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  3. Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS

Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS

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问题    Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 WORDS, in which you should:
   1) summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then
   2) comment on Brewer’s view that parents should join in with their kids rather than limit their media consumption.
   You can support yourself with information from the excerpt.
   Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
   Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
                  How much screen time is too much for kids?
   Parents have been advised to limit media consumption of their children, but research suggests it’s the nature of it that matters.
   For many parents in the digital age, battles with their kids over screen time and devices have become a depressing part of family life. Many parents will now be relieved to hear that recent research suggests that it’s not so much the length, but the nature of the screen time that matters.
   Jocelyn Brewer, a psychologist who specializes in the concept of "digital nutrition", likens media diets to what’s on our plates: rather than counting calories (or screen time), think about what you’re eating.
   "It’s not just about whether you consume any potential digital junk foods, but also your relationship to technology and the role it plays in your family life," says Brewer.
   For young children, the most important thing is whether parents and kids are playing, watching or browsing together.
   A study of 20,000 parents published late last year by the Oxford Internet Institute and Cardiff University determined that there was no correlation between limiting device use and children’s well-being. The study’s lead author Dr Andrew Pryzbylski said: "Our findings suggest the broader family context, how parents set rules about digital screen time, and if they’re actively engaged in exploring the digital world together, are more important than the raw screen time. "
   "The consensus is that screen time, in and of itself, is not harmful—and reasonable restrictions vary greatly, depending on a child’s behavior and personality. There is little point in worrying about how many minutes a day your kids are spending with screens," says Brewer. " Instead, parents should be doing what they can to ensure that what they’re watching, playing and reading is high-quality, age-appropriate and safe—and joining in wherever possible. "
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答案          Both the Length and Nature of Screen Time Should Be Taken Seriously
   Experts have been sounding the alarm in recent years over digital device addiction and its impact on children’s development and learning, which convinces parents of the need to limit screen time for their children. However, the psychologist Jocelyn Brewer and Dr Andrew Pryzbylski tend to believe that the nature of screen time matters more than its length. Personally, I insist that while focusing on the nature of screen time, it is also crucial to properly control children’s screen time.
   There is no denying that if parents join in kids to effectively make use of screen time, it will be beneficial to children’s growth and the enhancement of parent-child relationship. Therefore, for those parents and caregivers who view video games and television as a handy "babysitter" , it’s time to attach more importance to the nature of screen time. Meanwhile, considering that most children lack self-control, it is also necessary for parents to limit their screen time. For one thing, screen time is a sedentary activity, meaning you are physically inactive while sitting in front of the screen. Being addicted to staring at the screen will certainly do harm to your health. For another, spending too much time online not only leads to loss of interest in other activities, but also interferes with the development of skills such as social interaction, conflict resolution, non-verbal and verbal communication.
   Therefore, it is important for parents to keep their children in a balance between online and offline worlds, and both the length and nature of screen time should be taken into account.
解析    本题讨论的是与关注儿童使用电子产品的时长相比，家长是否更应该多地陪孩子一起使用电子产品这一话题。选段中提到，心理学家乔斯林-布鲁尔(Jocelyn Brewer)认为重要的不是孩子盯着屏幕的时长，而是他们观看的内容以及技术产品在家庭生活中扮演的角色。安德鲁-普里兹比斯基(Andrew Pryzbylski)也指出，与纯粹的观看时长相比，更重要的是家庭的整体氛围，父母如何就观看时长制定规则，以及父母是否积极地跟孩子一起探索数字世界。本题的写作重点在于首先概括所给材料的观点；然后就这一话题提出自己的观点并给予足够的论据支撑；最后总结全文，重申论点。
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