HOW MUCH SCREEN TIME? (1)

Can kids have too much screen time?

Sean and Tim are having coffee.

Sorry, Tim. I need to check this text.
Oh, my son is sending me a reminder to pick him up after soccer practice.

How old is Jeff now?

He's 8.

And he has a cellphone?

Sure. How else is he going to keep in touch with us?
We got him a tablet computer for his birthday, too.

So how much screen time is he allowed every day?

As much as he wants! He's a good kid.

Don't you give him any limitations?

We just tell him when to turn everything off and go to bed.
What about your daughter Alice?

We limit her screen time to two hours a day.
We discourage too much media use.

Why? Face it, Tim.
Kids today need to know how to use computers.

But they need to do other things, too.
The more time kids spend with screens, the more likely they are to get fat or have behavior problems.

Come on! You've seen Jeff, and he is certainly not fat.
He gets plenty of exercise.

That's true. But believe it or not, most kids his age spend more than seven hours a day with screens.


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Teaching Topic: Onomatopoeia 擬聲字
bark 狗叫聲
meow 喵
purr 貓很舒服發出的聲音
roar 獅子的吼聲
hiss 蛇的聲音

沒有生命的生物也有擬聲字:
beep 手機聲


Grammar Gym
believe it or not:
something is true and it doesn't matter whether the listener agrees with it or not
- But believe it or not, most kids his age spend more than seven hours a day with screens.
- You might think it's important to be number one in class, but believe it or not, it does not matter ten years down the road.
- Many people think bats are blind, but believe it or not, these animals can actually see.


Language Lab
reminder n.
something that makes you notice, remember, or think about something
- The monument is a reminder of the cruelty of war.
something, for example a letter, that reminds you to do something which you might have forgotten
- The bank sent me another reminder for my house payment.

tablet computer n.
- I bought a digital pen for my tablet computer.
- The tablet computer's memory is sufficient for ordinary users.

face it 
(=used when saying something that is hard for someone to accept)
- Let's face it. I'll never be a great dancer.
- Face it! You can't get any loans from a bank in your condition.

behavior n. [uncountable]
the things that a person or animal does
- You need to apologize for your rude behavior.
- This professor is famous for his studies of the behavior of whales.
behave v.
to do things that are good, bad, sensible etc [= act]:
- Irene doesn't know how to behave in front of her boyfriend's parents.


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