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Everyone knows we can’t live a happy life without good health. As for students, we can’t study well if we don’t have enough sleep. Sleep is important to everyone as well as students. However, 1. start before 8:00am, which means that most students have to wake up at about 6:30am. This makes 2. almost impossible for teenagers to sleep for nine hours that the National Sleep Foundation(NSF, 国家爱睡眠基金会) suggested. Students’ health condition and their grades would 3. if teenagers could sleep for as long as the suggested number of hours.
4. to the NSF, it is normal for teenagers to go to bed late. Only about 15% of teenagers fall asleep 5. 10:45pm, about 5%go to bed about 10:45, and about 80% go to bed after 11:00pm. Many teenagers have sleeping problems.
What’s more, doctors say that lack(缺少) of sleep is the top health problem. If it is true, why can’t something be 6. to help students get more sleep? Studies show that teenagers who sleep for nine and a half hours are late for class less often and have 7. health problems.
Another benefit(益处) of starting classes later is that students’ grades would improve. Enough sleep helps students pay more attention to 8. their teachers say. And then they can have more chances to get better grades.
It is really important for teenagers to get enough sleep so that they may stay healthy and get good grades. To let students make it, classes do need to begin later.
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The Chinese are very generous with money when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless(不管) of how much this costs. Many also want their children to take after-school activities where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend a great deal of money on education. Even poor parents buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents should know their children’s different skills. They will usually be good in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children lack(缺乏) confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well. They are not teaching them the most important skills that can be helpful to their growth. These skills can also build their confidence.
Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence.
An old machine, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious. If he spends hours looking at it, and trying to mend it, your child might become an engineer when he grows up. It is better to do such than teach a child to read a book. These activities can teach them to think, and to use their minds.
How Chinese parents should 1. their children
Common practice | Being 2. with money when it comes to education. Sending them to the 3. schools at home or even abroad. Making them take after-school activities in order to 4. them a head start in life. Spending 5. money on education. |
Bad results | Children are not_6. _ |
Suggested ideas | Teaching their children 7. skills, which are the most important. Cooking. Sewing. Other housework. Repairing a 8. radio or TV. |
9. results | Making the children hardworking and confident. Teaching the children to think and to use their 10. . |