时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语时差8,16


英语课

Yaël: Hey Don, what was your favorite subject in grade school? Science, right? Don: I loved science, but my favorite part of school was definitely recess 1. Y: Really? I always thought of you as being a kind of studious kid. D: Oh, I was. I loved learning. But recess was the best. I don't really remember exactly what I learned in third grade, but I vividly 2 remember running around outside during playtimes. And the thing is, recess is important for learning. Many studies have shown that taking breaks helps improve memory and brain function. Whether its kids playing during recess or adults taking a coffee break at work, learning happens best when it's broken up into chunks 3 instead of happening over one long, continuous period. Another way to put it is that during learning, the brain needs periodic rests to replenish 4 chemicals important for forming long-term memories. Y: OK, but if taking breaks is so important, then why have so many elementary schools shortened recess or gotten rid of it completely over the past decade? D: Well, it's not because recess isn't valuable for learning. Many schools are under pressure to reach certain performance standards in math and reading. So administrators 5 often cut recess in order to cram 6 in more instruction and class work. But that goes against the bulk of the scientific data that suggest recess helps improve learning. Plus, not surprisingly, free play and physical activity have been shown to be good for kids' mental, social, and physical health. Y: So schools should probably increase recess time, not cut it. D: That's true, according to science.



1 recess
n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处)
  • The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
  • Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
2 vividly
adv.清楚地,鲜明地,生动地
  • The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
  • The characters in the book are vividly presented.这本书里的人物写得栩栩如生。
3 chunks
厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 ); (某物)相当大的数量或部分
  • a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
  • Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大,还能再切小一点吗?
4 replenish
vt.补充;(把…)装满;(再)填满
  • I always replenish my food supply before it is depleted.我总是在我的食物吃完之前加以补充。
  • We have to import an extra 4 million tons of wheat to replenish our reserves.我们不得不额外进口四百万吨小麦以补充我们的储备。
5 administrators
n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 );有管理(或行政)才能的人;(由遗嘱检验法庭指定的)遗产管理人;奉派暂管主教教区的牧师
  • He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员,但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
  • Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
6 cram
v.填塞,塞满,临时抱佛脚,为考试而学习
  • There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
  • The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的,再也挤不进去人了。
学英语单词
additive congruence
afterwardsness
Algairen, Sa.de
art up
aseptic filling
askarels
Baird, Bil and Cora
blower trunk
borandjik
cervical ridge
chloroplast containing tissue
Christide
close-croppeds
combined-cycles
completion program
coronation anthems
corundum cloth
crop capacity
defective probability distribution
delivery air chamber
dipping latex
directed flowgraph
display cycle
duck bill pliers
elolas
evaluate
fascia superficialis perinel
fast as a hare
feeding disc
ferruginous concretion
gain dispersion
galanas
generic wines
governmentalizing
gozzo
Great Falls
Guarumal, B.
heat insulating washer
Holboellia chapaensis
hot launch
impressures
jackplug
kyst
lawn care
liquid level sensor
lunge line
marris
marverer
meta-bituminite
milltailings
mince(d) pie
N-dense
Naranjal, R.
non-address memory
olivine-pigeonite achondrite (ureilite)
ousman
overshop
Physocladia
pilot book
pine weevil
Pravoberezhnyy Rayon
purdahs
pyroelectric
quaternation
resist sagging
Rockwell Hardness Testing
rounding knife
rubai
schapiro
section lining
semi-differential polarography
separable metric space
shithouse
shunt chopper
sirred
sling chin music
spiegels
standard sera
Stokes's expectorant
São Francisco de Paula
technical submission
test tone deviation
thermofluid enamel
touch number
towage clause
trans-9-octadecenoic acid
transannular interaction
trogonophids
two-third point
ultrasonic viscometer
undecylenic alcohol
Usquert
V-Sul
vasticardium subrugosum
village house
viscerad
visual transmitter power
voltage stabilizing circuit
weak grade
what's his
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