3分鐘晨讀英語(yǔ)美文閱讀
3分鐘晨讀英語(yǔ)美文閱讀
隨著全球化與多元文化的發(fā)展，英語(yǔ)正躋身為一種國(guó)際語(yǔ)言被廣泛使用。下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編帶來(lái)的3分鐘晨讀英語(yǔ)美文閱讀，歡迎閱讀!
3分鐘晨讀英語(yǔ)美文閱讀篇一
Nation's rich have poor reputation
Wealthy Chinese do not have a good reputation, a survey by China Youth Daily and Sina.com has found.
Wealthy Chinese do not have a good reputation, a survey by China Youth Daily and Sina.com has found.
The poll, conducted last week, showed about 70 percent of 3,990 interviewees believe the well-off are immoral and not worthy of respect. Only 4 percent thought rich people are good, the survey said.
For the rich to become popular they need to do three things, the survey suggested.
First, they need to have a sense of social responsibility. Second, they need to be self disciplined, and third, they need to have a caring heart.
The number of people who make at least ,000 a year increases by 15 percent a year and, according to the China Economic Times, the country now has 1.5 million rich people.
The China Youth Daily and Sina.com survey found interviewees questioned how the rich became rich in the first place.
"Some rich people are thought to have accumulated their wealth through illegal means, such as bribery," said a post-graduate student at the Communication University of China.
Even so, the survey found wealthy people who abide by the law, have a sense of social responsibility and a caring heart, are respected.
The poll showed about 60 percent thought these kinds of wealthy people were worthy of respect.
The survey suggested many voters were much better disposed toward rich people from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Western economies - rather than the mainland.
Hong Kong property tycoon Li Ka-shing was most highly regarded, followed by Bill Gates, mainland property tycoon Wang Shi and basketball player Yao Ming.
"Rich people on the mainland invest too little in charity and gain too much," a student from Beijing Sports University said.
Yu Guoming, a professor at Renmin University of China, called on the heads of Chinese companies to think and invest in a long-term way. "Corporate social responsibility is not only about charity, it also connects the company with the government and the public."
中國(guó)的富人們?nèi)绷诵┦裁?
(China Daily) 中國(guó)青年報(bào)和新浪網(wǎng)聯(lián)合開(kāi)展的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，中國(guó)富人的社會(huì)形象較差。
該項(xiàng)于上周開(kāi)展的民意調(diào)查顯示，在3990名受訪者中，有70%的人認(rèn)為富人道德低下，不值得尊重。僅有4%的人對(duì)富人持正面印象。
調(diào)查表明，中國(guó)富人身上最缺乏的三大品質(zhì)是社會(huì)責(zé)任感、自律精神和愛(ài)心。
據(jù)《中國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)時(shí)報(bào)》統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)，我國(guó)年收入至少5萬(wàn)美元的富裕人口數(shù)量以每年15%的速度增長(zhǎng)，目前已達(dá)150萬(wàn)人。
該調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，受訪者對(duì)富人的發(fā)家方式最為質(zhì)疑。
中國(guó)傳媒大學(xué)的一名研究生說(shuō)：“有些富人是通過(guò)受賄等不法手段來(lái)積聚財(cái)富的。”
即便如此，調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，一些合法致富、有社會(huì)責(zé)任感及有愛(ài)心的富豪還是深受人們尊敬的。
調(diào)查顯示，約60%的人認(rèn)為具備這些品質(zhì)的富人值得尊敬。
在投票調(diào)查中，港、澳、臺(tái)地區(qū)及國(guó)外的富豪得到的票數(shù)遠(yuǎn)多于大陸富豪。
香港房地產(chǎn)大亨李嘉誠(chéng)最受尊重，其次是比爾?蓋茨，大陸房地產(chǎn)大亨王石和籃球巨星姚明。
北京體育大學(xué)的一名學(xué)生說(shuō)：“中國(guó)大陸的富豪對(duì)慈善事業(yè)的貢獻(xiàn)太少，得到的太多。”
中國(guó)人民大學(xué)的喻國(guó)民教授認(rèn)為中國(guó)企業(yè)家們要有長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的眼光和戰(zhàn)略投資意識(shí)。“企業(yè)的社會(huì)責(zé)任不是單純的慈善，它還是聯(lián)系企業(yè)、政府和公眾的紐帶。”
3分鐘晨讀英語(yǔ)美文閱讀篇二
開(kāi)學(xué)了 給孩子一個(gè)好睡眠
Now that school has started, many parents find themselves struggling to shift their kids back to a working routine. As they shave off time for TV and the Internet to make way for schoolwork, parents may want to add extra for that other big contributor to success at school: sleep. Recent research on kids has connected the importance of sleep not only to cognition, but to behavior and mood as well.
Some researchers theorize that the REM, or rapid eye movement, phase of sleep is when the brain produces and consolidates neural networks for memory and cognition. It's a kind of "formatting of the brain," says Ralph Downey, an expert of sleep medicine at Loma Linda University and Children's Hospital in Southern California and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Before the age of 6, a typical child will require between 12 and 13 hours of sleep per night, says Judith Owens, associate professor of pediatrics at Brown University and a noted expert on childhood sleep disorders. At age 6, 10 to 11 hours are needed. While the amount of sleep necessary drops once kids reach adolescence, Owens notes, "they still need at least nine hours under ideal circumstances."
What if they come up short? A sleep-deprived child's reaction is often different from the low energy and sleepiness experienced by adults. "Reducing the amount of hours a child sleeps manifests itself in the child becoming wired and hyperexcitable--exhibiting behavior similar to children with attention deficit disorder," says David Gozal, director of the pediatric sleep program at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Kids' emotions may become erratic, says Gozal, and they may be less apt to listen or pay attention. Researchers at the University of Montreal report that a study of young children showed that those who slept significantly fewer hours than the recommended 10 were more hyperactive and impulsive than those who got plenty of shuteye and scored lower on two cognitive skills tests.
"Our results indicate that a modest but chronic reduction of just one hour of sleep nightly in early childhood can affect the child's cognitive performance at school entry," says Dominique Petit, a sleep researcher and coauthor of the study. She thinks there's a critical period in early childhood when the lack of sleep is particularly detrimental to development, even if sleep habits improve later on.
But moving "lights out" earlier can be a big challenge. Mark Goetting, a sleep medicine specialist and medical director of the Sleep Health Center in Portage, Mich., offers some recommendations:
Create positive associations with going to bed. "Often, parents will say to a child, 'You can stay up as long as you're good,' or, 'If you don't do what I say, you're going to bed.' It's not healthy to associate going to bed with punishment," says Goetting. "Parents and children will begin to see bedtime as a power struggle." And, of course, both want to win.
Establish a wind-down period before bed. A routine (like reading stories) can let a child know that he's headed toward bedtime and can help him slow down.
Construct a bedroom environment that promotes sleep. "A bedroom should not be a terribly stimulating place," says Goetting. So move the televisions, bright lights, and toys.
When the kids sleep better, parents may notice a difference in their own quality of life, too. "Parents are definitely better rested themselves--their mood is better, they feel more alert--and are able to function better at home and at work," says Owens. "It really sends a positive ripple through the entire family."
(Agencies) 新學(xué)期開(kāi)始了，很多家長(zhǎng)正努力地把孩子拉回正軌。在讓看電視和上網(wǎng)讓位于家庭作業(yè)的同時(shí)，家長(zhǎng)們可能還想為孩子的學(xué)習(xí)進(jìn)步再添一大“砝碼”――睡眠。近日一項(xiàng)有關(guān)兒童的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，睡眠不僅和兒童的認(rèn)知表現(xiàn)有重要關(guān)系，而且會(huì)影響他們的行為和情緒。
一些研究人員提出，大腦在快速動(dòng)眼睡眠期會(huì)產(chǎn)生并鞏固形成記憶和認(rèn)知的神經(jīng)元。洛瑪?林達(dá)大學(xué)及南加州兒童醫(yī)院的睡眠藥物專家、美國(guó)睡眠藥物學(xué)會(huì)發(fā)言人拉爾夫?唐尼說(shuō)，這有點(diǎn)像大腦的一種“格式化”。布朗大學(xué)兒科學(xué)副教授、兒童睡眠問(wèn)題知名專家朱迪思?歐文斯說(shuō)，一個(gè)正常的孩子在六歲之前每天需要12至13個(gè)小時(shí)的睡眠。6歲的孩子每天需要10至11個(gè)小時(shí)的睡眠。他說(shuō)，盡管孩子到了青春期后所需的睡眠時(shí)間開(kāi)始減少，“但在理想狀況下，他們?nèi)孕枰辽倬艂€(gè)小時(shí)的睡眠”。
孩子睡眠不足會(huì)怎樣呢?孩子在睡眠不足時(shí)的反應(yīng)往往不同于成年人(在缺覺(jué)情況下)感到的精力不足與困乏?？纤萋芬姿咕S爾大學(xué)的兒童睡眠研究主任大衛(wèi)?格扎爾說(shuō)：“孩子在缺乏睡眠的情況下會(huì)變得很亢奮――他們此時(shí)的行為表現(xiàn)與多動(dòng)癥兒童類似。” 格扎爾說(shuō)，(在睡眠不足的情況下)，孩子的情緒會(huì)變得反復(fù)無(wú)常，他們往往不聽(tīng)話、注意力也不如平時(shí)集中。蒙特利爾大學(xué)的研究人員稱，一項(xiàng)有關(guān)幼童的研究表明，睡眠時(shí)間嚴(yán)重低于專家建議的10個(gè)小時(shí)的兒童比睡眠充足的兒童更加亢奮與沖動(dòng)，他們?cè)趦身?xiàng)認(rèn)知能力測(cè)試中的得分也較低。
睡眠研究專家、該研究報(bào)告的撰寫者之一多明尼克?派提特說(shuō)：“我們的研究結(jié)果表明，在幼童時(shí)期，每晚的睡眠時(shí)間哪怕只減少一個(gè)小時(shí)，長(zhǎng)時(shí)間持續(xù)這種狀況都會(huì)影響孩子上學(xué)時(shí)的認(rèn)知表現(xiàn)。”她認(rèn)為，幼童時(shí)期中存在一個(gè)關(guān)鍵階段，在這一階段缺乏睡眠對(duì)孩子的成長(zhǎng)尤為不利，即使他們今后的睡眠習(xí)慣有所改善也無(wú)法補(bǔ)救。
但讓孩子早睡覺(jué)可謂一大難題。密歇根波蒂奇睡眠健康中心睡眠藥物專家、醫(yī)務(wù)主任馬克?格汀提出了以下建議：
建立上床睡覺(jué)“積極聯(lián)系”。格汀說(shuō)，“家長(zhǎng)常對(duì)孩子說(shuō)，‘只要你表現(xiàn)好，就可以晚睡會(huì)。’或者是，‘如果你不聽(tīng)話，就給我滾到床上去。’將睡覺(jué)與懲罰聯(lián)系在一起是不健康的。家長(zhǎng)與孩子都會(huì)將上床睡覺(jué)視為一種‘權(quán)威的爭(zhēng)奪’。”當(dāng)然，雙方都想贏。
建立睡前“緩沖期”。(睡前講故事等)例行活動(dòng)能讓孩子意識(shí)到自己該睡覺(jué)了，可以讓他安靜下來(lái)。
為孩子營(yíng)造一個(gè)能促進(jìn)睡眠的臥室環(huán)境。格汀說(shuō)，“臥室環(huán)境不可有強(qiáng)烈的刺激效果。”所以，電視機(jī)、明亮的燈以及玩具等都應(yīng)該移出臥室。
孩子睡得好，家長(zhǎng)會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的生活質(zhì)量也有所改觀。歐文斯說(shuō)：“這樣一來(lái)，父母?jìng)兙湍芨玫匦菹⒘栓D―情緒變好了，反應(yīng)也更加敏捷――在家庭和工作中的表現(xiàn)就能更加出色了。這對(duì)于整個(gè)家庭來(lái)說(shuō)的確是件好事。”
3分鐘晨讀英語(yǔ)美文閱讀篇三
I’ve learned…
I’ve learned…That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I’ve learned…That when you’re in love, it shows.
I’ve learned…That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful things in the world
I’ve learned…That being kind is more important than being right.
I’ve learned…That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I’ve learned…That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.
I’ve learned…That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I’ve learned…That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I’ve learned…That money doesn’t buy class.
I’ve learned…That’s it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I’ve learned…That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I’ve learned…That the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?
I’ve learned…That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I’ve learned…That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I’ve learned…That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself smarter than I am.
I’ve learned…That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I’ve learned…That there’s nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.
I’ve learned…That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I’ve learned…That life is tough, but I’m tougher.
I’ve learned…That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I’ve learned…That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock them.
I’ve learned…That I wish I could have told my Dad that I love him one more time before he passed away.
I’ve learned…That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I’ve learned…That I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.
I’ve learned…That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
I’ve learned…That it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation.
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