首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Doctor’s orders; Let children just play A) Imagine a drug that could enhance a child’s creativity and critical thinking. Imag
Doctor’s orders; Let children just play A) Imagine a drug that could enhance a child’s creativity and critical thinking. Imag
admin
2020-10-27
20
问题
Doctor’s orders; Let children just play
A) Imagine a drug that could enhance a child’s creativity and critical thinking. Imagine that this drug were simple to make, safe to take, and could be had for free. The nation’s leading pediatricians(儿科医生) say this miracle compound exists. In a new clinical report, they are urging doctors to prescribe it liberally to the children in their care.
B) "This may seem old-fashioned, but there are skills to be learned when kids aren’t told what to do," said Dr. Michael Yogman, a Harvard Medical School pediatrician who led the drafting of the call to arms. Whether it’s rough physical play, outdoor play or pretend play, kids derive important lessons from the chance to make things up as they go, he said.
C) The advice, issued Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics, may come as a shock to some parents. After spending years fretting (烦恼) over which toys to buy, which apps to download and which skill-building programs to send their kids to after school, letting them simply play—or better yet, playing with them—could seem like a step backward. The pediatricians insist that it’s not. The academy’s guidance does not include specific recommendations for the dosing of play. Instead, it asks doctors to advise parents before their babies turn two that play is essential to healthy development.
D) "Play is not silly behavior," the academy’s report declares. It fosters children’s creativity, cooperation, and problem-solving skills—all of which are critical for a 21st-century workforce. When parents engage in play with their children, it builds a wall against the harmful effects of all kinds of stress, including poverty, the academy says. In the pediatricians’ view, essentially every life skill that’s valued in adults can be built up with play. "Collaboration, negotiation, decision-making, creativity, leadership, and increased physical activity are just some of the skills and benefits children gain through play," they wrote. The pediatricians’ appeal comes as kids are being squeezed by increasing academic demands at school and the constant invasion of digital media.
E) The trends have been a long time coming. Between 1981 and 1997, detailed time-use studies showed that the time children spent at play declined by 25 percent. Since the adoption of sweeping education reforms in 2001, public schools have steadily increased the amount of time devoted to preparing for standardized tests. The focus on academic "skills and drills" has cut deeply into recess (课间休息) and other time for free play.
F) By 2009, a study of Los Angeles kindergarten classrooms found that five-year-olds were so burdened with academic requirements that they were down to an average of just 19 minutes per day of "choice time," when they were permitted to play freely with blocks, toys or other children. One in four Los Angeles teachers reported there was no time at all for "free play." Increased academic pressures have left 30 percent of U. S. kindergarten classes without any recess. Such findings prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue a policy statement in 2013 on the "crucial role of recess in school."
G) Pediatricians aren’t the only ones who have noticed. In a report titled "Crisis in the Kindergarten," a group of educators, health professionals and child advocates called the loss of play in early childhood "a tragedy, both for the children themselves and for our nation and the world." Kids in play-based kindergartens "end up equally good or better at reading and other intellectual skills, and they are more likely to become well-adjusted healthy people," the Alliance for Childhood said in 2009. Indeed, new research demonstrates why playing with blocks might have been time better spent, Yogman said. The trial assessed the effectiveness of an early mathematics intervention (干预) aimed at preschoolers. The results showed almost no gains in math achievement.
H) Another playtime thief: the growing proportion of kids’ time spent in front of screens and digital devices, even among preschoolers. Last year, Common Sense Media reported that children up through age eight spent an average of two hours and 19 minutes in front of screens each day, including an average of 42 minutes a day for those under two. This increase of digital use comes with rising risks of obesity, sleep deprivation and cognitive (认知的), language and social-emotional delays, the American Academy of Pediatrics warned in 2016.
I) "I respect that parents have busy lives and it’s easy to hand a child an iPhone," Yogman said. "But there’s a cost to that. For young children, it’s much too passive. And kids really learn better when they’re actively engaged and have to really discover things."
J) The decline of play is a special hazard for the roughly 1 in 5 children in the United States who live in poverty. These 14 million children most urgently need to develop the resilience (韧劲) that is cultivated with play. Instead, Yogman said, they are disproportionately affected by some of the trends that are making play scarce: academic pressures at schools that need to improve test scores, outside play areas that are limited or unsafe, and parents who lack the time or energy to share in playtime.
K) Yogman also worries about the pressures that squeeze playtime for more affluent kids. "The notion that as parents we need to schedule every minute of their time is not doing them a great service," he said. Even well-meaning parents may be "robbing them of the opportunity to have that joy of discovery and curiosity—the opportunity to find things out on their own. "
L) Play may not be a hard sell to kids. But UCLA pediatrician Carlos Lerner acknowledged that the pediatricians’ new prescription may meet with skepticism (怀疑) from parents, who are anxious for advice on how to give their kids a leg up in the world. They should welcome the simplicity of the message, Lerner said. "It’s liberating to be able to offer them this advice: that you spending time with your child and letting him play is one of the most valuable things you can do," he said. "It doesn’t have to involve spending a lot of money or time, or joining a parenting group. It’s something we can offer that’s achievable. They just don’t recognize it right now as particularly valuable."
Since the beginning of this century, an increasing amount of time has been shifted in public schools from recess to academic activities.
选项
答案
E
解析
细节归纳题。定位句指出,自2001年全面推行教育改革以来,公立学校一直在稳步增加准备标准化考试的时间,对学术“技能和训练”的关注已经大大减少了课间休息和其他自由活动的时间。题干中的Since the beginning of this century对应定位句中的Since the adoption of sweeping education reforms in 2001,题干中的an increasing amount of time has been shifted in public schools from recess to academic activities是对定位句中public schools have steadily increased the amount of time devoted to preparing for standardized tests.The focus on academic“skills and drills”has cut deeply into recess and other time for free play的概括归纳,故答案为E)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/u6O7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Helikeslivingalone.B、Hishouseisfarfromhisparents’house.C、Heisbusywithhisbusiness.D、Healwaysquarrelswithh
Womenmakeuponly14percentoffullprofessorsinU.S.economicsdepartments.Instarkcontrasttoothersocialscienceswher
A、Hewantstomakefriends.B、Hethinksthatpersonishisson.C、Hecan’trecognizethem.D、Hedevelopsahabitofgreeting.C
A、Encouragetheemployeestoworkharder.B、Summonameetingaboutpromotion.C、Showhisappreciationofthewoman’swork.D、Exp
A、He’dliketoexchangeideaswithotherdoctors.B、Heisafraidofbeinginfectedbyhispatients.C、Hepreferstoputhispati
A、Itdoesn’tworkasexpected.B、Itcandoharmtochildren.C、Itcanfindoutseriousinjuries.D、Itcanprovideadetailedima
TopicOnOnlineCommunicationForthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledOnOnlineCommunicati
Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonhowtobesthandletherelationshipbetweenpare
Trytoimaginewhatitisliketolivewithoutelectricity.Itisboring,【C1】______onething—notelevision,noMP3player,novi
A、Speciesprotectionmethodsareeffective.B、Morepeoplearechangingtheirbehavior.C、Newenergysubstitutesarefoundforfu
随机试题
下列关于货币数据类型的叙述中,正确的是()。
在Word2003文档中对表格进行操作,当前插入点在表格中某行的最后一个单元格内,按Enter键后,则__________。()
患儿6岁,有服不沽食物史,高热6h,呕吐2次,惊厥1次,7月入院。体温40℃,面色苍白,四肢冷,脉细速,脑膜刺激征阴性,今日未排大便,7小时无尿。目前现存的护理诊断可除外
病例对照研究对照的选择不包括
长期大剂量应用糖皮质激素可引起的不良反应是
以下都是闭合性凹陷骨折的手术指征,除了
我国宪法修改必须由()。
下列试题基于以下题干:钟医生:“通常,医学研究的重要成果在杂志发表之前需要经过匿名评审,这需要耗费不少时间。如果研究者能放弃这段等待时间而事先公开其成果,我们的公共卫生水平就可以伴随着医学发现更快获得提高。因为新医学信息的及时公布将允许人们利用这些信息提
[*]
Whoistheintendedaudiencefortheadvertisement?
最新回复
(
0
)