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What happens when you take about 50 sixth-graders and send them to a nature camp with no access to computers, tablets and mobile phones? A new study suggests that after just five days their ability to understand nonverbal social cues improves.
Nonverbal social cues are the emotional information we pick up from people around us that is not communicated through words. It includes facial expressions, eye contact, tone of voice and body posture.
As children spend more time corresponding with their friends via text rather than talking to them face to face, the researchers wondered whether they were losing the ability to read these important cues.
"The idea for this study came from looking at the way my older child and her friends' older siblings were communicating," said Yalda Uhls, "I've been at parties where the kids are all hanging out, but instead of looking at each other, they are staring at their phones."
Uhls, who is the lead author of the study, wanted to see what would happen if a group of children had to spend an extended period of time communicating completely device-free. She found a public school that sends its sixth-grade class to a wilderness camp near Big Bear for five days. At the camp, the students have no access to electronics.
When the class of about 50 children arrived at the camp, they were asked to take two tests to measure their ability to read nonverbal social cues. In the first, the kids were asked to assess the emotions portrayed in 48 photos of people making faces. In the second test, they watched a video with the sound turned off, and then made a judgment about the emotional state of the actor.
At the end of the five-day camp, the students were asked to take the tests again. The researchers report that over the five days the kids went from making an average of 14.02 errors on the face-recognition test at the beginning of their camp stay to 9.41 errors by the end. For the video component, they went from getting an average of 26% of the emotional states correct to getting 31% correct.
"Honestly, we were pretty surprised that just five days would have that effect," said Uhls. "But we think this is good news because if indeed lack of face-to-face time is changing people's ability to understand emotion, our results suggest you can disconnect for five days and get better."
Uhls said the results of their study suggest that it is important for kids to spend time away from screens, but it doesn't necessarily suggest that all screen time is bad." The main thing I hope people take away from this is that it is really important for children to have time for face-to-face socializing," said Uhls. "I love media, my kids are media-savvy, but it is really important to have a balance."
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Ohio, a state in the
US with a l______________ population. He didn’t have much school education ____________
because the m______________ of his teachers thought he was not clever enough, ____________
and his o_____________ of success is merely a dream. However, he became one ____________
of the greatest ________________ (发明家) with a list of 1,093 U.S. patents. In ____________
fact, there was evidence indicating that Edison was to distinguish ____________ ____________
later in life. The boy had a great d____________ for knowledge and was curious ____________
about things. He did a lot of reading in the library while ___________ a living by ____________
selling newspapers on trains. He often __________ (实验)with different things. All ____________
these made him so extraordinarily ________________ (成功). Many people think ____________
that we owe our way of life _________ his ideas and efforts. ____________
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We may be very pleased with the rapid progress we
have made in every field of study. But we have almost done
nothing to (改善)our present examination systems
which focus on testing the students’ m instead of
their ability. As as a child begins school, he enters
a world of examination, will decide his future of job.
In fact a good examination system should (鼓励)
students to think for themselves. the examination
now does anything except that. It f th
e students to
remember what is taught to get marks. Thus the students
who come out first in the exam often may be the b
in their studies. addition, such an examination system
often drives teachers to take up all the time and forces them
to train students what to do with the coming examination.
I hope there must be a better way to test a student’s true
ability as well.
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Mary is a lovely and confident 17-year-old student. She is the first
Chinese high school student to a on the cover of a popular _______
young adults’ fashion magazine. The editor-in-Chief f that _______
Mary was the very style he was looking for to _________ (代表) _______
young people’s attitudes. Mary also________(给人印象) the editor _______
with her f English when they first met her last year. Mary is always ______
praised for speaking English almost like a n speaker. She ______
explained that she had built up her English _____ watching thousands _______
of English DVDs since she was 10. After meeting a _________(有才华的) _______
boy _______ showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her _______
school, Mary realized that she should start making her_______ films. _______
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Autumn blues? Let the sunshine in falling leaves, withering flowers, cold winds, faint sunshine. For many people late autumn can be a season of depression. Spirits can be low. People who suffer from "the autumn blues" often are extremely exhausted, lack energy, need more sleep, feel increased appetite and gain weight.
"The exact cause of this condition, often called seasonal depression or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is not known yet," says Chen Jue, associate professor at Shanghai Mental Health Center. "But recent studies indicate that weather change is influential and strongly suggest that this condition is caused by changes in the availability of sunlight."
One theory is that with decreased exposure to sunlight, the biological clock that regulates mood, sleep, and hormones is delayed, running more slowly in winter. Exposure to light may reset the biological clock.
Another theory is that brain chemicals that transmit information between nerves may be altered in individuals with SAD. It is believed that exposure to light can correct these imbalances.
"It is a sad season, but you can try to make it happy. Remember, spring always lives in your heart," Chen says.
Here are some tips to deal with autumn depression.
- Go outdoors and get some sunlight. Move around. Fresh air and exercise improve the respiratory(呼吸) system and blood circulation and regulate the nervous system. Thus, exercise is calming and relieves one's mood.
- Relax at work. Stretch, breathe deeply. Take a tea break. Think of your next vacation.
- Keep a chocolate bar in your pocket. Chocolate and sugar raise the spirits.
- Look at bright colors, such as red and orange. Color therapy improves mood.
- Listen to your favorite music. You can dance to it, or just lie on a cozy couch, reading a novel.
- Decorate your room and work space with flowers. Blooming plants are cheering.
- Call friends or family when you feel lonely. Recall some happy memories.
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| The first reason is that exposure to sunshine can reset the biological clock |
The second is connected |
Outdoor may reduce the tension that brings you the low spirits. |
You can relax yourselves while working. chocolate and sugar in the pocket does help too. |
treatment also works in handling low mood. Music also a role in treating autumn blues. |
Green plants are cheering. Calling your friends will drive Thinking of the sweet past is regarded as a good way as well. |
Yuan Longping is a man who 1.w the land, does his research and grows hybrid rice. He is an agricultural 2.p . He 3.d his whole life to finding ways to increase the rice output without 4.e the area of fields. 5.T to his research, more people can be free from 6.h .Yuan is 7.s with his life. He enjoys 8.l to violin music. He cares little about his money and fame. He 9. t________ gives millions of yuan to 10. e_______ others for their research. He is a great person.
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