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Do you enjoy seeing the stars twinkling at night ? Or do you love the ocean and sea, diving and racing with lovely dolphins? With heavy burdens on their shoulders, teenagers find it hard to pull out. Even if they are free, they prefer to occupy themselves with computer games or watching TV. How to get children away from screens is a great concern for parents. Now there is some good news for those concerned parents and teachers.
A campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.
The newly formed Wild Network – a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations – is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screen and into fields, woods and parks.
Organizers say it is the UK's biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well–being.
A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will herald the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature.
Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS sustainable development unit.
Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said: "The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down, roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost."
Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers(板栗), camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.
From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.
This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were entreated to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don't You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to "switch off your TV set, and go do something less boring instead".
小题1:What is the main purpose of the campaign in UK?A．To save 30 minutes for watching TV programme each day.B．To encourage children to play outdoors.C．To see the documentary film, Project Wild Thing.D．To teach students how to learn more efficiently in schools.小题2:According to the organizers of Wild Network, there will be many advantages from the campaign except _______.A．improving health conditionsB．keeping touch with natureC．learning more about wildlifeD．teaching children how to make full use of their spare time小题3:The underlined part “ to get children muddy and bright-eyed ” means “_______ ”.A．to make children covered with mudB．to urge politicians to do more things for childrenC．to encourage children to take part in outdoors activitiesD．to help children identify common species小题4:Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A．A new campaign.B．Less screen, more play outdoors.C．A newly formed Wild Network. D．Children get to know wild things. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B 解析
英国正在发起一个活动，鼓励孩子们每天用半个小时的上网时间去参加户外活动。
小题1:B主旨大意题。第一段所说就是本文的主旨：活动的目的旨在鼓励孩子们每天用半个小时的上
网时间去参加户外活动。故B正确。
小题2:D细节理解题。第三段“it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well–being”说
该活动“有助于改善健康，使人精力充沛，增加幸福感”， 据此判断A项正确。第六段“The tragic truth
is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down,
roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species
has been lost.”说“令人感觉不妙是，在这一代人中，孩子失去了与大自然和户外接触的机会。孩子们
的户外活动时间减少，活动范围急剧缩小，活动水平下降，识别常见生物的能力丧失”，据此判断BC
项正确。
小题3:C词义猜测题。“muddy”原意是“使沾上泥泥巴”，那么“让孩子们沾上泥泥巴”意思就是“让孩子们去参加野外活动”。故C正确。
小题4:B主旨大意题。选项A“一次新的运动”其概念过于宽泛；CD选项都是细节，不能概括主题。只有B选项最为贴切“多多离开荧屏，多多参加户外活动”。 考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Do you enjoy seeing .....”主要考查你对 [新闻报道类阅读 ]考点的理解。
新闻报道类阅读
新闻报道类阅读的概念：
阅读理解的选材明显地呈现出关注实际生活的趋势，这种趋势与当前基础教育改革的目标是一致的，而中学生学习语言的根本目标与基础教育学会求知，学会做事，学会合作，学会做人的目标是一致的，真实新颖的选材对基础英语教学课程改革具有重要的反作用。
新闻报道类阅读理解技巧点拨：
新闻报道类类文章有一共同特点，即都是由标题（Headline）、导语（Lead）、主体（Mainbody）、背景（Background）和结尾（End）五部分构成。标题是新闻报道中心思想高度而又精辟的概括；导语位于新闻报道的首段，高度概括新闻事实；主体则对导语概括的新闻事实进行详细叙述；新闻背景是指新闻事实之外，对新闻事实或新闻事实的某个部分进行解释或补充的材料；结尾往往是新闻事件的结果或动态展望，也是中心思想的概括并常常与新闻导语相呼应。
新闻报道中的导语非常重要，它位于文章的第一段，通过它点出新闻的主题，五个W和一个H(When,Where,Who,What,Why和How)通常是构成一则完整消息不可缺少的要素。文章往往呈现出“倒金字塔”的特征，因此读懂首句或首段至关重要。
另外，从句的使用也是此类文章的一大语言特色，因为从句信息量大，适合新闻报道的要求。此外，大量的副词和插入语的使用也是此类文章的特点。为使文章更客观、更具信服力，常用The study said…, Scientists believe that…Experts said…, It's reported that…, According to the survey…等语言。同事在阅读过程中，我们要对材料所提供信息如when, where, who, how, why等进行提问，将信息迅速提炼出来。
新闻报道类阅读应试策略：
【命题趋势】
阅读理解的选材明显地呈现出关注实际生活的趋势，这种趋势与当前基础教育改革的目标是一致的，而中学生学习语言的根本目标与基础教育学会求知，学会做事，学会合作，学会做人的目标是一致的，真实新颖的选材对基础英语教学课程改革具有重要的反作用。时文报道就在文章中体现了这一要求。主要表现在以下几个方面：
1、反映海内外事件，文章结构严谨，内容贴近生活，用现代英语反映现代生活。
2、如果是新闻报道，都有比较固定的写作格式，如文首通常有报道的地点或时间，第一句话常常是文章的导语，有助于了解文章的大致内容和主题。
3、如果是新闻报道则是记叙文，有地点、时间、人物、事物等要素。
4、有许多大量反映当代社会变化的新词汇和表达方式。
5、命题既重细节，又重推理和主旨。
6、大背景中的小事件，大事件中的小插曲往往是选材的热点。
【应试对策】
1、在平时学习中，关注生活，阅读新闻报道和广告类文章、把阅读时事文章作为学习英语的重要途径。
2、了解新的词汇和表达方式。如：tsunami海啸，MP3players(MP3)播放器，well_offsociety小康社会等。
3、抓住文章主题，准确捕捉细节和内涵，进行合理的推理。
4、品味新闻的标题，联系平时所积累的知识，为了解材料大意作铺垫。
5、了解新闻报道的特殊规律，其内容和多含何人、何地、何事、何时等，阅读时要抓住新闻的这一主要特点去理解判断。
6、要注意文中以黑体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是材料的核心或至少是一部分内容的概括。
