2024年12月英语四级听力真题 卷一 文章1

Passage One

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Kids need time every day to run, jump, stretch and play.

孩子们每天需要时间去奔跑、跳跃、伸展和玩耍。

These experiences have been shown to build children's confidence and pleasure in physical activities, develop their motor skills, and even improve emotional well-being.

这些体验已被证明能够增强孩子们对体育活动的信心和乐趣，发展他们的运动技能，甚至改善情感健康。

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一种克服挑战和冒险的欲望。

Taking healthy risks through physical movement builds children's confidence and ability to solve problems and persist through frustration.

通过身体运动进行健康的冒险，能够建立孩子们的自信心和解决问题的能力，并帮助他们坚持克服挫折。

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，运动活动能够增强孩子们的大运动技能，如协调性和平衡感，以及他们完成写作、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，定期的身体活动（特别是户外活动）可以减少儿童的压力和抑郁情绪，并提高他们的专注力和学习能力。

Regular exercise can significantly improve self-regulation and decrease disciplinary consequences for negative behavior.

规律的锻炼可以显著提高自我调节能力，并减少负面行为的纪律后果。

Physical activity provides a positive outlet for frustration, anxiety, or anger and can become a healthy coping skill throughout life.

身体活动为挫败感、焦虑或愤怒提供了一个积极的发泄途径，并且可以成为一生中健康的应对技能。

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，我们知道身体活动对我们的身心健康都很重要，培养身体活动的习惯要从早期开始。

Children are more likely to develop a lifelong love of physical activity from frequent positive early experiences.

孩子们更有可能从频繁的积极早期体验中发展出对身体活动的终身热爱。

Not every child enjoys competitive sports or playing with balls and that's OK.

并不是每个孩子都喜欢竞技体育或玩球，这也没关系。

There are plenty of other options such as imaginative play, non-competitive games, and gardening or nature experiences.

有许多其他的选择，比如富有想象力的游戏、非竞争性的游戏，以及园艺或自然体验。

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题16至18是基于你刚才听到的一段话。

Question 16. What do children seem to have a natural desire to do?

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?

根据美国心理学会的说法，定期体育活动对儿童有什么作用？

Question 18. What does the passage say about cultivating the habit of physical activity?

关于培养体育活动的习惯，文章说了什么?

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