3分鐘晨讀英語美文閱讀
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Nation's rich have poor reputation
Wealthy Chinese do not have a good reputation, a survey by China Youth Daily and has found.
Wealthy Chinese do not have a good reputation, a survey by China Youth Daily and has found.
The poll, conducted last week, showed about 70 percent of 3,990 interviewees believe the well-off are immoral and not worthy of respect. Only 4 percent thought rich people are good, the survey said.
For the rich to become popular they need to do three things, the survey suggested.
First, they need to have a sense of social responsibility. Second, they need to be self discipLined, and third, they need to have a caring heart.
The number of people who make at least $50,000 a year increases by 15 percent a year and, according to the China Economic Times, the country now has 1.5 million rich people.
The China Youth Daily and survey found interviewees questioned how the rich became rich in the first place.
"Some rich people are thought to have accumulated their wealth through illegal means, such as bribery," said a post-graduate student at the Communication University of China.
Even so, the survey found wealthy people who abide by the law, have a sense of social responsibility and a caring heart, are respected.
The poll showed about 60 percent thought these kinds of wealthy people were worthy of respect.
The survey suggested many voters were much better disposed toward rich people from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Western economies - rather than the mainland.
Hong Kong property tycoon Li Ka-shing was most highly regarded, followed by Bill Gates, mainland property tycoon Wang Shi and basketball player Yao Ming.
"Rich people on the mainland invest too little in charity and gain too much," a student from Beijing Sports University said.
Yu Guoming, a professor at Renmin University of China, called on the heads of Chinese companies to think and invest in a long-term way. "Corporate social responsibility is not only about charity, it also connects the company with the government and the public."
中國的富人們缺了些什麼?
(China Daily) 中國青年報和新浪網聯合開展的一項調查發現，中國富人的社會形象較差。
該項於上週開展的民意調查顯示，在3990名受訪者中，有70%的人認爲富人道德低下，不值得尊重。僅有4%的人對富人持正面印象。
調查表明，中國富人身上最缺乏的三大品質是社會責任感、自律精神和愛心。
據《中國經濟時報》統計數據，我國年收入至少5萬美元的富裕人口數量以每年15%的速度增長，目前已達150萬人。
該調查發現，受訪者對富人的發家方式最爲質疑。
中國傳媒大學的一名研究生說：“有些富人是通過受賄等不法手段來積聚財富的。”
即便如此，調查發現，一些合法致富、有社會責任感及有愛心的富豪還是深受人們尊敬的。
調查顯示，約60%的人認爲具備這些品質的富人值得尊敬。
在投票調查中，港、澳、臺地區及國外的富豪得到的票數遠多於大陸富豪。
香港房地產大亨李嘉誠最受尊重，其次是比爾?蓋茨，大陸房地產大亨王石和籃球巨星姚明。
北京體育大學的一名學生說：“中國大陸的富豪對慈善事業的貢獻太少，得到的太多。”
中國人民大學的喻國民教授認爲中國企業家們要有長遠的眼光和戰略投資意識。“企業的社會責任不是單純的慈善，它還是聯繫企業、政府和公衆的紐帶。”
3分鐘晨讀英語美文閱讀篇二開學了 給孩子一個好睡眠
Now that school has started, many parents find themselves struggling to shift their kids back to a working routine. As they shave off time for TV and the Internet to make way for schoolwork, parents may want to add extra for that other big contributor to success at school: sleep. Recent research on kids has connected the importance of sleep not only to cognition, but to behavior and mood as well.
Some researchers theorize that the REM, or rapid eye movement, phase of sleep is when the brain produces and consolidates neural networks for memory and cognition. It's a kind of "formatting of the brain," says Ralph Downey, an expert of sleep medicine at Loma Linda University and Children's Hospital in Southern California and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Before the age of 6, a typical child will require between 12 and 13 hours of sleep per night, says Judith Owens, associate professor of pediatrics at Brown University and a noted expert on childhood sleep disorders. At age 6, 10 to 11 hours are needed. While the amount of sleep necessary drops once kids reach adolescence, Owens notes, "they still need at least nine hours under ideal circumstances."
What if they come up short? A sleep-deprived child's reaction is often different from the low energy and sleepiness experienced by adults. "Reducing the amount of hours a child sleeps manifests itself in the child becoming wired and hyperexcitable--exhibiting behavior similar to children with attention deficit disorder," says David Gozal, director of the pediatric sleep program at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Kids' emotions may become erratic, says Gozal, and they may be less apt to listen or pay attention. Researchers at the University of Montreal report that a study of young children showed that those who slept significantly fewer hours than the recommended 10 were more hyperactive and impulsive than those who got plenty of shuteye and scored lower on two cognitive skills tests.
"Our results indicate that a modest but chronic reduction of just one hour of sleep nightly in early childhood can affect the child's cognitive performance at school entry," says Dominique Petit, a sleep researcher and coauthor of the study. She thinks there's a critical period in early childhood when the lack of sleep is particularly detrimental to development, even if sleep habits improve later on.
But moving "lights out" earlier can be a big challenge. Mark Goetting, a sleep medicine specialist and medical director of the Sleep Health Center in Portage, Mich., offers some recommendations:
Create positive associations with going to bed. "Often, parents will say to a child, 'You can stay up as long as you're good,' or, 'If you don't do what I say, you're going to bed.' It's not healthy to associate going to bed with punishment," says Goetting. "Parents and children will begin to see bedtime as a power struggle." And, of course, both want to win.
Establish a wind-down period before bed. A routine (like reading stories) can let a child know that he's headed toward bedtime and can help him slow down.
Construct a bedroom environment that promotes sleep. "A bedroom should not be a terribly stimulating place," says Goetting. So move the televisions, bright lights, and toys.
When the kids sleep better, parents may notice a difference in their own quality of life, too. "Parents are definitely better rested themselves--their mood is better, they feel more alert--and are able to function better at home and at work," says Owens. "It really sends a positive ripple through the entire family."
(Agencies) 新學期開始了，很多家長正努力地把孩子拉回正軌。在讓看電視和上網讓位於家庭作業的同時，家長們可能還想爲孩子的學習進步再添一大“砝碼”――睡眠。近日一項有關兒童的研究發現，睡眠不僅和兒童的認知表現有重要關係，而且會影響他們的行爲和情緒。
一些研?a href="">咳嗽碧岢觶?a href="">大腦在快速動眼睡眠期會產生並鞏固形成記憶和認知的神經元。洛瑪?林達大學及南加州兒童醫院的睡眠藥物專家、美國睡眠藥物學會發言人拉爾夫?唐尼說，這有點像大腦的一種“格式化”。布朗大學兒科學副教授、兒童睡眠問題知名專家朱迪思?歐文斯說，一個正常的孩子在六歲之前每天需要12至13個小時的睡眠。6歲的孩子每天需要10至11個小時的睡眠。他說，儘管孩子到了青春期後所需的睡眠時間開始減少，“但在理想狀況下，他們仍需要至少九個小時的睡眠”。
孩子睡眠不足會怎樣呢?孩子在睡眠不足時的反應往往不同於成年人(在缺覺情況下)感到的精力不足與睏乏。肯塔基州路易斯維爾大學的兒童睡眠研究主任大衛?格扎爾說：“孩子在缺乏睡眠的情況下會變得很亢奮――他們此時的行爲表現與多動症兒童類似。” 格扎爾說，(在睡眠不足的情況下)，孩子的情緒會變得反覆無常，他們往往不聽話、注意力也不如平時集中。蒙特利爾大學的研究人員稱，一項有關幼童的研究表明，睡眠時間嚴重低於專家建議的10個小時的兒童比睡眠充足的兒童更加亢奮與衝動，他們在兩項認知能力測試中的得分也較低。
睡眠研究專家、該研究報告的撰寫者之一多明尼克?派提特說：“我們的研究結果表明，在幼童時期，每晚的睡眠時間哪怕只減少一個小時，長時間持續這種狀況都會影響孩子上學時的認知表現。”她認爲，幼童時期中存在一個關鍵階段，在這一階段缺乏睡眠對孩子的成長尤爲不利，即使他們今後的睡眠習慣有所改善也無法補救。
但讓孩子早睡覺可謂一大難題。密歇根波蒂奇睡眠健康中心睡眠藥物專家、醫務主任馬克?格汀提出了以下建議：
建立上牀睡覺“積極聯繫”。格汀說，“家長常對孩子說，‘只要你表現好，就可以晚睡會。’或者是，‘如果你不聽話，就給我滾到牀上去。’將睡覺與懲罰聯繫在一起是不健康的。家長與孩子都會將上牀睡覺視爲一種‘權威的爭奪’。”當然，雙方都想贏。
建立睡前“緩衝期”。(睡前講故事等)例行活動能讓孩子意識到自己該睡覺了，可以讓他安靜下來。
爲孩子營造一個能促進睡眠的臥室環境。格汀說，“臥室環境不可有強烈的刺激效果。”所以，電視機、明亮的燈以及玩具等都應該移出臥室。
孩子睡得好，家長會發現自己的生活質量也有所改觀。歐文斯說：“這樣一來，父母們就能更好地休息了――情緒變好了，反應也更加敏捷――在家庭和工作中的表現就能更加出色了。這對於整個家庭來說的確是件好事。”
3分鐘晨讀英語美文閱讀篇三I’ve learned…
I’ve learned…That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I’ve learned…That when you’re in love, it shows.
I’ve learned…That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful things in the world
I’ve learned…That being kind is more important than being right.
I’ve learned…That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I’ve learned…That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.
I’ve learned…That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I’ve learned…That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I’ve learned…That money doesn’t buy class.
I’ve learned…That’s it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I’ve learned…That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I’ve learned…That the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?
I’ve learned…That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I’ve learned…That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I’ve learned…That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself smarter than I am.
I’ve learned…That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I’ve learned…That there’s nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.
I’ve learned…That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I’ve learned…That life is tough, but I’m tougher.
I’ve learned…That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I’ve learned…That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock them.
I’ve learned…That I wish I could have told my Dad that I love him one more time before he passed away.
I’ve learned…That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I’ve learned…That I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.
I’ve learned…That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
I’ve learned…That it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation.
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