【高二 拓展阅读-教育】Practical Tips for Parenting Teens

PracticalTipsforParentingTeensTeensspendalotoftimeonline.Infact,accordingtoCommonSenseMedia,theyspendnearlyone-thirdoftheirdayconsumingmedia.AccordingtoasurveybyKasperskyLab,manyparentsaren’tawareofwhattheirkidsaredoingonline.Fortunately,therearesomewaystostayconnectedandkeepkidssafe.1.Beginconversationsearly.There'snotimelikethepresenttobeginspeakingwithyourkidsabouttheironlinebehaviours.Theseconversationsneedtobeapriorityandoccurregularly.Remember,teensspendmorethanathirdoftheirdayonline,soit'simperativethatwetaketimetoprovideparentalguidancetohelpthemnavigatethevirtualworld2.Staycurrentwithwhat'strending.Parentsoftenreportthattheyfeelliketheylackthetechnicalskillstokeepupwiththeirchild'sonlinebehaviours,butrespectfully,I'dsaythat’ssimplynottrue.It'seasytoreadparentingposts,setupInternetalertsandstayontopofthetechnologicaltrendsoftheday.Youdon'tneedtobeanITexperttobeintheloopandkeepcurrentregardingwhatyourkiddoesonline.Also,therearemanyorganisationsthatofferassistanceandresourcestohelpparentsfeellessintimidated（e怯的）andmoreconnected3.ScourtheInternet.ConductrandomInternetsearchesofyourkid'sfullnameandnicknamesalongwiththelocation，likeresidentialstateorcity，toseeifyoupullupanysurprisinginformation.Also，checkforimagesandvideosincaseyourkidwastaggedinapostheorshedidn’tknowabout.Ifyoufindinappropriatecontent，workwithyourteentogetitremovedimmediately.Ifneedbe，contacttheserviceprovidertohelptakedownthecontent.4.Setupsafepasswords.Teachyourkidtosetupsafepasswordscontaininguppercase（大写字母）andlowercase（小写字母）letters，out-of-sequencenumbersandspecialcharacters.Teachthemtoneversharetheirpasswordwithanyoneotherthanaparent；andtheyshouldneverusethesamepasswordforalloftheiraccounts5.Teachthebasics.Kidsshouldunderstandthatdeviceownershipcomeswithahighlevelofresponsibility.Agreatruleofthumb（经验之谈）isforteenstotreatotherswiththesamerespectandkindnessonlineastheywouldoffline.Weliveinadayandagewherekidsneedourhelpunderstandingthecomplexitiesofinteractingsociallyonlineandoffline.Andtheywantourhelpperhapsmorethanwemayevenknow.ReadingComprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerforeachquestion.1.HowmuchtimedoteenagersspendonmediaeverydayaccordingtoCommonSenseMedia?A.Morethanone-thirdoftheirday.B.Nearlythirteenhoursaday.C.Morethanafourthoftheirday.D.Almostthewholeday.2.Whichofthefollowingneedstobeapriorityandoccurregularlyaccordingtothearticle?A.Conversationswithkidsabouttheiranxiety.B.Conversationswithkidsabouttheirperformance.C.Conversationswithkidsabouttheironlinebehaviours.D.Conversationswithkidsabouttheirlearningsituation.3.Whichofthefollowingisnotaneasywayforparentstokeepupwiththeirchild’sonlinebehaviours?A.Readingparentingposts.B.SettingupInternetalerts.C.BecominganITexpert.D.Stayingontopofthetechnologicaltrendsoftheday.4.Safepasswordsshouldcontain________.A.uppercaseandlowercaseletters.B.simpleChinesecharacters.C.specialpunctuation.D.in-sequencenumbers.5.WhichofthefollowingtipsisNOTmentionedinthisarticle?A.ScourtheInternet.B.Reportinappropriatebehaviours.C.Setupsafepasswords.D.Staycurrentwithwhat'strending.Vocabulary基础词surveyn.调查；测验记联想记忆：surve（看作serve，服务）+y→前期调查为后期工作服务→调查搭samplesurvey抽样调查awareadj.识到的，知道的；觉察到的记词根记忆：a（表加强）+ware（注视）→一直注视→意识到的搭beawareof/that…意识到…fortunatelyadv.幸运地；幸亏记词根记忆：for（运气）+unate+ly（…地）→幸运地regularlyadv.有规律地；经常地英oftenlackv.缺乏；没有n.缺乏；短缺的东西搭lack（or）nothing没有欠缺belackof缺乏technicaladj.技术（上）的；技巧的；技能的英connectedwithknowledgeofhowmachinesworktrendn.趋势；倾向；走向记联想记忆：《时尚》杂志就叫TREND搭upwardtrend上升趋势assistancen.帮助，协助；援助记词根记忆：as（表加强）+sist（站）+ance（表名词）→站起来帮助别人→帮助removev.去除，移开；开除；免除，解除（职务）；迁移，搬迁记词根记忆：re（相反）+move（移动）→往反方向移动→移开例Thebossremovedhisnamefromconsideration.老板把自己排除在考虑的范围之外。contactvt./n.联络；联系（某人）；接触记词根记忆：con（表加强）+tact接触）→接触Shecontactsherparentsoccasionally.她偶尔会和父母联系。accountn.（银行等）账户；账目；计算；说明；理由；叙述v.认为；说明；总计有记词根记忆：ac+count（计算）→账目搭abankaccount一个银行账户accountfor（在数量、比例方面）占；导致；解释ownershipn.所有权，产权记词根记忆：owner（拥有者）+ship（资格）所有权搭landownership土地所有权Vocabulary进阶词imperativeadj.追切的，重要紧急的；必要的；命令的；祈使的n.重要紧急的事，必要的事英extremelyimportantandneedtobedoneordealtwithimmediately记词根记忆：imper命令）+ative（有…性质的）→命令的navigatev.绕过；航行，横渡（海、河等）；导航；设法完成；浏览，访问记词根记忆：nav（船）+ig（走）+ate（表动词）开船走→航行例Researchershavefoundthatmigratinganimalsuseavarietyofinnercompassestohelpthemnavigate.研究人员发现，迁徙的动物通过各种体内“指南针”来实现导航。virtualadj.（通过计算机软件）模拟的，虚拟的；实际上的，事实上的英madetoappeartoexistbytheuseofcomputersoftwareforexampleontheInternet搭virtualmemory虚拟内存virtuallibrary虚拟图书馆scourvt.四处搜寻，细查；擦洗，擦亮；冲刷出，冲刷成英tosearchaplaceorthingthoroughlyinordertofindsb/sth记发音记忆：“四call”→连打四个电话（call）→四处搜寻例Rescuecrewshadscouredtheareaandtheyfoundnoclueofthemissinggirl.救援人员搜遍了这个区域，没有发现那个失踪女孩的一点儿踪迹。randomadj.随机的，任意的n.随机，随意记词根记忆：ran（跑）+dom（表名词）可以在各个领域跑任意的搭randomprocess随机过程atrandom随意地，任意地residentialadj.居佳的，住宅的；寄宿的搭residentialhousing住宅residentialschool寄宿学校inap