4 . The Chinese are very generous(慷慨)when it comes to educating their children. Not _____   the money, parents often send their children to the _______schools or even abroad to England, the USA or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course ______where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the ________an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend a (an)_____amount of money on education. Even_____couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

_______, what most parents _____to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize ______, is that today’s children _________self-respect and self-confidence(自信).

The problem is that parents are only _____ their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be ________, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching _______ skills like cooking, sewing, and doing other housework._______ a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands ______ and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult ________ . A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job_____ . His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.

Some old machines such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him ______ and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to _____ them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These ____ are not merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

5 . On average, primary school children in England have at least three sugary snacks a day, Public Health England (PHE) found. This means that the sugar they consume is three times more than the recommended maximum.

Children between the ages of 4 and 10 consume 51.2% of sugar from unhealthy snacks. PHE has launched a campaign, Change4Life, to encourage parents to look for healthier snacks of no more than 100 calories, and to limit them to two a day. The campaign advises parents to give their children a maximum of two snacks a day, with each containing no more than 100 calories. The campaign will also offer parents special suggestions on a range of healthier snacks—ones with 100 calories or fewer—at selected supermarkets, PHE said.

PHE said it had also improved its app so that it could mark the content of sugar, salt and fat in food and drinks. Dr Alison Tedstone told the BBC she hoped the campaign would help parents to choose healthier snacks for their children. “If you wander through a supermarket, you can see much more goods being sold as snacks than ever before,” she said, “It’s a common phenomenon that kids’ lunchboxes are full of snacks, leading to a lot of calories for lunch. Our research shows that parents usually appreciate a rule of thumb (经验法则). However, they are surprised to know how much sugar their children are consuming in snacks now.”

Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, said, “The intake (摄入量) of sugar that kids are getting from snacks and sugary drinks alone is pretty astonishing, and it can often be difficult to distinguish which snacks are healthy and which are not. The rule of thumb from Change4Life can help parents make their decision correctly and wisely. ”