A new study says electronic toys are not helping babies learn.
"Even if companies are marketing them as educational, they're not teaching the babies anything at this time," said Anna Sosa the study's author.
Researchers listened to audio(声音的) recordings of parents playing with their babies aged 10 months to 16 months. The researchers compared the experiences when the children played with electronic toys, traditional toys such as blocks, or when the children looked at books. What they found is that parents talked less with their babies when the babies played with electronic toys.
Why is this important? Research shows that how quickly children develop language is often based on what they hear from parents. When the infants played with electronic toys, parents said little to their children. But with traditional toys, such as blocks, parents shared the names and descriptions of the animals, colors and shapes as their children played. There was even more information given by parents as their babies looked at the pictures in books.
Of course, there is no need for parents to throw out electronic toys, but they should look at their infants' play with such toys as entertainment, not a learning experience.
Toy Industry Association spokeswoman Adrienne Appell responded to the study. She said it is important that parents make time to play with their children. "Playing is a way that kids can learn so much, not only cognitive(认知的) skills, but social and developmental skills," she said. She added that play should be balanced, including time for just "make believe" activities, as well as traditional and electronic toys.
“To another little girl.”
That's what 3-year-old Ariana of Winterport, Maine, said when her father Josh Smith asked where her donated (捐赠的) hair was going to go. It was then that the dad of two realized his young daughter had a heart that was too big for words.
“I run a charity called Extra Life where I play video games to help raise money for kids,” he said. “Ariana happened to be sitting next to me when a video was playing, showing a little girl who was bald(秃顶的), lying in a hospital bed with tubes in her.” When their daughter got curious, Smith and his wife Crystal explained how medicine was what made the child in the video lose her hair.
“Without a second thought, Ariana said, 'She can have some of my hair,'” Smith said. “That's when my wife told me that there are many organizations that we could donate it to.” The Smiths chose “Locks of Love” to send Ariana's generous gift to a child with medical hair loss.
A week later, Ariana was taken to the family hairdresser where 10 inches was cut from her hair.
“It was her first haircut,” Smith told ABC News. “She can be so selfless like that. Her first reaction is 'How about me giving up something that I have, so a little girl can feel pretty?'” Smith posted his daughter's moving gesture on his personal webpage, where it has received almost 645,000 views in just two days.
“She'll take an adult-like approach and it's really amazing,” Smith said. “She is just a little kid, but if she sees somebody in need, she certainly cares for them. This made Ariana feel special and she'd definitely like to do it again.”
After suffering through many months of unemployment (失业). my wife and I moved this week from Colorado to Ohio. where she was starting a new job. Not knowing anybody there. we were pretty concerned about how we'd get our entire home unloaded (卸下) without killing ourselves.
We made a phone call to hire (临时雇用) a couple of college students to help with all the heavy lifting once we got there. But one neighbor after another stopped by to help us. What ? Have we moved to some other country ? Maybe we've died and gone to heaven!
Unloading actually became fun and joy because there were so many wonderful new friends to help when we worked. The more people helped. the easier the work became. We were afraid the job might take days for the two of us alone. but it was finished in a few hours. Many total strangers would either walk by the sidewalk or drive by to ask us if we were moving in. Many were happy that this old house that had sat empty for so long was coming to life again. We were invited to an outdoor meal yesterday by neighbors on the same street.
All the time. my brain was resting on this new sense of hope that people can be so friendly to strangers. Among all the conversation were lots of offers to help each other in all kinds of ways. It's wonderful to live in such a kind little town. I feel so grateful to be here. and wish the rest of the world could see how an entire community can model (做榜样) what it's like to help each other.
Google, one of the world's outstanding tech companies, was attacked. It wasn't its search engine that was attacked or its advertising platform or even its social network, Google+. Instead, it was a building.
Two web security experts hacked (侵入) into its Wharf 7 office in Sydney, Australia, through Google's building management system (BMS). One of them, Billy Rios, says, “My colleague and I have a lot of experience in web security, but it is not something that people couldn't learn. Once you understand how the system works, it is very simple.”
They found the system on Shodan, a search engine that lists devices connected to the Internet, and then ran it through their own software to identify who owned the building. In the case of the Google hacking, the researchers had no immoral purpose and just informed Google about what they found.
According to Mr. Rios, Who runs security company Whitescope, there are 50,000 buildings currently connected to the Internet, including research institutes, churches and hospitals, and 2,000 of those are online with no password protection. Martyn Thomas, a professor of IT at Gresham College in the UK, says, “It is beyond doubt that attempts to attack building management systems arc happening all the time.”
Making a building smart generally means connecting the systems that control heating, Hating and security to the Internet and the wider corporate network. There was a strong reason for doing this, said Andrew Kelly, principal security consultant at defence company Qinetiq.
“Energy savings are the biggest factor in connecting building management systems to the corporate network,” he says. “It gives those who run the building better control and offers between 20% to 50% in energy savings,” he adds.
But it also makes them less secure. And if any of these feels like a Hollywood film, think again.
Reasons Why Reading Old Books Is Good
There are many people who prefer new books to old ones, because they think that new books are better.
They have stood the test of time. According to C.S. Lewis, as a writer, he would rather want a reader to read an old book than a new one as the new one is still under test and the reader is amateur to judge it.
Old books usually cost less in comparison, and at times are available even for free at book stores, thrift shops (旧货店), or book fairs.
They help you know your past. Classic novels teach a lot about a particular previous time in history while we are enjoying present times.
Their quality is better. The title is self-explanatory. If a book is being read even 50 years after it was published, then it's a classic, and surely good.
They don't discriminate (歧视) against age. Old books are for everyone and not for a particular age group. Cinderella (《灰姑娘》) can still be your favorite nighttime read as an adult.
They smell so good. The smell of old books is just too good. Don't you just love the smell as you bury your nose into the pages of an old classic?
A. They are cheaper.
B. They are easy to get.
C. What makes a book a classic?
D. What is a book affecting you most?
E. You need not be a child to enjoy the classics written for kids.
F. But the fact is that the opposite is true, more often than not.
G. Ideas come and go, but only the best ideas are the ones that stand out.
My family has moved a lot. So I've1walking into a new school and making new friends. It doesn't even trouble me that much—I2know I'll feel at home in the new place after a few months. But about a year ago we3again, and that time it was4. The reason why we were moving was5to us: My father had a terrible illness and lost his job. My mom gave up her job to be with my dad6he got the medical treatment(治疗) couldn't imagine how we would7—what if neither of my parents would find8again?
I knew my parents9me to be strong and I didn't want to let them down.10I gave in to all the feelings of sadness and fear. I cried a lot, and for the first time in my life, I started to11school. I kept to myself so much that most people decided I was12and selfish.13there were two girls at my school who reached out to me. When I finally started to talk, it comforted me to share all the14I'd been holding inside. And Melissa and Nicole really listened and15what was experiencing,16I believed no one would. Their caring17me up so much that soon I had a whole group of friends. I stopped hating school, and my problems became much18to stand.
It just goes to show you that you don't have to19the bad times alone,20is the best way to help yourself.
Buying books on the Internet is a great way to save time and money. Online bookstores offer new books and (use) books that can save you a lot of money. What's more, they are far better (compare) to traditional bookstores as they offer much broader kinds of books. You can either click the kind of e-books online type the book title and get it in seconds. Another advantage of shopping online (be) that you can also read the book reviews as well as readers' reviews to get an idea the book is worth buying. Online bookstores offer great discounts, which is a big (attract) for book lovers.
For book lovers, is most important to get books in time. Therefore, you need to find a reliable online bookstore that will be able to provide fast deliveries.
Here are some tips to use when selecting an online bookstore. Some online bookstores are popular for fiction books; some are for non-fiction books or novels, etc. (understand) their specialization will help you to get the right kinds of books in time. Check whether you will be buying the books from a third party seller or (direct) from the websites. Never jump at stores that offer super cheap prices, as books (sell) at such a low price could be in very bad condition.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
John and his 10-year-old son Chase search the streets of Salt Lake City every weekends for the perfect person take to lunch. That they require is that the person is homeless. They started it four years before to share a meal among someone, listen to them and figure out how they can help. Mike Campbell is one of the first people they took to lunch and we are still in touch. John or Chase know they can't solve the homeless problem. They just hope the kindness will go on. "If we have the other people come out and help, people will have a happily life." Chase said.
1）培训时间和地点；
2）培训内容，如接( receive) 发 (serve) 球，对抗训练等；
3）报名方式。
注意：
1）词数100左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
