The face-down generation（一代）
If you were born in the 2000s, you are called the oh-ohs. The 21st century. That would make you young, creative, connected, world-wide, and no doubt smart. Maybe good-looking, too. Right? But what do other people think about your generation?
Some adults worry that you're more interested in the screen in front of you than the world around you. They think of you as the "face-down generation" because you use your phone so much. They wonder how you will deal with school, friends, and family.
Other adults worry that today's youth are spoilt (溺爱) and don't want to face the challenges of adult life. Many children born in the 1990s and 2000s were raised by "helicopter parents". They were always there to guide and help their children with a busy program filled with homework and after-school activities such as dancing, drawing, or sports. With parents who do everything for them, today's youth seem to prefer to live like teenagers even when they are in their 20s or 30s.
Does the face-down generation need a heads-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today's teenagers are better educated and more creative than past generations. They seem to be willing to become leaders. More young people than ever volunteer to help their communities. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for pushing girls' rights to go to school.
So if you're one of the oh-ohs, there's reason to be hopeful about the future. Things are looking up for the face-down generation. Chances are that you do great and laugh out loud.
【小题1】If Alice was born in 2004, is she an oh-oh?【小题2】Why do some adults think of the oh-ohs as the "face-down generation"?
【小题3】What are the parents called who always guide and plan everything for their children?
【小题4】How does the writer organize Paragraph 4?
| A．Time order. | B．Space order. | C．General to specific. | D．Specific to general. |
"The direct reason for the drought (干旱）is light rain and high temperature," Ren Fuming, a leading expert (专家)at China's National Climate Center. The rainfall in worst-hit Yunnan since September last year is the lowest in about 50 years while the temperature since the beginning of winter is the highest.
All over the world, natural disasters have climbed from less than 50 a year in the 1950s to between 350 and 450 a year in the 2000s. In 2009, weather events affected 55 million people around the world. China's drought is mainly affecting key food-producing areas, which grow more than eighty percent of the country's wheat.
With no rain in sight until mid-month and possibly beyond, Chinese officials say they are preparing for a serious , long-lasting drought. The UN has warned that the drought is could drive up food prices. And the situation could become terrible if a spring drought follows the winter drought. Food prices have already risen about 35 percent since mid-November.
Chinese officials say the country's food production still has room to go back, although people suffer from the losses.
| The drought in China | |
| Why? | The direct |
| Situation in China | For example, Yunnan has had the least rain but the |
| The farmers in China will | |
| The UN has warned that the drought may make the food | |
| Conclusion (结论) | China is |
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