Drriinnggg! That's the sound kids up and down the country do not want to hear – the alarm bell.

“叮铃……”这是全国各地的学生都不喜欢听到的声音，电铃的声音。

The school year has just started and children across the UK have to wake up bright and early to go to school.

新的学年刚刚开始，英国全国各地的学生必须一大早就醒来去上学。

But students at one school in north-east England can lie in for an extra hour before they go to school.

但是英格兰东北部一所学校的学生现在可以在床上多睡一个小时再去上学。 Monkseaton High School has been allowing its pupils to come into school an hour later than other schools.

蒙克西顿高中现在允许学生们比其他学校迟一个小时上学。

The headmaster, Dr Paul Kelley, says that this approach helps students pay more attention in class.

校长Paul Kelley表示，这个方法可以帮助学生在课堂上更加集中精力。 He feels that young people are more productive later on in the day and that a late start may be better for their school career than an early one.

他感到，一天中稍晚的时候孩子们的效率更高，迟一点上学对他们的学习生涯更好。

Dr Kelley told the BBC that "teenagers don't function very well in the morning and their need to sleep is biological."

Paul Kelley告诉BBC，“青少年在早上的状态不是特别好，他们对睡眠的需求是生物钟决定的。”

It seems that this novel approach to teaching shows positive results. The school has already seen a drop in the number of pupils playing truant by 27%.

他们新颖的教学方法似乎产生了积极的效果。这所学校学生的逃课率降低了27%。

More importantly, Dr Kelley also said that exam results have improved by 20-30% over the past year.

更重要的是，Kelley表示，过去一年，考试成绩提高了20%至30%。 Lessons at Monkseaton High School begin at 10am and finish at 3.40pm; however, the school opens from 8am to 5pm.

蒙克西顿高中的课程从上午10:00开始，到下午3:40结束。然而，学校从上午8:00到下午5:00开放。

Chinese TV host Xie Na and singer Zhang Jie held their wedding ceremony on Monday in Shangri-la, Yunnan Province. Many of their celebrity friends like TV host He Jiong, singer Li Yuchun and comedian Xiao Shenyang came to attend the ceremony。

Then it is not the point .

How to wear wedding rings?

婚戒，你戴对了吗？

1.In many countries, the wedding rings are worn on the left ring finger. The left ring finger is said to have a vein that goes straight to the heart. That’s why people tend to wear their wedding rings on this finger.

在许多国家，婚戒都是戴在左手无名指上的。据说，无名指上有一根血管是直通心脏的，所以大家都爱把婚戒戴在无名指上。

2.In some countries, the left hand is bad luck because the Latin word for "left" means "sinister". In these cases they wear the ring on the right ring finger. 有一些国家认为左手是恶运之手，因为在拉丁语中，左边有凶兆邪恶的意思。因此，在这些国家，最好把婚戒戴在右手无名指上。

3.If you’re not sure what the tradition is in your country and you don’t have anyone to ask, try looking at people’s hands in public and see which finger is common to wear the wedding ring.

如果你不确定你的国家有什么特别传统，你也不知道找谁去问，那么就试着在公开场合观察别人都是怎么戴婚戒的吧。

4.If you would also like to wear your engagement ring, it’s customary to wear the wedding ring first and then place the engagement ring after. That way the wedding ring is closer to your heart.

如果你还想把订婚戒指也戴上的话，那就先戴结婚戒指，再戴订婚戒指，这样结婚戒指就更靠近你的心脏了。

第二篇：daily report a