Most adults once studied at school, had classes and did their homework every day. The same 1is going on at school now. 2 it seems that doing weekend homework is 3 problem for the modern students.
All students would agree that weekend homework should be abolished（取消）. Five days of school a week is 4 for them. They have a lot of interests. With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, when can they find 5 to help their parents do the housework, go and see a football or basketball game or a good film, join in family recreation , or just have a(n) 6 at home ? Because of these other activities, the homework isn't done until 7 evening. So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that , on Monday, teachers are s8 because students know nothing about the 9. If there isn't any weekend homework for the students to do, they will be happy to go to school on Monday 10 having a good rest. And they will do better at school.
What's your opinion?
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Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities? Here is a survey（调查）. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram（图表）of the result. Let's have a look at it.
A Most of the children in China don't do chores.
B There are about 1,000 teenagers from big cities who fold the clothes.
C The teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities.
This is a song millions of Americans will hear on New Year's Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne. It is the traditional music played during the New Year's celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words"auld lang syne"mean "old long since". No one knows who wrote the poem first . However, a version（版本）by Scottish poet Robert Burns was published（出版）in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year's Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne, I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year ! This is Buddy Thomas.
Children's Quiz Show
Presenter: Good evening, my name's Bob and welcome to the Children's Quiz Show. Here are eighteen questions for you today! Are you ready? Let's go to the first question. Where is the Eiffel Tower?
Mark: In Paris.
Presenter: Yes, Mark. How do you spell yacht?
Mark: Y-O-T.
Presenter: No, Mark. It's Y-A-C-H-T. How often does the Children's Quiz Show play?
Harriet: Once a week.
Presenter: Good, Harriet. Which country has got over 2,500 islands?
Sandra: Britain.
Presenter: No, Sandra. Britain has got a lot of islands but the correct answer is Greece. Whose car is the Batmobile?
Sandra: It's Batman's car.
Presenter:Yes. Who is the inventor（发明者）of the telephone?
Harriet: Alexander Graham Bell.
Presenter: Well done, Harriet. When is Boxing Day?
Sandra: The 26th of December.
Presenter:Yes. And now a commercial break（广告节目时间）. . . . . .
In nature, you may see many insets(昆虫) and animals of different colors. Have you ever wondered why?
Locusts are super delicious food for birds, but it is not always an easy job for birds to catch them. It is neither because locusts are good jumpers or runners nor because they are smarter than their enemies. The reason is that the color of locusts change with the color of crops（庄稼）. When crops are young, locusts look green. But when autumn comes, locusts change to the yellow and brown color as crops do.
Brown bears, tigers and other animals move quietly through forests. They can't be seen easily by their enemies. This is because they have colors similar to the trees. For the same reason, polar ears that live on a land of snow and ice are white. Butterflies and bees living among the flowers are colorful like flowers. Soil insects are mostly dark—colored and they live under the soil（土壤）in a dark and wet environment. However ,insects with colors different from plants can easily be found and eaten by others. So in order to survive, they have to hide themselves in the daytime and appear only at night.
Have y ou ever noticed some even stranger acts? The ink fish in the sea can send out some very black ink when it faces danger. As the ink spreads over, its enemies will find themselves suddenly in a dark world. At the same time the ink fish immediately swims away. That is how it keep itself safe though it is not strong at all.
Laura is interested in music. Five years ago, while she was studying abroad in England, she heard a song full of feelings about returning home on the radio. This country music song changed her forever. Now she is a fan of American country music. She loves a famous singer named Garth Brooks. ⑴She hopes to see him sing live one day! Country music is really beautiful. It brings us back to the "good old days"when people were kind to each other and trusted one another. ⑵It also reminds us that the best things in life are free — laughter, friends, family, and the beauty of nature and the countryside.
Laura loves reading, too. Two years ago, she joined a reading club. ⑶自那以后，她已经读了100多本不同的书. This month, Laura has chosen Little Women. She thinks she should hurry. ⑷Because the book report is due in two weeks. 。
However, her parents want her to give up reading, because they think she has spent too much time on it. But Laura believes that ⑸一个人书读得越多就会变得越聪明. She said, "I will never give them up. And I will try my best to study well at the same time!"
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Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the schools. Several students have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them. Some middle schools in Australia have banned（禁止）students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
⑸Mary Bullet , an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction（分心的事）to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers also said that sometimes students might use short messages to cheat during exams.
⑸She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't get in touch with their children.
⑸Many teachers said students shouldn't have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at the school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students shouldn't have mobile phones at school ; they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
⑸Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
