Healthy, rested and phoneless
In 2021, China took a series (系列) of actions to improve the quality of education. Let’s check out how this has changed the lives of students.
●More sleep
Almost 80 percent of primary and middle school students are able to get more sleep at night. This came after the Ministry of Education (MOE教育部) advised that middle and high school students should go to bed before 11 p. m.
●Less phone use:
As the ministry reported, 99. 8 percent of primary and middle schools have issued (发布) rules preventing students from bringing smartphones (智能手机) to class. Almost all schools no longer assign (布置) homework through smartphones.
●More physical exercise
Students enjoy better health as efforts have been made to ensure (确保) enough time for physical activities, said the MOE. For example, all middle school students were encouraged to have one physical education course every school day and two hours of exercise daily.
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| Actions | Results |
| Go to bed before | Nearly 80 percent of students can get |
| No homework | Almost all the schools stop the students |
| Every school day and two hours of exercise daily for PE. course. | Ensure enough time for |
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Artificial Intelligence (人工智能) or AI is very useful in many different fields to perform certain tasks, including education, heavy industry, toys and games and so on.
Education
There are a number of companies that create robots to teach subjects to children, ranging (范围) from biology to computer science. With the help of AI, MOOC, or Massive Open Online Course, allows students from around the world to take classes online. Though such tools have not become popular yet.
Heavy Industry
Robots have become common in many industries, and are often given jobs that are considered dangerous to humans. Repetitive (重复的) jobs may lead to mistakes or accidents while robots can be very helpful to avoid them.
Toys and Games
Companies like Mattel have been creating AI-enabled toys for young people, even for kids aged three. Those toys are able to understand conversations, give smart answers and learn quickly. AI has also been used in video games, for example, video game bots (视频游戏机器人), which are designed (设计) to fight against you in the game.
| AI Is of Great Use | |
| Education | Companies create robots to teach children Students from around the world are |
| Heavy Industry | Robots are often given jobs that are considered dangerous to humans. Robots can be very helpful to |
| Toys and Games | Mattel has been creating AI-enabled toys for young people, even for |
Should we use artificial intelligence (AI) in schools? Some people may say no, but many experts (专家) think we should use it in a good way. They say AI can help us learn better.
Zheng Qinghua, president of Tongji University, said it’s important for us to use AI at schools. He believed that AI could help us learn new things and get better at what we study. He also suggested that young people should improve their understanding of the knowledge created by technology.
In fact, AI has already become more and more important for teaching and learning. Zheng stressed the wide spread use of different model such as Ernie Botan, an AI chatbot (聊天机器人) developed by Baidu. It can write papers, solve science problems and do homework.
Students also used AI for their study. A survey online showed that 89 percent of students had used ChatGPT to help them do homework.
However, some worry that it may bring the problem of academic integrity (学术诚信) and bad influence on education. Instead of simply using AI to give answers or finish homework and tests, people should focus on using AI to help students be creative and have the ability of solving real-world problems, said Zheng.
Colin Bailey, president of Queen Mary University of London, said that as ChatGPT develops fast, stopping AI from being used in schools is not the answer. Instead, we should think about how to use it safely and in the right way.
To make it come true, people around the world are working on rules to make sure AI is used in a good way. In the US, people are making a plan to protect people’s rights with chatbots. China has also done something for managing AI services.
1. Why did Zheng Qinghua advise people to use AI at schools?2. How can the AI chatbot help teachers and students?
3. What are people doing to make sure AI is used in the right way?
4. What would you like an AI robot to do, besides (除了) helping you with your study? Why? Write 30 words or more.
【推荐3】Since 2018, the English listening and speaking test in Beijing has to be separated from the written one.① Taking the listening and speaking test is very important for every student.
②Students take the test on a computer. They can take the test twice—once in December and again in March - to try to get a possible higher score.
③It pushes us to speak English
Liu Tianyou, 14，from Beijing Yuying Middle School, uses apps to practise tests every clay. “The apps will score your performance so that you can improve accordingly,” he said.
1. 请写出①处划线句子的同义句。2. 请将②处划线句子改为被动语态。
3. 请将③处划线句子翻译成汉语。
4. 请将④处划线句子翻译成英语。
5. Why can the students take the test twice?
【推荐1】To clean the whole house on Chinese New Year’s Eve is a very old custom in China. Days before the Spring Festival, Chinese families clean their houses and wash daily things.
Lighting fireworks is one of the most important customs in the Spring Festival celebration. At the midnight of Chinese New Year’s Eve, cities and towns are lit up by beautiful fireworks.
On the first day of the Spring Festival, everybody wears new clothes and greets relatives and friends. Because visiting relatives and friends takes a lot of time, some people will send greeting cards to express their good wishes rather than pay a visit in person.
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Spring Festival Celebration | |
| House cleaning | ·To clean the whole house on Chinese New Year’s Eve is a very ·Days |
| Lighting fireworks | One of the most important customs is to |
| Spring Festival congratulations | ·On the first day of the Spring Festival, everybody wears new clothes and greets ·Some people will send greeting cards to express their good wishes rather than |
Everyone has to eat and drink. But for most people, food is not just a matter of survival (生存). Food brings people together when they come to a dinner or a party. One way or another, food is an important part of your lifestyle. In the U.S., there are fast food restaurants, coffee shops and family restaurants. When you eat outside, you need to know the eating culture.
You can find McDonald’s and KFC in many countries around the world. First you look at the menu, and say what you would like to eat. Then they give you the food. Then you sit down and eat your food there or take it away. There is no need to leave a tip (小费).
In a coffee shop you can sit at a table. The waiter usually brings you coffee when you sit down. Then you tell him what you would like to eat and he brings it to you. You pay for the food and drinks when you leave.
In a family restaurant the waiter shows you where to eat. If you can’t eat up all the food the waiter gives you a doggy bag (剩菜袋)to take your food home. You add 15% of the bill (账单) as a tip.
1题完成句子；2、3回答问题；4题将文中划线句子译成汉语；5题找出并写下全文的主题句。
1. Food brings people together and it is an important part of
2. What will the waiter do after you go into a coffee shop and sit down?
3. When do people need to give a tip in a family restaurant from the passage?
4.
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When you sleep, can you realize that you are dreaming? If yes, then you are having a lucid dream (清醒梦). This is hard for most people to do. Only some people are able to do this. Now, scientists have found ways to help more people have lucid dreams, Live Science reported.
A professor from the University of Adelaide (阿德莱德) in Australia found that certain skills are key to helping people have lucid dreams.
First, people train themselves to find out whether they are dreaming or not. People can practice a trick for this in real life. For example, someone may look at a clock, look away, and then look back. The time should stay the same. Then, they might dream about this trick while sleeping. But in their dream, the time on the clock might change very quickly. So people know they are dreaming.
Another trick is to wake up after five hours of sleep. Then, stay awake for a while. During this time, repeat the words, “The next time I’m dreaming, I will remember that I’m dreaming.” Then, go to bed again to have rapid eye movement (REM,快速眼球运动) sleep. In REM sleep, people are more likely to know they are dreaming.
Scientists found that those who used these tricks had a 17 percent success rate (几率) for having lucid dreams. This was far higher than if they did nothing.
In a lucid dream, people might study a hobby and then become better at that hobby in real life, according to Denholm Aspy, the professor from the University of Adelaide. For example, you might learn to play the piano in a lucid dream. Then,you might play the piano better in real life!
1. How might the clock work in one’s dream for the first training activity? (no more than 5 words)2. What are your chances of having a lucid dream after using the tricks? (no more than 2 words)
3. How can lucid dreams help people in real life according to the last paragraph? (no more than 16 words)
4. 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
