give students all the tools they need to navigate the world when they graduate. Besides teaching the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic, teaching about mindfulness, and mental health are important life skills for young people to have. The state of Florida agrees.
Now, public schools in Florida have been required to teach five or more hours about mental health for students in grades 6-12. This new directive was approved by the Florida Board of Education in July and is being carried out as a potential lifesaver.
The new curriculum requires students to learn about the symptoms of mental illness and where to find help if they are feeling depressed or have other issues and even teaches the adolescents how to help their friends and classmates if they see them struggling.
“We know that 50 percent of all mental illness cases begin by age 14, so we are being active in our commitment to provide our kids with the necessary tools to see them through their successes and challenges. Providing mental health instruction is another important step forward in supporting our families,” Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said.
Florida is the third state, following New York and Virginia in 2020, to pass laws that require mental health education in schools. According to CNN, the New York law updated the health curriculum to include mental health for elementary, middle and high school students. The Virginia law required that mental health education be provided for 9th and 10th graders.
These three states in the US are taking bold steps to help youth deal with the intricacy of life as they grow from adolescents into adults. It is a confusing world they face and giving them the tools to navigate it safely is essential. Mental health is something that should be taught in schools in all the US and across the globe.
1. What can the new curriculum bring students?| A．Basic professional skills. | B．The ability to use language. |
| C．Emotional management skills. | D．Diagnosis of physical diseases. |
| A．The effect of mental illness cases. | B．The content of the health curriculum. |
| C．The step of mental health instruction. | D．The importance of mental health education. |
| A．Complexity. | B．Purpose. | C．Contribution. | D．Significance. |
| A．A technology report. | B．A natural science magazine. |
| C．An educational website. | D．A government document. |
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【推荐1】More people get off the beaten track for relaxing break
Going against the tide of flocking to well-known yet generally jam-packed tourist destinations on vacation, a growing number of holidaymakers in China tend to spend their leisure time at lesser-known resorts to seek unique, relaxed holiday experiences.
COVID-19 is another key factor fueling reverse tourism. As precautionary measures continue, traveling has an unpredictable quality. Travelers have no way of knowing what lies ahead before departure, be it a perfect holiday or one interrupted by a sudden outbreak.
The rise of reverse tourism is not a bad thing. It means that vacationers now have more options, which brings more possibilities to the tourism market.
| A．The trend is set to force popular destinations to improve themselves. |
| B．Tourism used to be about sightseeing but now it is about experiences. |
| C．Some of them are simply looking to take a rest somewhere quiet for a couple of days. |
| D．Reverse tourism has emerged as a new trend; especially: among young holidaymakers in China. |
| E．During the week-long public holiday, large numbers of vacationers long to escape their busy city life. |
| F．They have thus become more cautious and tend to choose local attractions or places with fewer tourists. |
| G．And unlike popular destinations, some under-explored places with little online exposure can offer more surprises. |
【推荐2】In the wake of the banning of white coats for doctors, Dr. Max explorers whether the rule makes sense.
White coats, replaced by plastic aprons, were banned, along with things like ties, because it was claimed that they were an infection risk, often covered with organic matter. Many doctors have felt offended by this — not because they are being required to observe rules, but because the rules make no sense.
In fact, it’s actually a dangerous policy because it mists the real problems faced when tackling hospital-acquired infections. Along with hand washing, the only other variable that has been consistently shown to be relevant to hospital-acquired infections are bed occupancy rates. Put simply, the quicker the turnaround in hospitals and the more pressure there are on beds, the more infections there are.
Rather than look critically at the current model for the NHS (National Health Service), which is all about cutting beds, and realizing that this is directly contributing to hospital infections, it’s far easier to look to the innocent white coat and ban that instead.
By banning white coats and ties, doctors now don’t look “smart” and have lost their “presence” in hospitals. Most frustratingly for doctors, who are encouraged to practice evidence-based medicine, there’s no clear evidence that white coats actually carry any disease-causing bugs. A review commissioned by the Department of Health (DH) found that most of the bugs that were found on white coats were simply from the doctor’s skin and would be on any item of clothing they wore — and didn’t cause disease anyway.
The fact that the white coats don’t spread disease is borne out not just by studies, but in practice too. In Hong Kong, for example, where white coats are still standard uniform for all doctors, the rates of hospital acquired infection are still considerably lower than UK hospitals. In fact, in other European countries where white coats are worn, the infection rates are also lower than the UK.
The case against white coats was shallow and fueled by politics not evidence. Surely, it’s time doctors rose up and put on their white coats once more.
1. Why are white coats banned according to the text?| A．They damage doctors’ images. | B．They are not constantly washed. |
| C．They distinguished doctors from others. | D．They are believed as infectious sources. |
| A．Intense bed occupancy. | B．A review by the DH. |
| C．Frequent hand washing. | D．Bugs-carrying white coats. |
| A．White coats carry risky virus. | B．The banning is unreasonable. |
| C．A doctor’s skin causes disease. | D．Doctors in the UK lose their identity. |
| A．Unfavorable. | B．Supportive. | C．Indifferent. | D．Unclear. |
【推荐3】Compared with the obvious environmental issues we hear about every day, littering often takes a backseat-but it’s more pressing than we may think.
Some may say that a banana peel out of your car along the motorway would be a harmless action. Actually, they are wrong. A banana peel can take up to two years to decompose (分解), and with a third of motorists admitting to littering while driving, that’s a whole lot of discarded banana peels, or much worse. An orange peel and a cigarette butt has a similar biodegrading (生物降解) term to that of a banana, but tin and aluminium cans last up to 100 years, and plastic bottles last forever, so do glass bottles and plastic bags.
Despite the fact that longer-lasting materials will serve to damage the environment and its animals for longer, we can’t only measure the severity of a certain type of rubbish by its lifetime. For example, despite having a fairly short biodegrading span, more than 120 tons of cigarette-related litter is thrown away in the UK every day. Similarly, our regular littering here and there has caused the UK’s mouse population to increase by 60 million. This suddenly isn’t so mysterious when you consider that since the 1960s our annual littering has increased by an amazing 500 per cent.
It’s not a cheap habit either: UK taxpayers spent f500 million on keeping the streets clean. So, it’s not surprising that if caught fly-tipping, you could face a ￡20,000 fine. Regardless of how severe the punishment might seem, however, among the reported cases only 2,000 were punished out of 825,000, so we still have some way to go in making sure people observe the rules.
To take back our beautiful cities, we need to do more than simply not leaving rubbish where it ought not to be. We need to care more about the world around us.
1. Which of the following is easiest to decompose comparatively?| A．An orange peel. | B．A plastic bag. |
| C．An aluminium can. | D．A glass bottle. |
| A．Annual littering has increased a little in UK since the 1960s. |
| B．Shorter-lasting materials will be less harmful to the environment. |
| C．Cigarette-related litter is a severe environmental problem in UK. |
| D．Regular littering has caused the UK’s mouse population to reach 60 million. |
| A．Every little helps. | B．A drop in the bucket. |
| C．No pains, no gains. | D．More haste, less speed. |
| A．Rubbish collection, an urgent task. | B．Environment issue, a big concern. |
| C．Littering, a surprisingly big issue. | D．Long-lasting material, a hidden danger. |
【推荐1】Most of us lead unhealthy lives; we spend far too much sitting down. If in addition we are careless about our diets, our bodies soon become loose and fatty and our systems slow moving. There are some aspects (方面) of our unhealthy lives that we cannot avoid. I am thinking of such features of modern city life as pollution, noise, rushed meals and stress. But keeping fit is a way to reduce the effects of these evils. The usual suggestion to a person who is looking for a way to keep fit is to take up some sport or other. While it is true that every weekend you will find people playing football and hockey in the local park, they are outnumbered a hundred to one by the people who are simply watching them.
For those who do not particularly enjoy competitive sports—and it is especially difficult to do so if you are not good at them—there are such separate activities as cycling, walking, jogging and swimming. What often happens though is that you do them in such a leisurely way, so slowly, that it is doubtful if you are doing yourself much good, except for the fact that you have at least managed to get up out of your armchair.
Even after you have found a way for keeping in shape, through sport or gymnastics, you are still only half way to good health, because, according to the experts, you must also master the art of complete mental and physical relaxation. It has to do with deep breathing, emptying your mind of all thoughts, meditation, and so on. Yoga, as practiced in the West, is the most widely known and popular of the systems for achieving the necessary state of relaxation. It seems ironical (讽刺性的), though, that as our lives have improved in a material sense we have found it increasingly necessary to go back to forms of activity—physical effort on the one hand and relaxation on the other—which were the natural way of life of our forefathers.
1. Pollution, noise and stress are examples of ________.| A．causes of unfitness |
| B．bad features of living in cities |
| C．the things we can completely do away with |
| D．unavoidable things in town |
| A．keep fit and active |
| B．keep fit and learn to relax |
| C．be active and practise Yoga |
| D．have a sound mind |
| A．their way of life closely connected with both exercise and relaxation |
| B．they were careful to get plenty of fresh air |
| C．they spent most of the time out of doors |
| D．their environment was not polluted |
| A．How to Keep Fit |
| B．How to Learn to Relax |
| C．How to Live a Healthy Life |
| D．How to Practice Yoga |
【推荐2】While a healthy diet has always been considered necessary for overall wellness, historically, many hospitals have overlooked its powerful potential for healing. In some areas, that’s beginning to change. In Pennsylvania four years ago, St. Luke’s Hospital partnered with Rodale Institute to start an organic produce farm at the hospital’s campus in Easton. Since its first season, the St. Luke’s farm has expanded to grow 100 fruits and vegetables on 11-12 acres.
Today, St. Luke’s sends all new mothers’ home with a basket of organic produce. New moms aren’t the only ones benefiting from the farm’s bounty, which is also served to patients, cooked up in cafeterias operated by the hospital’s six-campus network, and sold at nearby farmers markets.
Hospital farms are part of a broader movement to make organic, locally produced food accessible to the general population. Some hospitals are making it a paramount principle to source food from nearby farms, while others are turning unused land on their grounds into community gardens. By making organic produce easily accessible to the patients and visitors alike, these hospitals hope to inspire lifelong changes for better health. Even though most hospital farms aren’t growing enough to completely supply their staff and patient food needs, providing even a small amount of fresh produce makes an educational statement about how healthy (and delicious) a plant-rich diet can be.
While the farm-to-hospital movement continues to develop, it’s encountering some challenges along the way. For one, health workers don’t necessarily know how to grow food. This means that most hospitals need to hire a full-time farmer and other farm labor to manage the property, which can be expensive. It takes between 3 and 5 years for most hospital farms to break even, and much less save money on food costs. Nonetheless, participating hospitals believe that the benefits are worthwhile. In the near future, perhaps, you might soon experience a farm-fresh meal at a hospital near you.
1. What are the hospital farms aimed at?| A．Teaching patients how to grow food. | B．Upgrading the hospital to attract more patients. |
| C．Making full use of unused land nearby. | D．Offering healthy food to the public. |
| A．To show the benefit of the hospital farms. | B．To present the popularity of hospital farms. |
| C．To stress the importance of a healthy diet. | D．To prove the effect of organic food on them. |
| A．Sufficient. | B．Chief. | C．Broad. | D．Simple. |
| A．The rising financial burden. | B．The inefficient management. |
| C．The public’s less-open attitude. | D．The lack of proper workforce. |
But that doesn’t mean you need to “fit in”, or at least in the way that people think. If you try to transform yourself into a clone of everyone else, it won’t help you make friends. It’ll just make you feel like a fake.
You also shouldn’t shut down or refuse to be friends with everyone who doesn’t like you. If you do that, you’ll just make yourself miserable. Instead, you’ve got to work on being comfortable and confident with whom you are while ignoring all the haters. Keep on speaking up, asking questions and getting to know people better. If you send out positive energy, then people will generally send some back to you. A couple of them will stay the same, and you’re allowed to forget about them.
If you feel like you’re doing all that but still not getting anywhere, then don’t give up. Just expand your circle. Get a part-time job at a cool-looking place, join an after-school art class or youth group—do whatever it takes to find a couple of like-minded people to connect with. Even if you don’t find anyone right away, you’ll still be getting some more social experiences under your belt, and that’s always a good thing.
A fun book called Uncool, by Erin Elisabeth Conley, has some tips for folks like you who want to stay positive at school while being true to your personality:
·Throw caution to the wind.
·Don’t tolerate others’ mistakes.
·Have patience with people who are different from you.
·Don’t change just because someone else thinks you should.
·Know that even though you may be a misfit, there’s always some place where you will be welcomed in the world.
1. According to the author, what should you do if you meet people who don’t appreciate you?
| A．Just give up. |
| B．Ask someone else for help. |
| C．Show positive attitude toward them. |
| D．Try your best to fit in with them. |
| A．get more chances of making friends |
| B．lay a better foundation for your future jobs |
| C．transform yourself into a clone. |
| D．make you feel like a fake. |
| A．always be kind to your friends |
| B．keep your own personality |
| C．tolerate others’ mistakes |
| D．help improve characters of others |
| A．doctors | B．scientists |
| C．students | D．Teachers |
Under plans, schools will operate longer days and work outside standard academic terms.
Each pupil will be expected to spend between four hours and two days a week on work placements with businesses linked to the school and teenagers will be assigned a personal coach to act as an academic “line manager”.
The reforms are put forward due to the fears that too many teenagers are now finishing full-time education lacking the skills needed to succeed in the workplace. According to a recent report, more than two-thirds of employers believe school and college leavers lack important “employability skills” such as customer awareness, while 55 per cent say they are unable to manage their time or daily tasks. And the number of NEETs has hit a record high, with almost one-in-five young people being left without a job or training place.
The Department for Education will announce the establishment of 12 studio schools -- meeting the need of around 3,600 teenagers -- in areas such as Liverpool, Stevenage, Stoke-on-Trent and Fulham, west London. Each one, opening in 2012, will be linked to a series of local employers. Under plans, pupils will be able to transfer out of ordinary schools to attend them between the age of 14 and 19.
The Government said all subjects would be taught “through projects, often designed with employers” -- with disciplines such as science being linked directly to local engineering firms or hospitals. Schools will operate a longer day to give pupils a better understanding of the demands of the workplace. Along with their studies, pupils will carry out work placements for four hours a week, rising to two days a week of paid work for those aged 16 to 19. They will also get the chance to take professional qualifications linked directly to the needs of local employers.
1. According to the passage, the NEETs are referred to those who ________.
| A．often miss classes from school | B．refuse to take any kind of part-time jobs after school | C．depend on their parents to find jobs after they graduate | D．have no jobs without accepting education and work training |
| A．interesting and lovely cartoons to make study easier | B．chances to get future jobs with expert job training | C．possibilities to make friends without going outside | D．lessons helping them to be admitted to universities |
| A．The determination to solve the problem of lacking workers. | B．The doubt about whether full-time education is perfect. | C．The worry about educated people lacking working skills. | D．The increasing number of teens who drop out early. |
| A．They can find suitable jobs earlier with good qualification. |
| B．They will be admitted to top companies with received training. |
| C．They needn’t go to university thanks to received training here. |
| D．They may have more free time to find part-time jobs after school. |
【推荐2】Chinese high school students who want to enter the Universily of Cambridge may find that their scores on the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, will help their applications in the future.
The University of Cambridge said in March that it has been using scores on gaokao as part of its admission criteria (标准)for Chinese students for several years, according to its official Weibo account. In addition to top scores on gaokao, Chinese applicants also need to meet English language requirements, participate in an interview and take a subject-specific wrillcn admission assessment (评估).
The gaokao has been crilicized by some as a one shot exam that focuses on rote learning (死记硬背)rather than creativity. However, more and more people believe that there's no perfect predictor (侦测指标) of academic performance, and gaokao has the advantage of being what educational experts call a criterion-referenced (标准参照) exam—tests when her students are able to master a given body of knowledge , as well as their ability to work hard and consistently. Recent years have seen more and more foreign universities begin to accept gaokao scores as part of the application process.
Despite the gaokao's growing acceptance among US universities, "There is a long way to go before the US education circle fully recognizes the gaokao, as there are still many US universities that don't accept it as part of their application process, " (Chu Zhaohui. a researcher from the National Institute of Education Sciences, told the Global Times.
1. According to Paragraph 2, we can learn that ________.| A．Chinese applicants need to apply for a Weibo account before attending the tests |
| B．apart from the scores on gaokao, Chinese students need to take part in other tests |
| C．scores on gaokao are used as an only admission criterion for Chinese students |
| D．Chinese applicants have to participate in online interviews |
| A．An increasingly number of people have criticized gaokao in recent years. |
| B．As a predictor of academic performance, gaokao is perfect. |
| C．Gaokao has its own advantages regardless of the disadvantages. |
| D．Students will gain the ability to work hard and consistently by attend ing gaokao. |
| A．gaokao will be abolished (废除)in the near future |
| B．most of the US universities have accepted gaokao as their admission criterion |
| C．it will take a long time for more US universities to accept gaokao |
| D．many US students want to apply for universities by attending gaokao |
| A．a science magazine | B．a short-story collection |
| C．a newspaper | D．an advertisement |
【推荐3】Disability is an unavoidable outcome of living. There is no perfect body or mind. And there is no normal body or mind. In other words, no one is perfectly “able”. Everyone faces limitations, and some might face more severe limitations at different times in life through age, illness, or other unexpected occurrences. Having a disability, however, should not stop anyone from learning. As a result of several recent international movements, schools in nations around the world now provide inclusive education, which means that students with disabilities have access to the common curriculum (课程) in the general education classroom.
English language instructors need to provide equal instruction to all learners in inclusive settings. Online learning has made it possible for many students with different kinds of disabilities to access classes and learning materials that were once out of reach or difficult to obtain. However, whenever teachers do not adopt necessary measures to accommodate as widely as possible in digital spaces, they sometimes unknowingly create barriers for students with disabilities. It is our responsibility as educators to be aware of that.
While we are acquiring or updating skills for teaching online, we should give equal attention to understanding how to accommodate students with disabilities in a digital learning environment. When we do not make our classes accommodating to all students, some students are left behind through no fault of their own. Whenever we work to create inclusive learning environments, we provide support for all students, with or without disabilities.
The online learning environment provides multiple ways to make learning interesting through media, and technology tools. It is important not to use technology just for the sake of attracting attention, however, but to use it because it has a learning purpose that you are clear about. For instance, don’t show a video just because it’s fun, but because it helps achieve a learning goal.
1. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?| A．Inclusive education has limitations. |
| B．It is unavoidable to have a disability. |
| C．The disabled should have equal chances to learn. |
| D．Those with disabilities have difficulty in learning. |
| A．Online learning. | B．Instructors’ help. |
| C．The digital space. | D．The updating skill. |
| A．He is a doctor. | B．He is an educator. |
| C．He teaches English. | D．He does research on disabilities. |
| A．To provide more media. | B．To show new technology. |
| C．To rid students of barriers. | D．To help achieve a learning aim. |
