Square dancing is a well-known recreational group activity in China. It
Ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, when authorities launched the
2 . An Indonesian librarian is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to clean up the environment and get the kids to read more.
Each weekday Raden rides her three-wheeler with books piled up at the back for children in Muntang village to exchange for plastic cups, bags and other waste that she carries back. She told Reuters she targets to promote reading in the kids as well as make them aware of the environment. As soon as she shows up. little children, many accompanied by their mothers, surround her "Trash Library" and clamour for the books.
They are all carrying trash bags and Raden's three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books fly out. She's happy the kids are going to spend less time on online games as a result.
Kevin, a keen 11-vearold reader, searched for waste lying in the village. "When there is too much trash, our environment will become dirty and it's not healthy. That's why I look for trash to borrow a book," he said.
"Let us build a culture of literacy(识字)from young age to reduce the harm of the online world." Raden said, "We should also take care of our waste in order to fight climate change and to save the earth from trash "
She collects about 100 kg of waste each week, which is then sorted out by her colleagues and sent for recycling or sold. She has a stock of 6,000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile service to neighbouring areas as well.
Raden said: "The literacy rate for above-15-year-olds in Indonesia is around 96 percent, but a September report by the World Bank warned that the pandemic will leave more than 80% of 15-year-olds below the minimum reading proficiency level." And she wanted to do her part to make things better.
1. What is Raden's purpose of establishing Trash Library?A.To earn money for Trash Library by selling trash. |
B.To develop the children's creativity from young age. |
C.To raise the kids' awareness of environment while reading. |
D.To promote the relationship between children and mothers. |
A.Passion for reading. | B.Concerns about pollution. |
C.Addiction to the Internet. | D.Determination to volunteer. |
A.Indifferent. | B.Worried. | C.Appreciative. | D.Tolerant |
A.A Novel Way to Improve Library | B.The Indonesian System for Reading |
C.Your Trash Benefiting the Environment | D.Your Collected Trash for Our Books |
3 . Here are a couple of tips for parents and teachers to help protect teens from cyberbullying(网络欺凌), a rapidly growing but alarming online issue.
This is a necessary precaution rule for both parents and teachers. The best smartphone monitoring is presented with Pumpic.com a parental control app, which allows you to monitor social media, IM chats, all calls and text messages and even track real-time location of your child, using GPS navigator. As for PC, the best known app is sociallyactive.com, a PC monitoring app.
Engage youth and parents.
You can start cyberbullying awareness by creating a club or community against cyberbullying. Establish a school online safety community where kids can discuss their problems and report online attacks.
Create a positive climate.
Restore self-respect.
It is important to remember that your goal as a parent or teachers is to restore the child’s self-respect. Fast decisions won’t do any good, you need to act thoroughly.
A.Monitor online activity. |
B.Become a community volunteer. |
C.Talk to teachers before addressing the problem. |
D.Unlike parents, schools can do a lot to prevent cyberbullying. |
E.Kids need to know that there is help and they are not alone in this fight. |
F.It allows you to view browser behavior and block inappropriate websites. |
G.Volunteering in an anti-cyberbullying community will help you understand the problem. |