New Era Academic English Integrated Course(Il[外教社 Unit Two Social Networks 预习任务：Read the2 articles below and please: 1)think about the questions give in "Before reading". 2)Give notice to the highlighted words and underlined sentences in Reading 2. 3)Mark the difficult sentences and words. Before reading The following is a letter"Screen-based lifestyle harms children's health"published by The Guardian on December 25,2016,signed by 40 people-writers,psychologists, and charity leaders.Read the letter and think about the questions below. Q1:What problems do these people worry about? Q2:What is the purpose of this letter? Screen-based lifestyle harms children's health A decade ago our first multiple-signatory "toxic childhood"press letter described how children's health and wellbeing were being undermined by the dedine of outdoor play,increasingly screen-based lifestyles,a hyper-competitive schooling system and the unremitting ( commercialisation of childhood. Despite widespread public concern,subsequent policymaking has been half-hearted,short-termist(短视的)and disjointedly(不连贯的)ineffective.The above factors continue to affect children adversely.Physical health problems like obesity continue to escalate ()and mental health problems among children and young people are approaching crisis levels.As well as the intense distress caused to families.there are obviously longer-term social and economic consequences for society as a whole. If children are to develop the self-regulation and emotional resilience (required to thrive in modern technological culture.they need unhurried engagement with caring adults and plenty of self-directed outdoor play.especially during their early years(0-7).We therefore urge the government to take immediate action,including: .The development of a coherent,well-funded approach to care and education from pre-birth to en.including a kindergarten stage for three-to seven year-olds emphasising social and emotional development and outdoor play National guidelines on screen-based technology for childrer up to the age of 12.produced by recognised authorities in child health and development. Without concerted(协同一致的)action,our children's physical mental health will continue to deteriorate.with long-term results for UK society that are frankly unthinkable. The following passage you are going to read is actually an open letter signed by 81 professionals,as a response to the letter published on The Guardian on Dec.25. 1 New Era Academic English Integrated Course (II) [外教社] 1 预习任务：Read the 2 articles below and please: 1) think about the questions give in “Before reading”, 2) Give notice to the highlighted words and underlined sentences in Reading 2. 3) Mark the difficult sentences and words. Before reading： The following is a letter “Screen-based lifestyle harms children’s health” published by The Guardian on December 25, 2016, signed by 40 people — writers, psychologists, and charity leaders. Read the letter and think about the questions below. Q1: What problems do these people worry about? Q2: What is the purpose of this letter? Screen-based lifestyle harms children’s health A decade ago our first multiple-signatory (多人签名的) “toxic childhood” press letter described how children’s health and wellbeing were being undermined by the decline of outdoor play, increasingly screen-based lifestyles, a hyper-competitive schooling system and the unremitting ( 持 续 的) commercialisation of childhood. Despite widespread public concern, subsequent policymaking has been half-hearted, short-termist (短视的) and disjointedly (不连贯的) ineffective. The above factors continue to affect children adversely … Physical health problems like obesity continue to escalate (逐步上升), and mental health problems among children and young people are approaching crisis levels. As well as the intense distress caused to families, there are obviously longer-term social and economic consequences for society as a whole. If children are to develop the self-regulation and emotional resilience (弹性) required to thrive in modern technological culture, they need unhurried engagement with caring adults and plenty of self-directed outdoor play, especially during their early years (0–7). We therefore urge the government to take immediate action, including: •The development of a coherent, well-funded approach to care and education from pre-birth to age seven, including a kindergarten stage for three- to seven￾year-olds emphasising social and emotional development and outdoor play. • National guidelines on screen-based technology for children up to the age of 12, produced by recognised authorities in child health and development. … Without concerted (协同一致的) action, our children’s physical and mental health will continue to deteriorate, with long-term results for UK society that are frankly unthinkable. The following passage you are going to read is actually an open letter signed by 81 professionals, as a response to the letter published on The Guardian on Dec. 25. Unit Two Social Networks