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原创外刊改编语法填空题打卡Day9

Children'sreading:agiftthatshouldbeforall

From:TheGuardian

Anxietiesaboutchildrenandreadingarenotunusual,butnewsthatfewerthanhalfof

thoseagedbetweeneightand18admittoactuallyenjoyingit-the1(low)level

since2005-shouldraisearedflag.Thesurvey,conductedbytheNationalLiteracyTrust

aheadofWorldBookDaylastThursday,alsorevealedaworryingpictureofgrowing

inequality.

Onein10of3,000parentsandcarersinterviewedacrosstheUKsaidtheyweretoo

stressedtoreadtotheirchildbecauseofeconomicpressures,doublingtonearlyoneinfive

amongthosewhodescribedthemselvesasstrugglingflnancially.Meanwhile,20%saidthey

werespendinglessonbooksfortheirchildrenasaresultofthecostoflivingcrisis,risingto

36%amongthoseinfinancialdifficulty.

Thisgap2(throw)intosharpreliefbysalesdataforthelastyear,released

bymarketanalystsNielsenBookScan,whichrevealeda15%increaseintheoverallnumber

ofchildren'sbookssoldcomparedwith2019,thoughthatnumberhasfallenbackby1.2%in

thefirstmonthsofthisyear.Ifpoorerfamiliesarespendinglessofthe£445minvestedin

children'sreading,itfollowsthatricheronesmustbeinvestingmore.

TheWorldBookDaysurveywasnotalldoomandgloom:itquotedgovernmentdata

showingthatreadinglevelsroseslightlyinprimaryschoolsbetween2019and2022.But

successingettingachildtojumpthroughhoopsat10or11isonlyasmallpart

of3(equip)thatchildtobecomeahappyandwillingreader,withallthebenefits

thatreadinghabitsareknowntobring.

Sowhatistobedone?Atatimeoffinancialstress,librarieshaveakeyroletoplay.A

welcomesignthattheyaredoingsocamewithborrowingfiguresforlastyear.Forthefirst

timein14years,achildren'sauthor-JuliaDonaldson,4(create)ofThe

Gruffalo-toppedthelendingcharts,withfiveothersinthetop10.Librariesare

5childrenofallagesgotochoosebooksforthemselves,asopposed

tobookshops,whereparentalbudgets,andtastes,inevitablyimpinge.

ThedominanceofMsDonaldson,andhercollaboratorAxelScheffler,wasnotdueto

6singlepicturebook.Becausetheyhavepublishedsomany,they

havecapitalisedonatruismofchildhoodreading:thatonceachildhasfalleninlovewitha

book,theywilldevouranythingelselikeit7isavailablewhilethecrushlasts.

Thisiswhytheborrowablebookissuchanimportantpartofthereadingecology.Yet

librarieshavelongbeeninthefrontlineofcutstopublicservices,andthoseinschoolshave

faredworstofall.WhileprisonsintheUKarelegallyobliged8(have)libraries,

primaryschoolsarenot.Theresult,accordingtoonesurvey,isthatoneinsevenhaveno

libraryspaceatall.ThisdisadvantageisskewedtowardsthenorthofEngland,where

children'sreadingattainmentat10and11isalreadylower.

Aschildren'slaureatein2021,theauthorCressidaCowellwroteanopenlettertothe

thenprimeminister,BorisJohnson,calling9aringfencedannual

10(invest)of£100mayearinprimaryschoollibraries.Herdemandshouldbe

takenseriously,asitdirectlyaddressestheneedsofchildrenmostbadlyaffectedbythecost

oflivingcrisis.

原创外刊改编语法填空题打卡Day9

Children'sreading:agiftthatshouldbeforall

From:TheGuardian

Anxietiesaboutchildrenandreadingarenotunusual,butnewsthatfewerthanhalfof

thoseagedbetweeneightand18admittoactuallyenjoyingit-thelowest(low)levelsince

2005-shouldraisearedflag.Thesurvey,conductedbytheNationalLiteracyTrustahead

ofWorldBookDaylastThursday,alsorevealedaworryingpictureofgrowinginequality.

Onein10of3,000parentsandcarersinterviewedacrosstheUKsaidtheyweretoo

stressedtoreadtotheirchildbecauseofeconomicpressures,doublingtonearlyoneinfive

amongthosewhodescribedthemselvesasstrugglingfinancially.Meanwhile,20%saidthey

werespendinglessonbooksfortheirchildrenasaresultofthecostoflivingcrisis,risingto

36%amongthoseinfinancialdifficulty.

Thisgapwasthrown(throw)intosharpreliefbysalesdataforthelastyear,releasedby

marketanalystsNielsenBookScan,whichrevealeda15%increaseintheoverallnumberof

children'sbookssoldcomparedwith2019,thoughthatnumberhasfallenbackby1.2%in

thefirstmonthsofthisyear.Ifpoorerfamiliesarespendinglessofthe£445minvestedin

children'sreading,itfollowsthatricheronesmustbeinvestingmore.

TheWorldBookDaysurveywasnotalldoomandgloom:itquotedgovernmentdata

showingthatreadinglevelsroseslightlyinprimaryschoolsbetween2019and2022.But

successingettingachildtojumpthroughhoopsat10or11isonlyasmallpartofequipping

(equip)thatchildtobecomeahappyandwillingreader,withallthebenefitsthatreading

habitsareknowntobring.

Sowhatistobedone?AtatimeofHnancialstress,librarieshaveakeyroletoplay.A

welcomesignthattheyaredoingsocamewithborrowingfiguresforlastyear.Forthefirst

timein14years,achildren'sauthor-JuliaDonaldson,creator(create)ofTheGruffalo-

toppedthelendingcharts,withfiveothersinthetop10.Librariesarewherechildrenofall

agesgotochoosebooksforthemselves,asopposedtobookshops,whereparentalbudgets,

andtastes,inevitablyimpinge.

ThedominanceofMsDonaldson,andhercollaboratorAxelScheffler,wasnotduetoa

singlepicturebook.Becausetheyhavepublishedsomany,theyhavecapitalisedon

atruismofchildhoodreading:thatonceachildhasfalleninlovewithabook,they

willdevouranythingelselikeitthatisavailablewhilethecrushlasts.

Thisiswhytheborrowablebookissuchanimportantpartofthereadingecology.Yet

librarieshavelongbeeninthefrontlineofcutstopublicservices,andthoseinschoolshave

faredworstofall.WhileprisonsintheUKarelegallyobligedtohave(have)libraries,

primaryschoolsarenot.Theresult,accordingtoonesurvey,isthatoneinsevenhaveno

libraryspaceatall.ThisdisadvantageisskewedtowardsthenorthofEngland,where

children'sreadingattainmentat10and11isalreadylower.

Aschildren'slaureatein2021,theauthorCressidaCowellwroteanopenlettertothe

thenprimeminister,BorisJohnson,callingforaringfencedannualinvestment(invest)of

£100mayearinprimaryschoollibraries.Herdemandshouldbetakenseriously,asit

directlyaddressestheneedsofchildrenmostbadlyaffectedbythecostoflivingcrisis.

儿童阅读：所有孩子都应该拥有

对儿童阅读的担忧并不罕见，但有消息称，8岁至18岁的年轻人中，只有不到一半的

人真正可以享有阅读，这是自2005年以来的最低水平，应该给我们敲响了警钟。这项由英

国国家识字信托基金会，上周四，在世界读书日之前开展的调查还揭示了日益加剧的阅读不

平等现象，令人担忧。

在英国，接受采访的3000名父母和照看者中，十分之一的人表示，由于经济压力，他

们的压力太大，无法购买图书让孩子读书，而在自称经济困难的父母中，这一比例翻了一番，

达到近五分之一。同时，20%的父母表示，由于生活成本危机，他们减少了为孩子买书所需

的开支，在经济困难的父母中，这一比例上升至36%。

市场分析机构尼尔森图书扫描公司，发布的去年销售数据突显了这一差距。数据显示，

虽然在今年头几个月总销量下降了1.2%,但与2019年相比，儿童图书的总销量增长了15%o

家长投入在孩子阅读上的4.45亿英镑中，如果较贫穷的家庭投入的少，那么较富裕的家庭

肯定投入更多。

世界读书日调查也不完全是悲观的：该调查引用的政府数据显示，2019年至2022年期

间，小学学生的阅读水平略有上升。但是，让一个孩子在10岁或11岁时克服重重障碍，成

功地学会阅读，只是让他成为一个快乐、愿意读书的人的一小部分行动，而阅读习惯所带来

的所有好处都是众所周知的。

那么，我们应该做些什么呢？在家庭财政的紧张时期，图书馆发挥着关键作用。去年的

借阅数据是一个可喜的迹象，表明这些家庭的孩子正在这么做。儿童作家、《咕噜牛》的作

者朱莉娅•唐纳森14年来首次荣登借阅书籍榜首，其他5位作家也跻身前十。图书馆是各个

年龄段的孩子都可以为自己选择书籍的地方，而书店则不可避免地会受到父母的预算和品味

的影响。

唐纳森和她的合作者阿克塞尔•舍弗勒的在儿童读物方面的统治地位并非只源于一本图

画书。因为他们出版了很多书，其实他们运用了童年阅读的一个真理：一旦孩子爱上了一本

书，他们就会在对这本书迷恋持续的时间里，如饥似渴地阅读任何其他类似的书。

这就是为什么借阅书籍是阅读生态中这么重要的一部分。然而，图书馆长期以来一直处

于政府公共服务削减的前线，而这其中学校图书馆的情况最为糟糕。在英国，法律规定监狱

必须有图书馆，但小学却没有。根据一项调查，结果是七分之一的孩子根本没有图书馆可以

借阅。这种劣势在英格兰北部比较明显，那里的孩子在10岁和11岁时的阅读成绩较低。

作为2021年的儿童奖得主,作家克蕾西达•考威尔给时任首相鲍里斯•约翰逊写了一封公

开信，呼吁向小学图书馆每年投资1亿英镑。政府应该认真对待她的要求，因为这直接解决

了那些受生活成本危机影响最严重的儿童的阅读需求。

生词积累

throwsomethingintosharprelief

清楚地意识到某事；使某事清晰、明了；突出某事

jumpthroughhoops

克服种种障碍；（为取悦他人或达到目的而）经受苦难；作出很大努力

asopposedto

和••・相反；而不是；与.•・相对

impinge

v.侵犯；对...有明显作用（或影响）；妨碍

dominance

n,优势；控制；权势

truism

n.老生常谈；不言而喻的道理；自明之理

oblige

v.效劳；迫使

laureate

n.荣誉获得者；获奖者

ringfenced

adj.专款专用的

doomandgloom

令人沮丧的，悲观的

devour

V.吞食；吞吃；挥霍；如饥似渴地阅读

skew

v.歪曲；曲解；使不公允；影响...的准确性；有……倾向性

原创外刊改编语法填空题打卡Day10

Canexercisehelpbrainhealth?

From:TheGlobeandMail

Apairofstudiespublishedlastmonthwaswhiplash-inducing:first,amajorcritical

reviewsuggestingthathardevidenceforthebrain-boostingeffectsofexerciseisthinto

non-existent;andsecond,afewdayslater,a1(mass)studywithmorethana

quarter-millionsubjectsusingacutting-edgenewtechniquetoaffirmthatthebenefitsare,

indeed,real.Withtheduststillsettling,here'swherewestand.

Foryears,observationalstudies2(point)tothebenefitsofexercise

inwardingoffcognitivedecline.Takealargegroupofpeople,assesshowmuchtheyexercise

andthencheckbacktoseewhosecognitiveperformancehasdroppedfastest.

Onemeta-analysisfoundthatevenlow-to-moderateexerciselevelsreducedtherisk

ofsubsequentcognitiveimpairmentby35percent;anotherconcludedthatoneinseven

casesofAlzheimer'sdiseasecouldbepreventedbymeetingminimum

exerciserecommendationsof150minutesperweek.

Theproblemisthattheseobservationalstudiescan'tprovecausation.Maybeexercise

helpsthebrain.Ormaybethereareotherfactorsthataffectbothmindandbody:Perhaps

peoplewhoeatlotsofvegetablestendtoexercisealotandhavehealthybrains,forexample.

Abetteroptionforestablishingcausalityis3interventionstudy:Assignsome

peopletoexercisealotandotherstositaroundonthesofa,andseewhosebrainsfarebest.

Theseareverydifficultstudiestorun,sotheytendhavenotmanysubjectsandonlylastfor

afewmonthsoryearsatmost,limitingtheconclusionsthatcan4(draw).

Thenewcriticalreview,publishedinNatureHumanBehaviourbyateamof

researchersinSpainledbyLuisCiriaoftheUniversityofGranada,focusedonlyonthese

morerigorousinterventionstudies.Theyaggregatedtheresultsof109individualtrialswith

atotalof11,2665(participate),andadjustedtheresultstoaccount

6factorslikepublicationbias,whichcouldpredisposeresearchersto

notbotherpublishingnegativeresults.

Theresultswereunderwhelming.Even7themajorityofindividualtrials

hadfoundapositiveeffect,thepooledandadjustedresultsfoundonly“negligible“evidence

ofcognitivebenefits.^Importantly,ourstudydoesnotruleouttheexistenceoftheseeffects/9

Cirianotedinane-mail.66Itonlyconcludesthatthecurrentevidenceisnotstrongenoughto

drawconclusions."Still,hesuggestedthatorganizationsliketheWHOshouldrefrainfrom

citingbrainhealthasareasontoexerciseuntilbetterevidenceisavailable.

Itwasonthisbackdrop8agroupofresearchersfromCanada,

SwitzerlandandtheUnitedStates,includingMatthieuBoisgontieroftheUniversityof

Ottawa,publishedtheirownpaperinthejournalScientificReportsafewdayslater."We

say'Notsofast!’"explainsBoisgontier,“becausewedohaveadditionalcausalevidence

suggestinglifelongcognitivebenefitsofbothmoderateandvigorousphysicalactivity.”

Therandomizationeffectivelyoccursatbirth.Somepeoplearebornwithparticular

genevariantsthatpredisposethemtoexercisemoreoverthecourseoftheirlives.Thesegene

variantshavenoknowneffectoncognitivefunction,soifpeoplecarryingthesevariants

scorebetteroncognitivetests,itsuggeststhattheirhigherlevelsofexercisemadethe

difference.

Sureenough,thafswhattheresultsshowed.Inadatabaseof257,000peoplewho

hadundergonegeneticandcognitivetestingforapreviousstudy,thosewhohadgene

variantsassociatedwithhigherexerciselevelsscoredbetteronthecognitivetests.

9(interest),theeffectsofmoderateexercisewereabout50percentstronger

thanvigorousexercise,10(suggest)thatyoudon'tneedtopushyourself

toexhaustiontogainthebenefits.

原创外刊改编语法填空题打卡Day10

Canexercisehelpbrainhealth?

From:TheGlobeandMail

Apairofstudiespublishedlastmonthwaswhiplash-inducing:first,amajorcritical

reviewsuggestingthathardevidenceforthebrain-boostingeffectsofexerciseisthinto

non-existent;andsecond,afewdayslater,amassive(mass)studywithmorethana

quarter-millionsubjectsusingacutting-edgenewtechniquetoaffirmthatthebenefitsare,

indeed,real.Withtheduststillsettling,here'swherewestand.

Foryears,observationalstudieshavepointed(point)tothebenefitsofexercise

inwardingoffcognitivedecline.Takealargegroupofpeople,assesshowmuchtheyexercise

andthencheckbacktoseewhosecognitiveperformancehasdroppedfastest.

Onemeta-analysisfoundthatevenlow-to-moderateexerciselevelsreducedtherisk

ofsubsequentcognitiveimpairmentby35percent;anotherconcludedthatoneinseven

casesofAlzheimer'sdiseasecouldbepreventedbymeetingminimum

exerciserecommendationsof150minutesperweek.

Theproblemisthattheseobservationalstudiescan'tprovecausation.Maybeexercise

helpsthebrain.Ormaybethereareotherfactorsthataffectbothmindandbody:Perhaps

peoplewhoeatlotsofvegetablestendtoexercisealotandhavehealthybrains,forexample.

Abetteroptionforestablishingcausalityisaninterventionstudy:Assignsomepeopleto

exercisealotandotherstositaroundonthesofa,andseewhosebrainsfarebest.Theseare

verydifficultstudiestorun,sotheytendhavenotmanysubjectsandonlylastforafew

monthsoryearsatmost,limitingtheconclusionsthatcanbedrawn(draw).

Thenewcriticalreview,publishedinNatureHumanBehaviourbyateamof

researchersinSpainledbyLuisCiriaoftheUniversityofGranada,focusedonlyonthese

morerigorousinterventionstudies.Theyaggregatedtheresultsof109individualtrialswith

atotalof11,266participants(participate),andadjustedtheresultstoaccountforfactors

likepublicationbias,whichcouldpredisposeresearcherstonotbotherpublishingnegative

results.

Theresultswereunderwhelming.EvenifZthoughthemajorityofindividualtrialshad

foundapositiveeffect,thepooledandadjustedresultsfoundonly“negligible“evidenceof

cognitivebenefits.^Importantly,ourstudydoesnotruleouttheexistenceoftheseeffects,“

Cirianotedinane-mail.66Itonlyconcludesthatthecurrentevidenceisnotstrongenoughto

drawconclusions.95Still,hesuggestedthatorganizationsliketheWHOshouldrefrainfrom

citingbrainhealthasareasontoexerciseuntilbetterevidenceisavailable.

ItwasonthisbackdropthatagroupofresearchersfromCanada,Switzerlandandthe

UnitedStates,includingMatthieuBoisgontieroftheUniversityofOttawa,publishedtheir

ownpaperinthejournalScientificReportsafewdayslater."Wesay'Notsofast!’”explains

Boisgontier,“becausewedohaveadditionalcausalevidencesuggestinglifelongcognitive

benefitsofbothmoderateandvigorousphysicalactivity.”

Therandomizationeffectivelyoccursatbirth.Somepeoplearebornwithparticular

genevariantsthatpredisposethemtoexercisemoreoverthecourseoftheirlives.Thesegene

variantshavenoknowneffectoncognitivefunction,soifpeoplecarryingthesevariants

scorebetteroncognitivetests,itsuggeststhattheirhigherlevelsofexercisemadethe

difference.

Sureenough,thafswhattheresultsshowed.Inadatabaseof257,000peoplewho

hadundergonegeneticandcognitivetestingforapreviousstudy,thosewhohadgene

variantsassociatedwithhigherexerciselevelsscoredbetteronthecognitivetests.

Interestingly(interest),theeffectsofmoderateexercisewereabout50percentstrongerthan

vigorousexercise,suggesting(suggest)thatyoudon'tneedtopushyourselftoexhaustionto

gainthebenefits.

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