(单词翻译:单击)
Passage One
短文一
Kids need time every day to run, jump, stretch and play.
孩子们每天都需要时间跑步、跳跃、伸展和玩耍。
These experiences have been shown to build children's confidence and pleasure in physical activities.
这些经历已被证明可以培养孩子们对体育活动的信心和乐趣。
Develop their motor skills and even improve emotional well being.
发展他们的运动技能，甚至改善情绪健康。
To begin with, children seem to have a natural desire to overcome challenges and take risks.
首先，孩子们似乎天生就有克服挑战和冒险的愿望。
Taking healthy risks through physical movement builds children's confidence and ability to solve problems and persist through frustration.
通过体育活动承担健康的风险可以培养孩子们的信心和解决问题的能力，并能克服挫折。
Secondly, movement activities build children's big body skills such as coordination and balance as well as the fine motor skills they need for tasks like writing, tying their shoes, or throwing and catching a ball.
其次，运动活动可以培养孩子的协调性和平衡性等主要身体技能，以及写作、系鞋带或投掷和接球等任务所需的精细运动技能。
Thirdly, according to the American Psychological Association, regular physical activity, and especially outdoor activity, reduces children's stress and depression and improves their ability to focus and learn.
第三，根据美国心理学会的说法，定期的体育活动，尤其是户外活动，可以减轻儿童的压力和抑郁，提高他们集中注意力和学习的能力。
Regular exercise can significantly improve self regulation and decrease disciplinary consequences for negative behavior.
定期锻炼可以显著提高自我调节能力，减少对不良行为的处罚后果。
Physical activity provides a positive outlet for frustration, anxiety or anger and can become a healthy coping skill throughout life.
体育活动为沮丧、焦虑或愤怒提供了一个积极的宣泄渠道，可以成为一种健康的应对技能。
Finally, we know that physical activity is important for our physical and mental health, and cultivating the habit of physical activity starts early.
最后，我们知道体育活动对于我们的身心健康很重要，培养体育活动的习惯要从小开始。
Children are more likely to develop a lifelong love of physical activity from frequent positive early experiences.
孩子们更有可能从早期的频繁积极体验中培养对体育活动的终生热爱。
Not every child enjoys competitive sports or playing with balls, and that's okay.
并非每个孩子都喜欢竞技运动或玩球，这没关系。
There are plenty of other options, such as imaginative play,non competitive games, and gardening or nature experiences.
还有很多其他选择，例如富有想象力的游戏、非竞技游戏以及园艺或自然体验。
Question 16. What do children seem to have a natural desire to do?
问题16. 孩子们似乎天生就渴望做什么？
Question 17. According to the American Psychological Association, what does regular physical activity do to children?
问题17. 根据美国心理学会的说法，规律的体育活动对孩子们有什么作用？
Question 18. What does the passage say about cultivating the habit of physical activity?
问题18. 关于培养体育活动的习惯，文章说了什么？
