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Yesterday, a Department of Health taskforce published a report recommending sweeping changes in the funding and operation of mental health provision for children and adolescents. The report follows a series of Times articles on a growing epidemic of mental health problems in children and adolescents resulting in a huge rise in children resorting to self-harm and exhibiting symptoms of anxiety and depression in schools.
Many are seeking treatment for mental health problems in hospitals, or worse ending up in prisons. In one of these articles, the columnist Libby Purves highlights the urgent need for parents, to re-set their priorities and recognise the ground realities of pressures on their children.
Her comments reminded me of a story of Guru Nanak meeting with a group of people in a mountain retreat searching for an understanding of God. They greeted the Guru with the words ‘ how goes the world below’ the Guru was not impressed and told the group that God was not to be found in the wilderness but in the service of family and wider society.
Today there’s not much wilderness left for retreat – selfish or otherwise - but it is all too easy to spend all our time on personal pursuits or lose, ourselves in the virtual wilderness of the internet to the neglect of those around. Worse, in the absence of comfort and support from parents, children may look to friendship, love and support on internet chat lines oblivious to the dangers of grooming, blackmail and the hurt that can be caused by on-line bullying.
While yesterday’s promise of enhanced provision will help, Sikh teachings and those of sister faiths suggest that the real remedy lies in the home.
Reflecting on parental responsibility, Guru Nanak reminded us that the birth of a child comes with an attached responsibility for the child’s care and comfort that continues even if parents split. It is the family rather than on the internet that children should share both triumphs and concerns and receive time consuming but necessary encouragement and support. Today, obsession with personal fulfilment has replaced a search for God. Our different faiths remind us that both personal fulfilment and God can be found in looking beyond ourselves to the care and support of those around us.
詞匯解析
partial
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
adj.不完全的；部分的；偏袒的；偏愛(ài)的
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
The research project was only a partial success.
那個(gè)研究課題只取得部分成功。
You will receive some partial credit even you don't finish it.
如果你沒(méi)作完的話,你還是可以得到部分的分?jǐn)?shù)。
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passion
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.激情；熱情；酷愛(ài)；盛怒
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The dying embers of the former passion can still be seen in his articles.
往日激情將熄的余燼仍可從他的文章中看出來(lái)。
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rotate
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
v.輪流；(使)旋轉(zhuǎn)
adj.車輪狀的
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用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
The post of chairman rotates among members of the committee.
主席一職由委員會(huì)的成員輪流擔(dān)任。
Does the earth rotate on an axis?
地球是繞軸旋轉(zhuǎn)的嗎？
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diameter
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.直徑
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The diameter of the tree-trunk is about 2 meters.
這樹干的直徑大約是2米。
The axis of a circle is its diameter.
圓的軸線是其直徑。
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globe
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.地球；地球儀；球體；世界
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用作名詞 (n.)
Magellan was the first person to circumnavigate the globe.
麥哲倫是第一個(gè)環(huán)球航行的人。
Her fame has reached the most far-flung corners of the globe.
她已名揚(yáng)四海。
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shadow
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.影子；陰影；陰暗；蔭；暗處
vt.投陰影于；跟蹤；預(yù)示
vi.漸變；變陰暗
adj.影子內(nèi)閣的；陰影的
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
He walked along in the shadows hoping no one would recognize him.
他走在暗處，希望沒(méi)有人認(rèn)出他來(lái)。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)
Figmentary fears can shadow our whole existence.
想像中的恐懼能使我們整個(gè)生活蒙上陰影。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
Any pregnant woman who paed through her shadow would miscarry.
穿過(guò)她的陰影的所有孕婦會(huì)失敗。
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perfectly
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
adv.完全地；無(wú)瑕疵地；完整地；完美地；圓滿地
參考例句
用作副詞 (adv.)
Featuring authentic graphics that perfectly capture the winter sports aesthetic and spirit of the Olympic Games.
以完全地取得冬季運(yùn)動(dòng)的真實(shí)圖形為特色美學(xué)的和奧運(yùn)會(huì)的游戲精神。
Tao views of knowledge perfectly connect transportation of cultural knowledge with social practice.
陶行知的知識(shí)觀將文化知識(shí)傳遞與生活實(shí)踐完整地統(tǒng)一起來(lái)了。
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