A Powerful Influence

There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet, hardly (1) ______ doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are (2) ________ to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be (3) ________ to their children. Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time (4) ________ their computers?

Obviously; if children are bent over their computers for hours, (5) ________in some game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the child should (6) ______ of the Internet, and the child should give his or her (7) ______ that it won’t interfere with homework. If the child is not (8) ______to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic (9) ______ dealing with a child's use of the Internet is not much different from (10) ______ any other soft of bargain about behaviour.

Any parent who is (11) ______ alarmed about a child's behaviour should make an appointment to (12)______ the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the screen does not (13) ______ affect a child's performance at school. Even if a child is (14) ______ crazy about using the Internet，he or she is probably just (15) ______through a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about!

詞匯：

drastic 嚴厲的，極端的

phase 階段，時期

arrangement 安排

注釋：

1. ... make a huge difference ... :……造成巨大改變…

2. ... children are bent over their computers for hours ... : bend over: ……埋頭苦干，孩子們在電腦上花費了數小時......

練習：

1. A) always B) rarely C) never D) ever

2. A) worried B) concerned C) curious D) hopeful

3. A) harming B) harmful C) hurting D) hurtful

4. A) staring at B) glancing at C) looking D) watching

5. A) supposed B) occupied C) interested D) absorbed

6. A) do B) have C) make D) create

7. A) word B) promise C) vow D) claim

8. A) holding B) sticking C) following D) accepting

9. A) rules B) procedures C) regulation D) steps

10. A) dealing B) negotiating C) having D) arranging

11. A) widely B) heavily C) seriously D) broadly

12. A) speak B) discuss C) talk D) debate

13. A) possibly B) necessarily C) probably D) consequently

14. A) absolutely B) more C) quite D) a lot

15. A) going B) passing C) travelling D) walking

School Lunch

Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat (1) __ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2) __meals at lunchtime. Children can (3) __ to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.

One shocking (4) __ of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (5) __ for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (6) __ of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (7) __by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate bars. Children (8) _ twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime.

The research will provide a better (9) __ of why the percentage of overweight students in Britain has (10) __in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot(11) __ parents, but it can remind them of the (12) __value of milk, fruit and vegetables. Small changes in their children's diet can (13) __their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (14) __ at this age, and parents are the only ones who can (15) __it.

詞匯：

Canteen 食堂，小賣部 starchy (食物)含有大量淀粉的

注釋：

1. ... twice as much sugar as ... ：……2倍的糖分……

2. it can remind them of the ... ：提醒他們關于……

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