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Head Start Proposal

President Bush has proposed a measure to improve teaching in the Head Start program for young children from poor families.The president wants all fifty-thousand Head Start teachers trained to prepare children for reading.

About nine-hundred-thousand children in the United States attend Head Start.A majot goal is to help children gain the skills they need to succeed in school.Children in the program are from three to five years old.There is also an Early Head Start program for babies and pregant women.

Each year in the United States,millions of children aged five or six start school for the first time.Many of these children attended some kind of pre-school or nursery school to prepare them for school.

However,parents who do not earn much money cannot pay for their children jto attend nursery schools.Some of these parents may not be able to read books to their children or teach them things at home.

Their children may have hearlth or emotional problems.Studies have shown that many children from low-income families often do poorly in school.

To try to solve this problem,the government began the Head Start program in Nineteen-Sixty-Five.The prupose of the program is to give children from low income families a "Head start"so they can begin school on equal terms with other children.

There are four major parts of Head Start.The first is education.Children in Head Start classes learn words and numbers.They learn about history and science.They learn to express their feelings.And they learn how to play with others.

The second part of Head Start is health.Every child receives health care.The children eat one or two healthy meals a day at their Head Start school.

The third part of Head Start is the involvement of parents.Parents learn about educational activities they can do at home.Head Start teachers visit parents to talk about thier child's progress and any problems.Many parents work as assistants to teachers in the program

The fourth part of head Start is social services.Head start provides information in help families deal with problems like homelessness,unemployment,and alcohol or drug dependence.

Studies have shown that Head Start children perform equal to or better than other children when they enter school.

译文：
布什总统发布一项为提高来自贫苦家庭的孩子的教学提议 。总统希望5万名领先计划的老师为提高孩子的阅读能力培训。

大约有90万美国孩子参加了领先计划。一个主要目标是为帮助孩子在校获得成功所必须的技能。三到五岁的孩子列入计划中。也有为宝宝和孕妇设计的领先计划。

每年，在美国有数百万的孩子在五到六岁第一次开始学校生活。许多孩子为了学校生活而参加某些预备学校或者托儿所。

然后，那些无法赚取足够数量金钱的父母无法支付孩子在托儿所的费用。一些父母也无法阅读书籍或在家教孩子。

他们的孩子可能有健康或心理方面的问题。研究显示许多低收入家庭的孩子在校成绩很糟糕。

为了试图解决这个问题，政府在1965年开始了领先计划程序。这一项目的目的是给来自低收入家庭的孩子一个良好的开端，使他们在学校与其他孩子处于平等的地位。

领先计划有四个主要内容。第一部分为教育培训。孩子们在班里学习单词和数字，历史和科学，以及表达他们的想法。他们学习怎样与其他孩子玩耍。

第二部分为健康。每个孩子得到健康照顾。孩子们每天在学校吃一到二顿健康餐。

第三部分是父母参与。父母能在家学习教育的技能。老师进行家访和他们谈论孩子的进步和问题。许多父母在这个过程中成为老师的助手。

第四部分是社会实践。领先计划提供信息，帮助家庭处理失业、无家可归、酗酒、依赖药物的问题。

研究表明，领先计划的孩子的入学表现与其他孩子相同或比他们更好。


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Effects of Golbal Warming

Scientists say the warming of the Earth's atmosphere has beun to afect plant and animal life around the world.Scientists from the University of Hanover in Germany reported their findings in the publication Nature.They say global warming is affecting endangered species,sea life and the change in seasonal activities of organisms.Global warming is caused by carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.

Studies show that the Earth's climate has warmed by about six-tenths of one degree Celsius during the past one hundred years.Most of the increase has taken place in the last thirty years.

The Geman scientists studied different animal and plant populations around the world in the past thirty years.They say some species will disappear because they cannot move to new areas when their home climate gets too warm.

The scientiests say one of the biggest signs of climate change has been the worldwide reduction in coral reefs.Rising temperatures in the world's warm ocean waters have caused coral to lose color and die.

In the coldest areas of the world,winter freezing periods are now happening later and ending earlier.Researchers say these changes are havingsevere effects on animals such as penguins,seals and polar bears.

Changes in temperature and wetness in the air can also affect the reproducion of some reptiles and amphibians.For example,the sex of baby painted turtles is linked to the average temperature in July.Scientists say even small temperature increases can threaten the production of male turtles.

In Europe,scientists say warmer temperatures are affecting the spring and autumnseasons.This is affecting the growth of plants and delaying the flight of birds from one place to another.

Scientists are concerened about invasions of warm weather species into traditionally colder areas.Rising temperatures have been linked with diseases spread by mosquito insects in areas of Asia.East Africa and Latin America.

Britain's Meteorological office says worldwide temperatures will continue to rise during the next one hundred years.It says how much temperatures increase will depend on the success of worldwide policies designed to slow global warming.