初二下册英语2单元reading

初二下册英语2单元reading
初二下册英语2单元reading

初二下册英语2单元reading
Maybe you should learn to relax!
Life for Cathy Taylor's three children is very busy.Their school days are busy enough.After school,though,Cathy takes the two boys from football to basketball.Then she has to take her daughter to piano lessons.The tired children don't get home until 7 pm.They have a quick supper,and it's time for homework.
The Taylors are like many American and British parents.They take their children from activity to activity,and try to fit as much as possible into their kids' lives.Doctors say many children are under too much pressure.Teachers complain about teaching tired kids in the classroom.
Most children take part in after-school clubs.Activities include sports,language learning,music,and math classes.Pushy parents are nothing new,but now parents seem to push their children a lot more.Parents see other children doing a lot of things,and they feel their own children should do the same.
Linda Miller,a mother of three in London,knows all such pressure."In some families,competition starts from a very young age," she says."Mothers send their kids to all kinds of classes when they are very young.And they are always comparing them other children.It's crazy.People shouldn’t push their kids so hard."
Dr Alice Green agrees.She also says that these children may find it hard to think for themselves when they are older."Parents are trying to plan their kid's lives for them.When these kids are adults,they might find it difficult to plan things for themselves." Parents should learn to give their kids a bit more time to themselves.On the one hand,children need organized activities.On the other hand ,they also need time and freedom to relax,and they need time to do things by themselves.
也许你应该学会放松!
对于凯西.泰勒三个孩子来说,生活非常繁忙.他们在学校已经够忙了,但放学后凯西还会把两个男孩带去打篮球和踢足球.她还会把女儿带去上钢琴课.疲惫的孩子们7点才能到家,他们很快吃完晚饭后又到写家庭作业的时间了.泰勒家的家长和许多英美的家长一样,他们带着孩子参加一个又一个活动,尽他们所能把孩子的生活添满.医生说很多孩子就生活在很大的压力下.老师们也抱怨课堂上有太多疲倦的孩子.大多数孩子都参加课后俱乐部.这些活动包括运动,语言,音乐和数学.心急的家长现在已经不是什么新鲜事了,但是现在的家长督促得有点太过了.家长看见其他家的孩子参加很多活动,所以他们就觉得他们自己的孩子也应该去参加.林达.米勒是住在伦敦的一位三个孩子的母亲,她就很清楚这中压力.她说,在一些家庭里,竞争在孩子很小的年龄时就开始了.母亲们在孩子很小的时候就把孩子送去参加各种课程,而且还老把他们和其他孩子比较.这是很疯狂的举动.人们不该这么硬逼孩子们.爱丽丝•格林博士也同意这个观点.她还说这些孩子长大后发现很难对自己的生活进行思考,因为家长过多地为他们计划了他们的人生.当他们成年后就不会自己计划自己的人生了.家长应该给孩子多一点属于他们自己的时间.一方面,孩子们需要组织好的活动,另一方面,他们也需要时间和自由来放松和更多的时间来独立完成一些事情.