How do students spend their spare time after finishing their homework? Watch TV, play computer games, or go outside to relax? Here’s a good example.
Tim and Kerry Meek are both teachers. They live in the UK with their two daughters: eleven-year-old Amy and nine-year-old Ella. Recently, the Meek family has become the focus of the whole country after they completed 100 different outdoor activities in one year.
The Meek couple didn’t want their children to spend all their free time in front of the TV and become “couch potatoes”. So about one year ago, the Meeks decided that watching TV and playing computer games were not permitted . Instead, they set 100 tasks for the two girls to do outside. Although Mr. and Mrs. Meek are not outdoor activity fans, they took part in all the activities to encourage their daughters. It turns out that the two sisters really had a good time joining activities.
Every holiday and weekend, whether it’s sunny, rainy or snowy, the Meeks’ would set off to try the activities on their list, including hiking, sailing, climbing , skiing, and so on. The two little girls not only had a wonderful time, but also learned a lot of skills from the activities. They were even able to stand up in front of their school to give a talk for charity. “Our friends spend a lot of their free time doing things which are harmful to their health. Luckily, we’ve had the chance to experience something different.” Amy and Ella also helped their parents to draw up a new list of challenges for the next 12 months.
小題1:請用中文出現(xiàn)的詞語將下列句子補(bǔ)充完整，使句子意思連貫。
As a student, you should do more outdoor exercises in order not to__________________.
小題2:Why did the Meeks become the focus of the UK?
_______________________________________________________________________________
小題3:When did the Meeks go out to do the activities?
_______________________________________________________________________________
小題4:請將穩(wěn)中劃線句子翻譯成漢語。
_______________________________________________________________________________
小題5:Please tell us what you have learned from this passage with two sentences in your own words.
_______________________________________________________________________________

小題1:become/be a “couch potato”
小題2:Because they completed 100 different outdoor activities in one year.
小題3:Every holiday and weekend.
小題4:我們的朋友花了大量的業(yè)余時間做了對他們的身體有害的事情。幸運(yùn)的是我們有機(jī)會體驗了與之不同的事情。
小題5:.We should do more outdoor exercises to keep healthy/fit in our spare time. We can get a lot of skills /learn a lot from outdoor activities.

試題分析：在他們完成他們的家庭作業(yè)后，學(xué)生是怎樣度過業(yè)余時間的？看電視、 玩電腦游戲，還是到外面去放松一下嗎？這里是一個很好的例子。Meek一家成為英國的焦點(diǎn)是因為他們在一年之內(nèi)完成了100項不同的戶外活動。
小題1:根據(jù)第三段的第一句話可知，作為學(xué)生，我們應(yīng)該多做戶外運(yùn)動以避免成為電視迷、大懶蟲。所以這里填become/be a “couch potato”。
小題2:根據(jù)第二段的最后一句話可知，Meek一家成為英國的焦點(diǎn)是因為他們在一年之內(nèi)完成了100項不同的戶外活動。所以填Because they completed 100 different outdoor activities in one year.。
小題3:根據(jù)第四段的開頭可知，每個假期和周末，Meek一家都外出做工作活動。所以時間是 Every holiday and weekend.。
小題4:Our friends spend a lot of their free time doing things which are harmful to their health. Luckily, we’ve had the chance to experience something different.的漢語意思是：我們的朋友花了大量的業(yè)余時間做了對他們的身體有害的事情。幸運(yùn)的是我們有機(jī)會體驗了與之不同的事情。
小題5:題目要求我們用自己的話寫2句話什么你從這一段中學(xué)到的：1.我們應(yīng)該多做戶外運(yùn)動以保持健康We should do more outdoor exercises to keep healthy/fit in our spare time.2.
我們可以從戶外運(yùn)動中學(xué)到很多。We can get a lot of skills /learn a lot from outdoor activities.
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