"Own" Your Children’s Education

    "Helping them isn"t about showing your kids how to do the work．It"s about being genuinely interested and having regular conversations about what they"re learning, ""says J．Gary Knowles，a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education，part of the University of Toronto．

    Rozon has a slew of suggestions for how to get more,-involved．"Get to know the teacher．Discuss ways to tailor the assignments to your child"s learning style．Spend time in the classroom．Ask for outlines of unit studies so you can find supplementary materials at the library or through videos．Read your child"s textbooks：If you work a few pages ahead，you"ll be able to help them with problems they encounter．""

    Reading is another must，says Rozon．"Even after your children can read themselves，hearing somebody else read aloud is important．We nearly always have a book on the go ¹; we read for at least a half hour before bedtime．

    The more engaged a parent is, the more the child benefits，adds Bruce Ami．"The evidence is clear：Parental involvement is One of the most important factors in school success．Arai cites the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth，sponsored by Human Resources Development Canada(HRDC)，which is measuring all aspects of child development．"The hours children spend in class are but ² one element of their education""，states HDC，which says parental support，along with teacher support and a positive attitude towards school．all contribute to academic success．

    "I see every moment of every day as a learning experience．" says Goforth．"The most satisfying part of it is seeing the，love of learning continued．I"m not squelching my children"s desire to learn by insisting they learn． They learn because they want to．"

    Adds Jeanne Lambert，mother of Carey Graham: "Make the time ³，take the time ⁴，guide，lead，and encourage．If nothing else，your children learn you care ⁵，and that"s the most important lesson you can give them．"

词汇：

Slew /slu : / n. [非正式用语] 许多

Squelch/ skweltʃ/ vt. 压制,压服

must / mʌst /vt.必须做的事

注释：

1．on the go：处在……过程中。此句话的意思是：我们几乎总是有一本书在读(每天读一部分，读完再换一本)。又如：Did you know that she"s got a new book on the go?
2．but：仅仅；只；只有。又如：She"s but a young girl.
3．make(the)time：抽空_o又如．：It"s important to make time to read to your children．
4．take the time：花心思。又如：She didn"t even take the time to wish me good morning．
5．If nothing else，your children learn you care……：前半句可以看成省略句，补足以后可以是"If nothing else can be achieved"；在后半句中，"learn"的后面是一个省略了关联词"that"的宾语从句。整句的意思是：即使没有别的收获，你的孩子也会知道你在乎他们。

Governmental support also plays a role in achieving academic success.

A:Right B:Wrong C:Not mentioned

初期复苏(basic life support，BLS)

支持价格(support price)

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Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science. His renowned conflict with the Catholic Church was central to his philosophy, for Galileo was one of the first to argue that man could hope to understand how the world works, and moreover, that we could do this by observing the real world.
Galileo had believed Copernican theory (that the planets orbited the sun) since early on, but it was only when he found the evidence needed to support the idea that he started to publicly support it. He wrote about Copernicus’ s theory in Italian (not the usual academic Lat in), and soon his views became ’widely supported outside the universities. This annoyed the Aristotelian professors, who united against him seeking to persuade the Catholic Church to ban Copernicanism.
Galileo, worried by this, traveled to Rome to speak to the ecclesiastical authorities. He argued that the Bible was not intended to tell us anything about scientific theories, and that it was usual to assume that, where the Bible conflicted with common sense, it was being allegorical. But the Church was afraid of a scandal that might undermine its fight against Protestantism, and so took repressive measures. It declared Copernicanism "false and erroneous" in 1616, and commanded Galileo never again to" defend or “hold" the doctrine. Galileo acquiesced.
In 1623, a longtime friend of Galileo’s became the Pope. Immediately Galileo tried to get the 1616 decree revoked. He failed, but he did manage to get permission to write a book discussing both Aristotelian and Copernican theories, on two conditions: he would not take sides and would come to the conclusion that, man could in any case not determine how the world worked because God could bring about the same effects in ways unimagined by man, who could not place restrictions on God’ s omnipotence.
The book, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, was completed and published in 1632, with the full backing of the censors-and was immediately greeted throughout Europe as a literary and philosophical masterpiece. Soon the Pope, realizing that people were seeing the book as a convincing argument in favor of Copernicanism, regretted having allowed its publication. The Pope argued that although the book had the official blessing of the, censors, Galileo had nevertheless contravened the 1616 decree. He brought Galileo before the Inquisition, who sentenced him to house arrest for life and commanded him to publicly renounce Copernicanism. For a second time, Galileo acquiesced.
Galileo remained a faithful Catholic, but his belief in the independence of science had not been crushed. Four years before his death in 1642, while he was still under house arrest, the manuscript of his second major book was smuggled to a publisher in Holland. It was this work, referred to as Two New Sciences, even more than his support for Copernicus, that was to be the genesis of modern physics.

A:from early on B:after he found the evidence to support the idea C:after the church declared Copernicanism "false and erroneous" D:when it was first published

In order to support this argument, the writer gives the example that ______ .

A:a machine using solar energy efficiently has already been developed B:the sun is our final source of power C:man uses only a tiny part of the sun's energy D:the part of the sun's energy we use is used indirectly

The （frame） needs to be strong enough to support the engine.

A:structure B:bottom C:surface D:top

Main bearings are required to support the crankshaft at each _____.

A:end B:web C:pin D:journal

The minimum amount of oxygen required to support life is __ .

A:14 percent B:15 percent C:16 percent D:17 percent

Which board can support NR

A:UMPTe B:LMPT C:UMPTa D:UMPTb