“Inmydaywehadtowalkamiletoschool—uphillbothways.”Thatmaysoundlikeanoldjoke.Todayonly13percentofkidswalktoschooldownfrom66percent30yearsago.Studiesshowthatfewerchildrenarewalkingandbiki
“Inmydaywehadtowalkamiletoschool—uphillbothways.”Thatmaysoundlikeanoldjoke.Todayonly13percentofkidswalktoschooldownfrom66percent30yearsago.
Studiesshowthatfewerchildrenarewalkingandbikingtoschoolandmorechildrenareatriskofbecomingoverweight.Changingbehaviorsofchildrenandparentsrequirecreativewaysthataresafeandfun.
Awalkingschoolbuscanbeboth.
Itworkslikeabuspickingup‘passengers’alongthewayatdesignated(指定的)‘busstops’excepteveryoneiswalking!
TheWalkingSchoolBusworksasasupervisedgroupofchildrenwalkingtoandfromschoolalongasafeandenjoyablesetroute.Thereareatleasttwoparentsinagroup.Oneparent‘drives’atthefrontofthebuswhiletheotherparentsupervisesattheback.Thesameofdifferentsupervisorsgowiththechildrentoandfromschool.Additional(增加的)parentsmaybeneededdependingonthewalkingenvironment.
The‘bus’cangoasoftenasparentswantto‘drive’itandchildrenwanttouseit.Thismeansthatitcanevenworkaslittleasonemorningorafternooneachweek.Allchildrenarewelcometojointhebuseveniftheirparentscannotbedrivers.Andtheserviceisfree.
Sociallyit’sgreatbecausethechildrenmeetotherchildrenotherwisetheywouldonlyknowbysight.
“MychildrenhaveformedsomegoodfriendshipsbecauseoftheWalkingBus.Theparentsgettoknowotherparentstoo!”aparentsaid.“FromourexperienceoftheWalkingBusithasonlybeenameaningfulthing.Itgetsallofuswalkingmoreandthechildrendonotcomplainaboutwalkingliketheyusedto.”
Somekidssaidcomparedtowalkingschoolbusit’sboringinacarwhentheywereaskedwhynotgetintoacar.
Besidestheseitmighthaveagoodeffectonheavytraffic.
1.Howmanystudentswalkedtoschool30yearsago?
A.66percent.B.13percent.C.30percent.D.53percent.
2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“supervised”meaninthepassage?
A.controlledB.exploredC.requiredD.improved
3.WhatcantheWalkingSchoolBusNOTdotohelpthechildren__________.
A.makemorefriendsB.reducetheriskofbeingoverweight
C.exercisemoreD.complainaboutwalking
