No more heavy school bags for Indian students

甘肃山丹县第一中学 王发珍

听力扫障

1.approve v.批准

2.in accordance with依照

3.denounce v.谴责

4.spine n.脊柱

5.federal adj.联邦制的

扫码听测

Ⅰ.听力理解

听下面一段录音并阅读3个简短的陈述，根据录音内容判断这些陈述是否符合所听内容，考查重点是学生对意义的理解能力和信息获取能力。

In this section， you will hear a passage.After you hear the passage， decide whether each of the statement is correct（A）， incorrect（B） or not mentioned （C）.

1 2 A B C A B C Children in Classes 1 and 2 will not do any homework.For students in Class 4，the schoolbags shouldn't weigh more than 5 kilograms.3Heavy schoolbags can result in children's poor performance in study.A B C

Ⅱ.听写练习

一边听录音一边阅读以下文字材料，这些文字材料不是录音的全部内容，而是以提纲、摘要、笔记、图表等形式再现的录音的主要内容，需要补全的内容一般是录音中的关键信息。注意每空一词。

No more heavy school bags for Indian students

Indian government said that the weight of children's bag should depend on their 1______._.Students in Classes 1 and 2 would carry 2._______books home.Heavy schoolbags made children suffer from mild 3._______pain，so the Indian state of Maharashtra require that a school bag should weigh no more than 4._______percent of a kid's body weight.Therefore，many schools have begun to use white boards and 5._______in classes.

文本解说

目前，背负沉重的书包给很多孩子的身体带来了不良影响。为了帮助孩子们解决因书包过重带来的烦恼，印度政府推出一项新规：书包的重量要依照孩子们的年龄来确定。

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Indian officials recentlyapprovedweight guidelines for children's school bags.

The central government said the weight of the bag shoulddepend onthe age of the child.Iturgedall Indian states to set limitsin accordance withthe new guidance.

Indian officials havedenouncedschools for making students carry heavy school bags and giving young children homework.

Under the guidelines，no homework would be given to children in Classes 1 and 2.This willensurethat the youngest students have no books to carry home.

For students in Classes 3 to 5，the weight of a school bag would never be more than three kilograms.And bags would never weigh more than five kilograms for students in Class 10.

The Indian government noted studies that show how a heavy load canaffectstudents'soft and developingspines.

One study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India found that 68 percent of young children might suffer from mild back pain.The mild pain can develop into long-term back pain and affect bones of the spinal column.

The study involved more than 2，500 children between the ages of 7 and 13.It found that more than 88 percent of children carried more than 45 percent of their body weight on their backs.

Rashmi Tapke is a mother of two children in Mumbai.She said heavy school bags reflect poor planning.

She supports thefederalweight limits.She added， “If they （schools） plan， they can repeat the subjects taught and thus reduce the load.My kids find it difficult to carry so many books.”

Mumbai is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra.The state requires that a school bag's weight should be no more than 10 percent of a child's body weight.Many schools there have started using white boards and projectors in classes.This has reduced the number of books to be carried to school.

But in large parts of rural India，children still have to walk great distances，weighed down by heavy school bags.

Rajinder Shukla's daughter attends school in Uttar Pradesh state.He said she has to bring about 4 to 5 kilograms of books in her school bag and also carry her lunch box and water bottle in a separate bag.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.depend on取决于

2.urge v.敦促；竭力主张

3.ensure v.确保

4.affect v.影响

5.suffer from遭受

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above.

1.Listening to the loud music for a long time can seriously _______our hearing.

2.To _______every student can be interested in her class，the young teacher designed different kinds of class activities.

3.Although he _______a bad cold，he still came to help me without hesitation.

4.All the students are _______to do more reading instead of watching TV.

5.Whether you want to do the task will_______ yourself.