幼儿园孩子是否应该接触电子产品？

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🤔️小作业：

1. Which of the following best describes Prof Winter's attitude towards screen time in nurseries?

A. Opposed due to risks

B. Hesitantly supportive but skeptical

C. Balanced and open to contextual differences

D. Neutral with no strong opinion

无注释原文：

Should children at nursery have screen time?

From: BBC

Toddlers having screen time is a controversial topic among many parents.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that children under five spend no more than one hour a day looking at a screen.

Whether it is a Ms Rachel video, an episode of Peppa Pig or a literacy or numeracy activity, the issue divides children, parents and educators.

At St Teresa's Nursery School in west Belfast, children have access to screen time on a regular basis.

Its principal, Clare Evans, believes using digital technology will enhance children's learning, but must be safe.

"We had a wee boy who came in who was very, very passive," Clare told BBC News NI. "He was shy, reluctant to make eye contact and he found it difficult to engage with the activities, even though we had lots of sensory things. Through digital learning, he started to thrive.

"We were able to present things to him in a way in which he understood."

Nursery staff used a tablet to play farm animal sounds, display QR codes for him to scan and created an interactive whiteboard to demonstrate his understanding of numbers and letters.

"It isn't about children sitting watching Peppa Pig or whatever all day, it's about providing multiple means of engagement for the children and seeing how we can make adjustments to encourage them to learn and develop, not focusing on deficits."

Prof Karen Winter from Queen's University Belfast co-authored the UK-wide Toddlers, Tech and Talk project, led by Prof Rosie Flewitt from Manchester Metropolitan University.

It considered how children from birth to the age of three engage with digital technologies.

"There are different parental views as to the purpose of nurseries and the role of staff within them," said Prof Winter.

She added that nurseries have varied approaches to digital tech, some include it as a part of a child's daily routine, with music from Alexa or tablets to search for information on objects, colours etc.

Prof Winter said it is "increasingly common" for certain settings to use "digital documentation apps" as a way to document children's learning.

"The differences in approach are all understandable given the young age of the children," she added.

Prof Winter said there are "benefits" to children having access to digital technology and there are benefits against it.

She added the approach to digital use should be a discussion between the nursery and parents.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为BBC官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Should children at nursery have screen time? 幼儿园孩子是否应该接触电子产品屏幕？

From: BBC

Toddlers having screen time is a controversial topic among many parents.

幼儿接触萤幕时间对许多家长来说是具有争议性的话题。

nursery /ˈnɜː.sər.i/ 表示“幼儿园，托儿所”，英文解释为“a place where young children and babies are taken care of while their parents are at work”举个🌰：Does he go to a nursery or a childminder? 他是去托儿所还是由家庭保育员照看？

toddler /ˈtɒdlə/ 表示“学步的儿童”，英文解释为“A toddler is a young child who has only just learned to walk or who still walks unsteadily with small, quick steps.”举个🌰：I had a toddler at home and two other children at school. 我有一个刚学步的孩子在家中，另外两个孩子在学校。

🎬电影《相助》（The Help）中的台词提到：She's trying to blame it on a toddler. 她想把错赖在小孩子身上。

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that children under five spend no more than one hour a day looking at a screen.

世界卫生组织（WHO）建议，五岁以下的儿童每天看萤幕的时间不应超过一小时。

recommend /ˌrek.əˈmend/ 表示“推荐，介绍；建议”，英文解释为“to suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or to suggest that a particular action should be done”举个🌰：I can recommend the chicken in mushroom sauce - it's delicious. 我可以向您推荐蘑菇汁鸡肉——这道菜非常可口。

📍单词“recommend”由词根“-mend”（来自拉丁语“mendare”，表示“赞扬”）和前缀“reco-”（表示强调）组成。

Whether it is a Ms Rachel video, an episode of Peppa Pig or a literacy or numeracy activity, the issue divides children, parents and educators.

无论是观看《雷切尔女士》（Ms Rachel）的影片、《粉红猪小妹》（Peppa Pig，《小猪佩奇》）的其中一集，还是参与识字或数学活动，这个议题在儿童、家长与教育工作者之间都存在分歧。

在电视/电影节目中，episode /ˈep.ɪ.səʊd/ 表示“一集，一节，片断”（one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the television or radio），也可以指“事件；（相关的）一连串事件；一段经历”，英文解释为“a single event or group of related events”举个🌰：This latest episode in the fraud scandal has shocked a lot of people. 诈骗丑闻最新爆出的这一事件让很多人瞠目结舌。

还可以指「疾病的发作，发病」，英文解释为：a finite period in which someone is affected by a specified illness.

补充：

📍第几集用的是Episode，第几季则为Season. 你下载美剧时可能就会看到S01E02，就是指的第1季第2集。最后一集 finale：the last part of a piece of music or of a show, event etc （演出的）终场，最后一幕；（音乐的）终曲；（事件等的）结尾。

🎬还有，看剧时新一集开头通常会有的一个说法：previously on ...，...的前情提要，前情回顾。

literacy /ˈlɪt.ər.ə.si/ 1）表示“识字；读写能力”，英文解释为“Literacy is the ability to read and write.”举个🌰：Many adults have problems with literacy and numeracy. 很多成年人有读写和计算的困难。

反义词：

📍illiteracy表示“文盲”（Illiteracy is the state of not knowing how to read or write.）

2）表示“（某领域或某方面的）知识，能力”，英文解释为“knowledge of a particular subject, or a particular type of knowledge”举个🌰：Computer literacy is becoming as essential as the ability to drive a car. 会用计算机与会开车一样将成为一种必备的技能。

numeracy /ˈnjuː.mə.rə.si/ 表示“基本计算能力，识数”，英文解释为“ability to do basic mathematics”如：statistics on the literacy and numeracy of twelve-year-olds 关于12岁孩子读写和计算能力的统计数据。

At St Teresa's Nursery School in west Belfast, children have access to screen time on a regular basis.

在贝尔法斯特西区的圣德蕾莎幼儿园（St Teresa's Nursery School），孩子们可以有定期接触萤幕的时间。

Its principal, Clare Evans, believes using digital technology will enhance children's learning, but must be safe.

园长克莱儿·伊凡斯（Clare Evans）认为，使用数位科技能够提升孩子的学习效果，但前提是必须安全使用。

principal /ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/ 表示“最重要的”，英文解释为“first in order of importance”举个🌰： Iraq's principal export is oil. 伊拉克最重要的出口商品是石油。

作名词，表示“校长”，英文解释为“the person in charge of a school”，还可以表示“本金；可生息的资本”，英文解释为“an amount of money that someone has invested in a bank or lent to a person or organization so that they will receive interest on it from the bank, person, or organization”举个🌰：She lives off the interest and tries to keep the principal intact. 她靠利息过日子，尽量不动用本金。

enhance /ɪnˈhɑːns/ 表示“提高；增加；增强；增进”，英文解释为“to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something”举个🌰：These scandals will not enhance the organization's reputation. 这些丑闻可不会提高这个组织的声誉。

"We had a wee boy who came in who was very, very passive," Clare told BBC News NI. "He was shy, reluctant to make eye contact and he found it difficult to engage with the activities, even though we had lots of sensory things. Through digital learning, he started to thrive.

她告诉BBC北爱尔兰新闻：“我们曾经有一位非常非常被动的小男孩入园。他很害羞，不愿意与人眼神接触，也很难参与活动，即使我们提供了很多感官刺激的东西。透过数位学习，他开始展现出色的进步。”

wee /wiː/ 表示“小的；很小的”，英文解释为“small； little”举个🌰：You were just a wee lad the last time I saw you. 我上次见到你的时候，你还是一个小男孩。

sensory /ˈsen.sər.i/ 表示“感觉的；感官的”，英文解释为“connected with the physical senses of touch, smell, taste, hearing, and sight”

"We were able to present things to him in a way in which he understood."

“我们能够用他能理解的方式向他呈现学习内容。”

Nursery staff used a tablet to play farm animal sounds, display QR codes for him to scan and created an interactive whiteboard to demonstrate his understanding of numbers and letters.

幼儿园的老师们使用平板播放农场动物的声音、展示QR码（二维码）让他扫描，并透过互动式白板来帮助他理解数字与字母。

QR code 二维码，全称Quick Response Code. 条形码/条码呢？Barcode.

demonstrate /ˈdem.ən.streɪt/ 表示“显示；表明”，英文解释为“to show or make something clear”举个🌰：Research has demonstrated that babies can recognize their mother's voice very soon after birth. 研究表明，婴儿出生后很快就能辨识母亲的声音。

"It isn't about children sitting watching Peppa Pig or whatever all day, it's about providing multiple means of engagement for the children and seeing how we can make adjustments to encourage them to learn and develop, not focusing on deficits."

她补充说：“这不是让孩子整天坐着看《粉红猪小妹》或其他节目，而是要提供多元的参与方式，看看我们如何调整教学方式，鼓励孩子学习与发展，而不是只关注他们的不足。”

deficit /ˈdef.ɪ.sɪt/ 1）表示“赤字；逆差；亏损”，英文解释为“the amount by which money spent or owed is greater than money earned in a particular period of time”举个🌰：The UK's deficit in manufactured goods fell slightly in the last three months. 在过去的3个月里，英国制造业的亏损略有好转。

2）表示“不足额；缺款额；缺少”，英文解释为“the amount by which sth, especially an amount of money, is too small or smaller than sth else”举个🌰：The team has to come back from a 2–0 deficit in the first half. 这支队得扳回上半场0:2的落后局面。

Prof Karen Winter from Queen's University Belfast co-authored the UK-wide Toddlers, Tech and Talk project, led by Prof Rosie Flewitt from Manchester Metropolitan University.

来自贝尔法斯特女王大学（Queen's University Belfast）的凯伦·温特教授（Prof. Karen Winter）是全英研究计划“幼儿、科技与对话”（Toddlers, Tech and Talk）的共同作者，该计划由曼彻斯特都会大学（Manchester Metropolitan University）的罗西·弗鲁维特教授（Prof. Rosie Flewitt）领导。

It considered how children from birth to the age of three engage with digital technologies.

该研究探讨了从出生到三岁的儿童如何与数位科技互动。

"There are different parental views as to the purpose of nurseries and the role of staff within them," said Prof Winter.

温特教授表示：“家长对于幼儿园的功能以及教职员的角色有不同的看法。”

She added that nurseries have varied approaches to digital tech, some include it as a part of a child's daily routine, with music from Alexa or tablets to search for information on objects, colours etc.

她补充说，幼儿园对数位科技的使用方式也各不相同，有些将其纳入孩子的日常活动中，例如使用“亚历克斯”（Alexa）播放音乐，或用平板搜寻物品、颜色等资讯。

Prof Winter said it is "increasingly common" for certain settings to use "digital documentation apps" as a way to document children's learning.

温特教授指出，现在越来越多托育机构使用“数位纪录应用程式”来记录孩子的学习历程，这种做法“越来越普遍”。

documentation /ˌdɒk.jə.menˈteɪ.ʃən/ 表示“（计算机设备或程序的）说明书”，英文解释为“the instructions for using a computer device or program”或者表示“文件证据，证明文件”，英文解释为“pieces of paper containing official information”举个🌰：Passengers without the correct documentation (= official papers saying who they are) will not be allowed to travel. 没有相关证件的乘客将不允许旅行。

"The differences in approach are all understandable given the young age of the children," she added.

她表示：“考量到孩子年纪尚小，这些不同的做法都是可以理解的。”

Prof Winter said there are "benefits" to children having access to digital technology and there are benefits against it.

温特教授认为，让孩子接触数位科技有其好处，也有其坏处。

She added the approach to digital use should be a discussion between the nursery and parents.

她补充说，对于数位科技的使用方式，应该由幼儿园与家长共同讨论决定。

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