目前,很多家长在短视频(short video)上秀自己未成年孩子的日常生活,点击量轻松过百万。请就秀娃短视频走红现象,谈谈家长这种行为是否妥当,并说明理由。
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A Wise Way to Make Families Rules
All groups, of whatever size or nature, need standard operating procedures. Without them, groups may very well fall into confusion, chaos and conflict. The functions that rules can serve are indispensable. When it comes to parenting, making rules can make a big difference in our family as well. Actually, the issue is not whether our families need rules. We do need them. The real issue is how to motivate all family members to comply with (遵守) them.
At some time in our lives we all have felt unmotivated to comply with some rule or policy that we had no voice in making. Denied the opportunity to participate in establishing a rule, most people feel imposed upon and resentful of the new rule. But when people actively participate in setting a rule or making a decision that will affect them, they are more highly motivated to comply with it. We call this the Principle of Participation, and it has proven its effectiveness in families as well.
When children are given the opportunity to participate in setting rules or making decisions that will affect them, several good things happen. Children feel better about themselves — having more self-esteem (自尊心) and self-confidence. Such a good effect is due to their feeling that they have gained more “fate control” over their own lives. They also feel they are equal members of the family with an equal voice in making decisions and establishing rules — they’re part of a team, not second-class citizens. This means that families that function collaboratively and democratically will have closer and warmer relationships than those in which the adults act as bosses or authorities expecting the children to obey the rules made for them.
Another important reason for encouraging the full participation of family members in decision making is that it often produces higher-quality solutions to problems. Two heads (or three, or four) are better than one. Shared decisions will be based not only on the knowledge and experience of the adults but also on those of the children. The admonition (告诫) that father knows best should be challenged now.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Vertical Farms: Is the sky really the limit?
At a hyper-controlled indoor farm in industrial South San Francisco, four robots carefully transfer seeds from barcoded trays into 4.5-meter towers that then are hung vertically (垂直地) inside a 445 sq metre grow room. Workers in branded jumpsuits
Indoor farming raised more than $1 bn in 2021, exceeding the combined funding in 2018 and 2019. But critics say the massive energy costs
Designed to produce yields hundreds of times larger than traditional outdoor farming, vertical farms occupy spaces such as buildings or shipping containers while using 70 to 95% less water
Entrepreneurs like Irving Fain, CEO and founder of Manhattan-based Bowery Farming, say that they’re gathering knowledge about plant growth and agronomy (农学) that
4 . Camera flashes cut across the softly lighted downtown Los Angeles restaurant, as the crowd at Ludo Bites jostles (推挤) for the photo-of the Columbian River king salmon duck. “This is the game we all now play, ” chef and owner Ludo Lefebvre said. “We cook, we smile-and the people, they don’t eat. They get their cameras.”
Not so long ago, diners, hungry for special meals, would pull out a point-and-shoot at a restaurant for a quick picture of sliced birthday cake.
No more. Taking a cue from Twitter and Facebook cultures, serious foodies (美食家) and casual consumers alike are using digital technology to document each bite, then sharing the pictures online.
Flickr, the photo-sharing website, has seen the number of pictures tagged as “food” jump from about half a million in 2008 to more than 6 million today, according to company officials. In the group “I Ate This” on Flickr’s site, nearly 20,000 people have uploaded more than 307,000 images of their latest meals.
Camera manufacturers are joining the trend, selling cameras that offer “food” settings, which adjust to enhance colors and textures (质地) on close-ups.
“I am sharing my experiences with my friends,” said Hong Pham, 33, a Los Angeles radiologist who runs the food blog Ravenous Couple. “Why shouldn’t I share what inspires me?”
But what is documentary fun for people such as Pham is souring the gastronomic (烹饪的) set.
Managers regularly face diners demanding to be moved away from camera flashes and sounds. Waiters find themselves tongue-tied as customers take out voice recorders to capture a recitation of each course. Some chefs have had enough.
Chef Grant Achatz allows only no-flash photography in his restaurant. He, like many other chefs, finds himself torn between being flattered by the public’s enthusiasm and annoyed with the effect the picture-taking is having on the restaurant’s operation.
Some consumers now believe food should be consumed visually as well as physically. “What happened to the enjoyment of just eating the food?” said Andrew Knowlton, the restaurant editor for Bon Appetite magazine. “People are losing sight of why you go out.”
1. Who is the most supportive of taking pictures of food in restaurants?A.Grant Achatz. | B.Andrew Knowlton. |
C.Hong Pham. | D.Ludo Lefebvre. |
A.delicately-made dishes are visually inviting |
B.they will share with others their dining experience |
C.cameras can be specially set for food photography |
D.they can profit by selling pictures to famous websites |
A.More pictures will be uploaded at websites like Twitter and Facebook. |
B.Consumers used to take pictures in restaurants only for their birthdays. |
C.Rules should be set out that there is no food photography in restaurants. |
D.Chefs are likely to accept picture-taking in their restaurants to a limited extent. |
A.news story | B.feature article |
C.commercial advertisement | D.survey report |
5 . Empathy
Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years.
Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation, Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect, Humans learn by example — and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples, Humans are socially related by nature.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers.
What’s the best way to up your EQ? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others.
A.Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person. |
B.Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human — and having empathy is decisive to those relationships. |
C.“One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says. |
D.Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else — both what they think and how they feel. |
E.Good social skills — including empathy — are a kind of "emotional intelligence" that will help you succeed in many areas of life. |
F.That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said. |
A. application | B. currently | C. initial | D. detection | E. previously | F. feasibility |
G. primarily | H. intelligent | I. active | J. availability | K. predictable |
The agricultural sector is going to face enormous challenges in order to feed the 9.6 billion people that the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) predicts are going to inhabit the planet by 2050: Food production must increase by 70% by 2050, and this has to be achieved in spite of the limited
One way to deal with these issues and increase the quality and quantity of agricultural production is using sensing technology to make farms more “
Precision agriculture, also known as “smart farming”, is not new, In the beginning, it was about position technologies
It’s something that’s already happening, as corporations and farm offices collect vast amounts of information from crop yields, soil-mapping, fertilizer
The European Union has sponsored several projects on the topic. The
Several private companies are also starting to be
A.The call to prayer happens too frequent and should be reduced. |
B.The loudspeakers announcing prayer time damage people’s life. |
C.The first call to prayer is too early and should be after sunrise. |
D.Arabs make too much noise during the prayer time in mosques(清真寺). |
A.He thinks Israel is a country of Judaism(犹太教). |
B.He is a racist and his aim is ti reduce Arab population. |
C.He intends to create an atmosphere of freedom and equality. |
D.He believes the country should protect citizens from the noise. |
A.The bill destroys the harmony between Jews and Arabs. |
B.The bill doesn’t respect the right of the Arabs. |
C.The bill shows the hatred against the Arabs. |
D.The loudspeaker hurts all of the society. |
8 . Road traffic accidents are caused by a number of factors which can be grouped into three categories: human factors, vehicle factors and road environment factors. Table 1 explains each factor and gives examples.
Table 1: Factors involved in road traffic accidentsFactor | Description | Example |
Human | Things people do or don’t do | Speeding, not obeying traffic rules, using phone while driving |
Vehicle | Things that are wrong with the vehicle | ? |
Road environment | Things outside the vehicle that affect driving | Condition of road, time of day, weather conditions, road repairs |
One factor alone or several factors together can cause an accident. However, human actions are by far the greatest causes of car accidents. Diagram 1 shows that human factors are involved in 95% of all car accidents. Although other factors are also involved in 28% of these accidents, in 67% of cases, human factors alone are the cause of the accident.
Although behavior such as not paying attention to road, swerving to avoid an animal and eating while driving causes accidents, most road deaths are caused by speeding, driving after drinking alcohol, driving when tried and not wearing seat belts. As shown in Diagram 2, speeding is involved in more deaths than any other behavior in both city (50%) and country accidents (32%). Drivers and / or passengers not wearing seat belts is the second most common cause of road deaths.
1. Which of the following is best suited in the blank in table 1?A.Vehicles of this type to be recalled at once. |
B.Weak brakes, no seat belts in cars, old tyres. |
C.250,000 people killed in car accidents in 2023. |
D.Regular car maintenance, professional service. |
A.Speeding kills more drivers in cities than in countries. |
B.Two or more factors are combined to cause an accident. |
C.Country drivers are more likely to get tired when driving. |
D.Drunk driving cause more deaths than not wearing seat belts. |
A.The dangers of driving a car. | B.The effects of alcohol on driving. |
C.Human factors in road traffic accidents. | D.How to prevent deaths on our roads. |
9 . Our carbon footprint is the estimated amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) given off as we go about our daily lives. While the global average carbon footprint is about 4 tons per person each year, Americans contribute approximately 20 tons of greenhouse gas per person each year. Compared to other countries, even those who use the least amount of energy in the US still contribute double the carbon emissions than the global average per person. And, not surprisingly, a person’s carbon footprint increases in size as his or her income increases.
How is it possible that people in the US who live simple lifestyles, e.g., children or the homeless, make such large contributions to greenhouse gas emissions? The answer is simple: Each US citizen has access to various basic government services such as firefighting and police departments, road and bridge repair, libraries, jails and prisons, the military, etc. When these public services are divided equally among the entire US population, it significantly raises the carbon footprint per person. In fact, according to a study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the lowest carbon footprint that can be calculated for a person living in the US is 8.5 tons. And shockingly, this carbon footprint corresponds to a homeless person who sleeps in public shelters and eats in soup kitchens.
While it is admirable to make changes in lifestyle to reduce a carbon footprint, in reality, it is very difficult to do. The MIT study revealed that a “rebound effect” occurred when someone made an effort to reduce his or her carbon footprint. Take the example of a person who made the deliberate choice to buy a hybrid car instead of a large SUV to save money on gas costs. Very often that person would use the money he or she saved to do something else, e.g., take a long airplane trip. In this case, just one long airplane trip produces more CO2 emissions than driving the large SUV for a year. This ends up having a negative impact on a person’s carbon footprint by making it bigger!
Can Americans reduce their carbon footprints? According to the study, it is possible, but it would require lifestyle changes such as giving up long-distance travel and buying fewer smartphones, tablets, and MP3 players that have large energy costs to produce and deliver. Another way to lower the average Americans US carbon footprint is to add a CO2 tax on food, housing, and transportation, and most Americans don’t want their taxes raised. Unless we can find a way to reduce our carbon footprints, the price we may ultimately have to pay is much higher than the amount Americans will ever have to pay in taxes.
1. The first two paragraphs are intended to____.A.show why people in the US should live simple lifestyles |
B.argue against the world’s misinterpretation of US lifestyles |
C.reveal how big the carbon footprints of people in the US are |
D.stress the impact of carbon footprints on American peoples life |
A.Mary ate a large meal after she had been on diet for a week |
B.Tom bought a hybrid car because it saved him a lot of money |
C.Susan gave up long airplane trips to do her bit for the environment. |
D.David had a good knowledge of what harm CO2 emissions would do. |
A.Investment in basic government services should be reduced. |
B.A homeless person’s carbon footprint is not easy to calculate. |
C.The less a person spends, the more environmentally friendly he is. |
D.A CO2 tax has already been added on food, housing and transportation. |
A.How Can We Change Our Lifestyles? |
B.Can We Make Our Footprints Smaller? |
C.Why Are Our Carbon Footprints Important? |
D.What Makes Contributions to Green house Gas Emissions? |
10 . GuiltyPleasures? No Such Thing
We know them when we see them: The TV shows and movies we love, even though we just know they’re bad. The trashy books we simply can’t
Yes, these are our guilty pleasures — what some people consider the
Taking a mental break and enjoying something that doesn’t require intense intellectual
If that’s true, then why do guilty pleasures get such a bad
One important value of a guilty pleasure is the
Still, it’s best to follow the age-old advice our parents taught us: Everything in moderation. Though guilt can enhance pleasure in some cases, it can also push us to indulge in
A.turn down | B.take in | C.tear apart | D.put down |
A.junk | B.sugary | C.spiritual | D.transformative |
A.relaxed | B.guilty | C.helpless | D.alert |
A.mass | B.moderation | C.minimum | D.depression |
A.focus | B.superiority | C.quality | D.development |
A.struggle | B.charge | C.engage | D.persevere |
A.breakup | B.principle | C.condition | D.reputation |
A.consciousness | B.obligation | C.attitudes | D.requirements |
A.switch | B.receive | C.claim | D.decrease |
A.remove | B.discourage | C.distinguish | D.prevent |
A.conflict | B.difference | C.exchange | D.bond |
A.established | B.underestimated | C.found | D.strengthened |
A.In addition | B.On the contrary | C.All in all | D.Therefore |
A.enthusiastically | B.casually | C.openly | D.politely |
A.theories | B.behaviors | C.problems | D.relationships |