Drmiinnggg! That’s the sound that kids all over the country hate to hear—the alarm bell. The new school year has just started and children across the UK have to wake up early in the morning to go to school.

But students at one school in north-cast England are lucky. They can lie in bed for an extra（额外的）hour before they go to school. Monkseaton High School has been allowing its pupils to come into school an hour later than other schools.

The headmaster, Dr Paul Kelley, says that this new way helps students pay more attention to their lessons in class. He feels that young people are more energetic and can perform better for the rest of the day. And he adds that for their school students, a late start at school may be better than an early one.

Dr. Kelley tells the BBC that teenagers don't perform very well in the morning and their need to sleep is biological（生物的）.

It seems that this new approach to teaching shows positive（乐观的） results. The number of students who sleep in class drops quickly. Besides, the school has already seen a drop in the number of pupils who play truant（逃学）by 27%. More importantly, Dr. Kelley also says that exam results have improved by 20%—30% over the past year.

Classes at Monkseaton High School begin at 10 a.m. and finish at 3:40 p.m. However, the school opens from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The students can come early and leave late if they want.

Since the World Mental Health Day（世界精神健康日）was started on October 10th, 1992, more people have begun to pay attention to their mental health. So the mental health day is becoming more popular. What is a mental health day?

“In addition to the World Mental Health Day, it’s important for people to take regular（定期）mental health days for themselves,” says Doctor David A. Mermill. “A mental health day is a way to give yourself a break and pay attention to your mental health. It can be any day.”

How do you take a mental health day? “Mental health days are important for people of all ages and can be done differently,” says Cheryl Rode. “You can go for a trip outdoors, make your favourite meal, turn off your computer, or do some exercise. No matter what activity you choose to relax, the key is to do it often.”

What will you get from a mental health day? First of all, it can help you stay healthy. When you are taking a mental health day, you have time to focus on what your body really needs. You will eat slowly and healthily. Secondly, you can sleep better. One of the first signs of poor mental health is poor sleep. What you should do is to have a relaxing day and drink a glass of warm milk before sleeping.

Let’s have a mental health day right now!

More and more people have begun to care about their mental health _______ the World Mental Health Day was started. It’s really important for them to take mental health days for regularly. On such days, they can do different activities, such as going for a trip outdoors, ______ their favourite meal, turning off the computer, or doing some exercise. The key is doing it often ______ activity they choose. So I truly advise them ______ a mental health day right now!

Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise in 2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education. Twelve years later, the non-profit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours. It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and asked for money on the street. Mr Braun asked the boy what he would want if he could have anything in the world.

“I thought the answer was going to be ‘a house’ or ‘a car’ or ‘a boat’. His answer was ‘a pencil’. So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and excited. I realized he had never been to school before, and that was the ①reality for over 57 million children around the world.” Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance (金融) after he graduated from college. But he never forgot the boy and ②the problem he realized.

③“We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education, because we have everything necessary already. We are able to educate every child, So I promised to help change that world,” Braun said.

Mr Braun raised money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise School in Laos, five years ago. Since then, his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ghana.

61. 每个同学在生活中都养成了一些好习惯，也存在一些坏习惯。

Good life habits are important for students’ development. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________