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　　We’ve heard it before－we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents－children and teenagers today are growing up too fast．There are not too many people that will 　　1　　 with that statement．Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early 　　2　　．In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules are as 　　3　　 as those of an adult’s．

　　I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in 　　4　　 in which I was working with adults．I have had to learn to think and 　　5　　 like an adult to be taken seriously．So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast．I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting(反思)on the 　　6　　 eighteen years thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what 　　7　　 I have yet to achieve．

　　We are expected to work hard, get excellent 　　8　　, be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do 　　9　　．The list goes on and on．But the 　　10　　 is clear：We live in a society today that is 　　11　　 our childhood．We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free．We are expected to 　　12　　 the strict school rules and to excel(擅长)in everything we do．

　　I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they 　　13　　 me．But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a 　　14　　 lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work．We had finished a job at a remote site．It was about 11∶30 at night, and we had 　　15　　 to his house．We were talking about the 　　16　　 he had been making to his home．One of the things he said was “I 　　17　　 my basketball hoop(篮圈)．” Then he threw a basketball to me．

　　I hadn’t 　　18　　 a basketball in five years．

　　We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes．Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time 　　19　　 away like children．Then I realized something：I am still a child．Oh, the law says I’m an adult．But, we are still really and truly children．We all need to have 　　20　　 once in a while．

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　　Science．And technology students in China and the US have a1ong way to go before they call develop a deep understanding of scientific reasoning,researchers have found．

　　As part of a research to compare science education in China and theUS, LeiBao,a professor from the Departmenr of Physics of the Ohio State University, gave 5,760; freshmen in three US and four Chinese univeristies two tests to evaluate content knowledge and another to assess scientific reasoning

　　Though Chinese students did better than their US counterparts in the first two tests that Emphasized on learning facts,both groups“scored relatively poorly”on the third test,designed to Assess their ability ot systmatically explore a problem, the results showed．

　　Lei Bao said that the finding challenges conventional wisdom, which holds that teaching science facts will improve students'reasoning ability．“Our study shows that, contrary to what many people would expect, even when students are thoroughly taught the facts, they don't necessarily develop the reasoning skills they need io succeed．”IBao said：‘“Because students need both knowledge and reasoning,we need to explore teaching methods that target both．”

　　‘The current education systems and asessment of China and the US do not emphasize on deep understanding of scientific reasoning in the disciplines of science; technology,engineering and mathematics(STEM), the study concluded．

　　Bao explained that reasoning is good skill for everyone topossess-not just scientists and engineers：The general public also need good reasoning skills in order to correctly interpret scientific findings and think rationally．STEM students need to excael at scientific reasoning in order to handle open-ended real-world tasks in their future careers in science and engineering．

　　How to boost scientific reasoning?The study suggests that educators must go beyond teaching science facts if they hope to boost students'reasoning ability．Bao points to inquiry-based leaming．where students work in groups, question teachers and design their owu investigations．This teaching technique is growing in popularity worldwide．

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