IntegratedskillslistenA1Jennyislisteningtoareportaboutshort-sightedness.

Listenandfinishtheexercisesbelow.1

WhatisspecialabouttheincreasingnumberofChinesestudentswho

are

affectedbyshort-sightedness?_____________________________________________________________2

Whatsportswillshort-sightednessmakeitinconvenientforstudentsto

play?_____________________________________________________________3

Whatmayshort-sightednessgiverisetoinsomecases?_____________________________________________________________4

Whatmaybeakeyfactorindevelopingshort-sightedness?_____________________________________________________________Theybeomeshort-sightedincreasinglyatayoungage.Basketballandswimming.OthereyeproblemsHowpeopleusetheireyes.A2Listentothereportagainandcompletethenotesbelow71.681poorlightingworkingatacomputeroutdoorspartlyshuttiredeyesReadBJennyhasfoundafeaturearticleaboutthemeasurestakenby

ahighschooltoprotectstudents’eyes.Readthefeature

articlebelowandmakealistofthemeasures.EffectivewaystoprotecteyesArecentnationalsurveyhasrevealedthatroughlytwooutofthreehigh

schoolstudentswearglasses,fuellingconcernsabouteyesightproblemsamong

China’syouth.Thefiguresdisturbtheschoolauthorities,whohavedecided

totacklethisproblemhead-on.No.9HighSchoolisoneofthosethathave

gonetogreatlengthstoprotectstudents’eyes,comingupwithmanyeffective

solutions.currentsituationItisimportantforeyestogetregularbreaksthroughouttheday,sostudentsat

No.9HighSchoolareadvisedtostopforafewminutesinthemiddleoftheir

studyandlookatdistantobjects.Insteadofstudyinglonghours,studentsare

activelyencouragedtogooutdoorsandenjoythemselvesinthesun.Schoolfacilitieshavealsobeenimprovedtoprovidestudentswithaneye

friendlyenvironment.Theschoolhasadjustedallthelightsto

makesurethe

classroomsarewelllit.Inthecomputerroom,computersareplacedatleast50centimetresawayfrom

students.Inthelibrary,newchairscanbe

adjustedtoensurethatstudents

readinthebestsittingposition.Theschoolhasalsotakenactiontomakeeveryoneawareofthewaysto

improveeyehealth.Theyhavesentoutinformationadvisingallparentson

howtoprotecttheirchildren’seyes.Atthesametime,studentshavebeen

trainedtorecognizesignsofeyesightproblemsthemselves.measuresAllofthesemeasuresarehelpingreduceeyesightproblems.No.9HighSchool

isleadingthewayforotherschoolswithitsimpressiveforwardthinkingon

eyehealth.MeasurestakenbyNo.9HighSchooltoprotectstudents’eyes123Ensuringthatstudents’eyesgetregularbreaksthroughouttheday:①stoppingforafewminutesinthemiddleoftheirstudyandloolingatdistantobjects;②goingoutdoorsandenjoyingthemselvesinthesunProvidingstudentswithaneye-friendlyenvironment:①adjustingallthelightstomakesuretheclassroomarewelllit;②placingcomputersinthecomputerroomatleast50centimetresawayfromstudents;③

equippingthelibrarywithnewchairstahtcanbeadjustedtoensurethevestsittingpositionMakingeveryoneawareofthewaystoimproveeyehealth:①sendingoutinformationadvisingallparentsonhowtoprotecttheirchildren’seyes;②trainingstudentstorecognizesignsofeyesightproblemsSpeakC

Inpairs,discusstheproblemofshort-sightednessamongyoungpeople.Usethefollowingquestionsandexpressionstohelpyou.Whatisthepresentsituationofshort-sightedness?Whatarethecausesofshort-sightedness?Whatcanwedotoprotectoureyes?ExpressionsTalkingaboutcauseandeffectDueto/Becauseof/Asaresultof…,short-sightednesshasbecomeaseriousproblem.Asaresult/Consequently,moreandmorestudents…Because…,students…Suchproblemsariseoutof/arisefrom……iscausedby...WriteD

Writeanarticleonshort-sightednessamongyoungpeople.Useyourideas

frompartCand

theinformationinpartsAandBtohelpyou.

Planningyourwriting?

Learningaboutthestructure

Whenwritingaboutshort-sightedness,youcanfollowthestructurebelow:startbyintroducingthecurrentsituationofshort-sightednessamongyoung

people.analysethecausesofshort-sightedness.concludewithsuggestionstoimprovethesituation.?

LearningaboutthelanguageToputforwardyoursuggestions,youcanuseexpressionslike:

Thesituationcouldbeimprovedif…