A. The format of magazines enables children to be exposed to a wide variety of subjects. B. Magazines and newspapers provide adults with critical news. C. Being exposed to magazines and newspapers benefits you a lot. D. Keep interesting magazine pictures to give children story ideas. E. Magazines are valuable assets for many people, but in particular to children. F. Magazines and newspapers are expensive now but out of style. |
Magazine Articles: More Valuable Than You May Think
Parents are often surprised when teachers suggest their children read magazines. Read on to learn about the benefits that reading magazines offers to young readers and how to introduce your children to the medium.
Magazine Benefits
Magazine articles can provide reluctant readers with a lively, breezy writing style that can inspire them to read more.
The articles in magazines are generally short, which allows a child to finish reading a feature article without losing interest due to a short attention span. The writing in magazines also tends to be easy to read, especially if it is a children's publication.
By allowing your child to read magazines at an early age, you are encouraging development of a useful skill.(1) Getting into the habit of reading periodicals as a child will foster the habit of reading news articles that may continue into adulthood.
(2) Magazine articles challenge students to think about issues they may have never considered or cause them to rethink their world view. Information is available in a wide variety of reading levels because magazines are written for every audience imaginable. Many publications cover the same material in different writing styles that might make it easier for your child to comprehend.
Magazine Activities
Reading magazines as a family can be used to introduce each other to the various interests that each family member possesses. When your children are finished with their magazines, encourage them to pass their issue on to a sibling or other family member.
Once each family member has finished reading each magazine, you can use them for art and writing projects. These projects are for family members of all ages:
1. Cut out pictures to help your preschool and kindergarten children learn their alphabet, numbers, and colors.
2. (3) Paste the picture at the top of a page and have them write a story about what is happening or what the picture represents.
3. Clip pictures to create a collage. Many teenagers love using their artistic talents to collage.
(4) The skills that students utilize and strengthen when reading magazines can be applied to higher level reading and other academic subjects. Encouraging your child to read by giving them a magazine subscription could cause them to take the leap from being a reluctant reader to a voracious page﹣turner.
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根据对话内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways.1 .Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.
You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. ____2_____. Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process._____3______.
The following methods may work best for you.
●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.
●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.
●Write your notes in your own words.
●_____4_____.
●Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.
As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time._____5_____.
A.Use words , not complete sentences. |
B.There are three practical note-taking methods. |
C.You must write your notes on separate paper. |
D.Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later. |
E. You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.
F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.
G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.
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My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard. 1Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.
My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 2She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.
3Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. 4 She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.
Often she says to us, “Work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 5This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.
A. She enjoys listening to classic music. B. She loves her students and cares for them. C. Can you tell us something about your mother? D. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind. E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money. F. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals. G. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort. |
A.Nokia6010
Price: $24.99 Color display: Yes
Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: No 2way text messaging: Yes
Talk time: Up to 330 minutes
Standby time: Up to 240 hours Weight: 5.08 ounces
Dimensions: 4.68″×1.97″×0.90″
Games: Backgammon, Bowling, Air glide, and Sky diver plus downloadable Java games
B.MotorolaC650 (Camera phone)
Price: $99.99 Color display: Yes
Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: Yes 2way text messaging: Yes
Talk time: Up to 210 minutes
Standby time: Up to 215 hours Weight: 3.10 ounces
Games: Downloadable games
C.SamsungV1660 on Sprint PCS
Price: Free Color display: Yes
Wireless Internet ready: Yes
2way text messaging: Yes
Talk time: Up to 204 minutes
Standby time: Up to 168 hours Weight: 3.54 ounces
Memory locations: 200 entry phonebook
D.MotorolaSLVRL7
Price: $206.4 Color display: Yes
Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: Yes 2way text messaging: Yes
Talk time: Up to 450 minutes
Standby time: Up to 345 hours Weight: 3.39 ounces
Dimensions: 4.45″×1.93″×0.45″
Games: Enjoy preloaded J2ME games or downloadable games
E.Nokia8010
Price: $124.99 Color display: Yes
Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: No 2way text messaging: Yes
Talk time: Up to 330 minutes
Standby time: Up to 240 hours Weight: 4.08 ounces
Dimensions: 3.68″×1.27″×0.70″
Games: Downloadable games
F.KyoceraSE47 slider on version wireless
Price: $149.99 Color display: Yes
Wireless Internet ready: Yes
Digital camera: No 2way text messaging: Yes
Talk time: Up to 210 minutes
Standby time: Up to 100 hours Weight: 3.39 ounces
Memory locations: 200 entry phonebook
以下是五个人的信息介绍。请将这五个人与他们需要的最佳款式的手机匹配起来。Susan is at a middle school.Her parents want to buy her a cheaper cell phone without games installed.
Mike intends to buy a phone with longer talk time and standby time and it can not be expensive.
Jane is at college.She would like to buy a phone which can slide the face up to make a call, and slide it down when you're done and it has to be light.
George would like to have a cheaper phone with digital camera.
Tom only buys Nokia.He lost one and he wants to buy another which is smaller.
Scientists often see the first ten years of a child’s life as the “window of opportunity.” And studies show that the following activities can benefit their brain greatly.
Free playtime has always been an important part of “being a kid”, but it is also important to a child’s development. “Free play” not only helps kids develop different skills, it also helps them develop into happy healthy adults in the future.
Read with kids
Reading has long been known to improve children’s intelligence. For parents who don’t have much time, just surrounding your kids with books goes a long way too.
Put kids to bed earlyPreschool children should get at least eleven hours of sleep and kids up to age 12 should try to get at least ten hours of sleep.
Learn a second language
Early studies in this field have shown that bilingual (双语的) kids can perform better under pressure. Young children can learn new languages with nearly perfect fluency (流利) and pronunciation.
Praise good effort not intelligence.
Your kids may be smart but you should mainly praise the effort they put into tasks. Kids, who are praised on intelligence, often feel it is a fixed quality, and mistakes or failures badly hurt their self-confidence. Kids who are praised on effort often focus more on learning.
A.Play some helpful games. |
B.Give them enough playtime. |
C.And they are not afraid to fail and try again. |
D.Kids still need time away from the TV to do homework. |
E. Kids who read often develop earlier writing and number skills as well.
F. Everything at this time is very important to the development of a person’s brain.
G. Studies show that kids with regular bedtimes are better at languages, math and reading.
The speed and convenience of modern travel means that destinations that used to take a long time to travel to can now be reached quickly and easily. Even though” faraway” countries may now seem closer thanks to air travel, they may still be different from your home country.Following are some fundamental rules that will make communication easier, and your trip more enjoyable.
If you don not know the word for something in local language, or can not make yourself understood verbally, try drawing a picture, or pointing to an object.
Avoid topics of conversation that you think may be sensitive..Feel free to show interest in the history and customs of the place you are visiting, but don’t ask too many questions about why things are done a certain way; you may offend the local people.
Kissing on the street or in public places is unacceptable behavior and should be avoided. If you are unsure of how to behave, watch the local people and copy them---if they don’t behave in a certain way, you probably shouldn’t either.
Finally, if you are traveling on business, or plan to stay with a host to family, and you wish to take a gift, do some research. . One of the easiest ways to offend somebody is to give the wrong gift.
Wherever you go in the world, always be tolerant of the local customs. Avoid being critical; try instead to show respect for the values of the country you are in, even if you do not necessarily agree with them
A.Keep in mind that in many cultures, display affection in public is considered taboo. |
B.Consider the main lifestyle of the country you plan to visit. |
C.Never raise your voice in order to make yourself understood. |
D.If a topic is sensitive in your own culture, it will more than likely be the same in other cultures. |
E.The idea of the perfect gift varies greatly from country to country.
F.The opening of gifts is also treated very differently around the world.
G.Therefore, it is important to adapt your behavior not to offend the local people.