Born in the 2000s, what do you think of your generation(一代人)? Young, creative, connected, global, smart, maybe good-looking? But what do other people think about your generation?
Some adults worry that you’re more interested in the phone than the world around you. They see you as the “face-down generation” and wonder how you will deal with school, friends, and family.（A）当今的青少年忙于发信息、拍照片。 Are they serious enough to become successful in real life-or “TRL”, as you would say?
Other adults worry that today’s youth are spoiled(溺爱) and don’t want to face the challenges of adult life. Many children born in the 1990s and 2000s were raised by “helicopter parents” who were always there to do everything for them.（B）So today’s young people seem to prefer to live like teenagers even when they are 30 years old.
Does the face-down generation need a heads-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today’s teenagers are better educated and more creative than past generations. They also seem to be willing to become leaders. More young people than ever volunteer to serve their communities. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for pushing girls’ rights to go to school.
So if you are one of them born in the 2000s, there’s reason to be hopeful about the future. Things are looking up for the face-down generation.
1. Mary was born in 2006, is she a member of the “face-down generation”?2. What do adults worry about today’s youth according to the passage?（列举两点即可）
3. 请将（A）处划线部分翻译成英语。
4. 请将（B）处划线部分翻译成汉语。
5. What do you think of your generation?（Your own opinion）
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【推荐1】Times have changed, but falling asleep in class is still a common occurrence (常事) among students.
Why do students sometimes fall asleep in class? An obvious reason is lack of sleep. However, there are also causes for getting too little sleep.
Homework is a daily occurrence for most students, one that can take three to four hours per night. A student who wants to be able to take part in any activity besides homework must stay up late to fit everything in. Club activities, sports, computer-game playing, and TV viewing, for example, all make students have less time for both homework and sleep. Sometimes students lack sleep because of after-school jobs for their families.
Physical problems can also cause students to fall asleep in class. For example, insomnia (失眠), which may keep a student up at night, causing exhaustion (疲惫不堪) during class hours, is a serious problem. Medical evidence also supports the idea that each person has a body clock that helps to decide his or her sleep pattern. Unluckily, these body clocks don’t always work according to school timetables.
The effects of falling asleep in class can be quite serious. First of all, sleeping in class is not a good way to endear (使受喜爱) yourself to teachers. And other students may make jokes about those who sleep in class. However, the most harmful effect of sleeping in class is missing out on important points. In the long run, sleepers may end up failing classes.
Since students are probably not going to deal with the problem, falling asleep in class will probably remain an all-too-common occurrence. It will continue until more teens find a way to balance their personal and social lives with school and work on their own, while still finding enough time to sleep.
Introduction | Times have changed, but falling asleep in class happens |
Causes | Lack of sleep ◆To ◆To take part in ◆To spare time for after-school jobs, students may not have Physical problems ◆Insomnia may ◆Students’ body clocks do not always |
Effects | ◆Teachers will not ◆It is ◆Students who sleep too much in class may |
Conclusion | The problem will not be solved until students |
First of all, thank you for writing to me. I am sorry after hearing about your problems. Maybe I can give you some advice.
Your first problem is about your weight. Besides having a healthy eating habit, I suggest that you should try to do some exercise, like playing basketball and swimming. You will feel better and more relaxed after doing some sports.
Your second problem is about your English schoolwork. I think you are afraid of learning English so you get low marks in English tests. I suggest that you should give yourself more chances to listen to and learn English, such as watching TV programs in English. If you keep on working hard, your English will be finally improved.
Your last problem is about your relationship with your parents. That is a common problem for teenagers. I suggest that you should enjoy your holiday with your parents. What about having lunch with them on Sunday? This kind of activities can fix your relationship with your parents. I also suggest that you should share your feelings and worries with your parents, and maybe they can give you some good ideas.
I would be glad if my advice works. Write to me again if you have further problems.
Yours truly,
John Chan
根据上面短文的内容回答问题（每小题答案不超过6个单词）。
1. Who did John get a letter from?
2. How many problems are mentioned (提及) in the article?
3. What will make Amy feel better and more relaxed?
4. Will Amy’s English be finally improved if she keeps on working hard?
5. Who should Amy enjoy her holiday with?
Everyone needs a place to relax, right? Now, young students can easily experience as much stress as adults do. They face competition, interpersonal(人际的) relationships, and personal problems as adults do. But adults have more social experience and can face problems with more self-control. For students, sometimes they have no choice but to rebel(叛逆).
Faced with such a situation, a middle school in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shanxi Province recently opened its “mood drain(排泄情绪) room”, a place for students to lift their spirits.
The room provides students with classes to guide their mental(心理的) health development. It also a place for practice where students can express themselves by doing different kinds of activities such as boxing(拳击) or shouting. There are also mental health teachers in the room who help students with questions and also watch their activities for safety reasons.
Designers(设计者) have considered different personalities of students when designing these activities. No matter it’s a boy or a girl who shows up, they can put on a pair of boxing gloves to hit a sandbag or shout out loud to relax. A drawing wall and a “writer’s and reader’s corner” are for shy students.
“I wish my school had such a room, but I would feel a little bit shy going there to shout out loud by myself. I like the room to have different theme activities every week so that I feel more comfortable going there.” said Xingyuan, a Chinese middle school students.
“What matters is that it should be used in a right way, unlike the place where my son goes to cut classes and box against his classmates. It needs to have professional teachers,” said Li, a parent of a middle school student.
Mood Drain, Room | ||
| Reasons for setting it up | A place for students to | |
| Ways students choose | The way they choose | Boxing. Shouting. Drawing on the wall. Reading what others wrote. |
| Two | Different theme activities can make students feel more comfortable, professional teachers | |
【推荐1】The summer holiday is coming, which can be a relaxing time for sleeping, eating good meals and seeing old friends. Try to take some time off from school and spend a few weeks of fun. Here are some ideas for planning your summer holiday.
First of all, joining a club is a good choice! You can join a music club, a sports club or an art club. It's good for your future development and the teachers in the club can give you good advice.
Doing something good for society is also great. There are many volunteer (志愿的) programmes for you to choose from, such as looking after the old or the young, cleaning the streets, planting trees or keeping the traffic in order. You know that teens can also make the world better.
Have you ever lived with another family? You can join in a programme called “Meeting a New Family”. Two families exchange their children for some time so that they can learn how to get on well with others.
The summer camp is still popular today. An English summer camp may be a good choice. You can not only make friends but also practise your English.
1. The writer gives some ideas for2. To learn drawing, you can join an
3. Teens can make the world better by
4. In an English summer camp you can
5. If you are one of the children in the programme “Meeting a New Family”, you
Food makes us strong and healthy. There is one kind of food that we eat every day. It is staple food（主食）. Staple food is the most important part of the meal. People in different countries eat different staple food.
In China, Rice is the staple food. People make rice into many things-from porridge, rice cake to rice wine. Rice is very important in southern China. People in northern China often eat noodles, baozi and dumplings. But they also eat rice sometimes.
In Northern Canada, it’s very cold all the year around. People can’t grow grain（谷物）or vegetables, so they have to eat meat and fish. Where do they get the meat and fish? Of course from the sea!
In the UK, British people eat bread as their staple food, but they like potatoes best. They cook them in different ways. The jacket potato is the king of potato. It is a baked potato. There are vegetables and cheese on top of it. It is really great.
Title: Staple food | |
| Meaning | It is the most important part of the meal that we eat every day. |
| | Different staple food |
| China | ●Rice is the staple food. ●People make porridge, rice cake and rice wine ●People in the |
| ●It’s very cold the ●They have to eat meat and fish, ● | |
The UK | ●British people eat bread as their staple food. but potatoes are their ●The jacket potato is the |
When Julia Somberg eats her favorite food, she feels bad. She knows that chocolate can have a lot of fat and sugar. But Julia says she loves chocolate so much—once she starts eating it, she can’t stop. Julia isn’t the only one who loves chocolate. It is favorite food for people all over the world. People prefer chocolate over ice cream, cakes and cookies.
The idea of eating chocolate didn’t begin until the 19th century. Before that people drank chocolate. The habit began in Central America where the Aztecs drank bowls of chocolate to stay watchful. When the liquid chocolate was brought to Spain in the 1500s, people thought it was medicine because it had a medicine taste. In fact, the people who made chocolate into drinks were doctors. Then people discovered that mixing chocolate with sugar made a wonderful drink. King Ferdinand of Spain loved this drink so much that he put out an order：anyone who talked about chocolate outside the court would be killed. For about 100 years, chocolate was a secret in Spain.
People finally found out about chocolate, and it became a popular drink in Europe. The Swiss mixed milk and chocolate. Today most Americans prefer milk chocolate, while Europeans prefer dark chocolate.
New research shows that chocolate is actually good for us. “Chocolate has more than 300 different chemicals. One chemical works on the parts of the brain that feels pleasure. People who feel good when they eat chocolate are actually healthier. Feeling pleasure is important for health and can protect against illness.” “Good chocolate doesn’t have much fat or sugar. You can enjoy it if you eat a little at a time!” says Tara Berish, another chocolate love.
1. When did the idea of eating chocolate begin?2. Why did people think the liquid chocolate was medicine in the 1500s?
3. What did people discover then?
4. Most Americans prefer dark chocolate, don’t they?
5. What fact can we learn from the article?
