# Children play outdoors

- 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 3）
- 考频：中频
- 最近考试：2026.1.28西北工业大学
- 题目数：7
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## 题目原文

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 Part three. 
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 You will hear a student called Ravi talking to his tutor, Dr. Chang, about research he is doing for an assignment on children playing outdoors. 
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 First, you have some time to look at questions twenty-one to twenty-six. 
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 Now listen carefully and answer questions twenty-one to twenty-six. 
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 Right, Ravi. Tell me how the research for your assignment about children's outdoor play is going. 
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 Yes. Well, I've been reading about why children spend less time playing outside now than twenty or thirty years ago. 
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 So is it just because of the amount of online time that children have now, which obviously happens indoors? 
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 Well, if that was the case, there'd be a correlation between high Internet use and low levels of outdoor play. And it's nothing to do with whether there are adequate facilities outside, playgrounds, for example, as any open space will do. There's perhaps no single more important factor than parental worries about the dangers of vehicles on the streets. 
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 But it could also be that children today prefer playing indoors to outdoors. 
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 Well, a study in Tokyo suggests it's the other way round, that children are spending more time in structured activities and out-of-school clubs than before. And this has a knock-on effect on... 
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 What's left for outdoor play. 
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 Right. 
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 Your premise is that outdoor play is good. What exactly do you want to focus on in your assignment? 
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 Well, not so much on things that apply to exercise in general, like children's muscles getting stronger because they run around, and not on what seems, for instance, self-evident, that outdoor play helps children to concentrate on things other than lessons. 
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 Sure. 
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 I'd like to investigate some of the more unexpected benefits, like to children's digestion. This is because fresh air tends to stimulate hunger, perhaps leaving to one side the question of whether climbing trees helps educate children about the natural world. 
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 No, not really relevant. What sort of decisions do outdoor games and activities force children to make? 
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 Well, for example, how they decide how dangerous something might be. And I'd like to outline the main findings on that. 
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 Okay. And as you're arguing that there's been a shift in play patterns over the last generation or so, how are you going to substantiate this? 
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 Yes. Surveys have compared parents' recollections of their childhood play thirty years ago with what their children do now. And the nature of what children do when they are playing outdoors has changed. 
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 How exactly? 
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 Well, surprisingly, it's not so much how often children play outside or preferences for large or small groups, but the fact that the play sessions don't go on for as long. And games involving one child running after another who tries to get away, these are still as popular as ever. But one thing that has declined is improvised games, and I'd like to examine why this might be. 
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 Interesting. And what about safety? 
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 Well, from my reading, serious accidents are still rare. More kids hurt themselves falling out of bed than out of trees. 
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 Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions twenty-seven to thirty. Now listen and answer questions twenty-seven to thirty. 
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 I think the decline of outdoor play is a problem which should worry parents. I mean, perhaps the children themselves don't miss it. They may be happy to spend lots of time indoors, but the links between inactivity and physical problems when they're adults are so well established that I think kids should be encouraged to spend more time outdoors with their brothers and sisters and friends. 
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 What about schools? 
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 Well, what I think they should do differently regarding outdoor play, and it wouldn't actually require a great deal of expenditure, is base their policy on different outcomes, like developing children's confidence, not just thinking about exam results. Although I don't know how it would go down with the parents. 
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 And do children get more contact with nature in rural areas? 
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 There's research on this by Smith and Barker. Intuitively, you'd expect children in rural areas to spend more time out in the open, but in fact, they are generally told to keep off agricultural land. Plus, there are difficulties with supervision outside towns and cities. 
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 Right. And Smith and Barker's paper was published in... 
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 Two thousand and one. 
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 Not the most up-to-date, but still valid to use. But you'll need to stipulate very precisely that their focus was, if I remember correctly, just on rural areas. So you'd need to consider how far their restricted findings might be applicable to urban areas as well. 
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 Okay. 
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 Right. So now I'd suggest you produce an overview of what you're going to cover. 
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 That is the end of part three. You now have thirty seconds to check your answers to part three.

## 题目与答案

### 21-22. 21-22 What do the speakers agree are the TWO reasons why children play outdoors less now than in the past?

21-22 What do the speakers agree are the TWO reasons why children play outdoors less now than in the past?

- Concerns about traffic
- Limited outdoor play facilities
- Increased time spent online
- Preference for indoor play
- Reduction in free time

**答案**：Concerns about traffic,Reduction in free time

原文定位：There's perhaps no single more important factor than parental worries about the dangers of vehicles on the streets;a study in Tokyo suggests it's the other way round, that children are spending more time in structured activities and out-of-school clubs than before. And this has a knock-on effect on what's left for outdoor play

同义替换：「Concerns about traffic」↔「worries about the dangers of vehicles on the streets」；「Reduction in free time」↔「spending more time in structured activities and out-of-school clubs」

### 23-24. 23-24 In his assignment, which TWO aspects of outdoor play does Ravi want to focus on?

23-24 In his assignment, which TWO aspects of outdoor play does Ravi want to focus on?

- How it helps children to evaluate risk
- How it broadens their horizons
- How it aids children's muscular development
- How it improves children's digestion
- How it teaches children about the environment

**答案**：How it helps children to evaluate risk,How it improves children's digestion

原文定位：What sort of decisions do outdoor games and activities force children to make? Well, for example, how they decide how dangerous something might be. And I'd like to outline the main findings on that;I'd like to investigate some of the more unexpected benefits, like to children's digestion. This is because fresh air tends to stimulate hunger

同义替换：「helps children to evaluate risk」↔「decide how dangerous something might be」；「improves children's digestion」↔「more unexpected benefits, like to children's digestion」

### 25-26. According to Ravi, in which TWO ways are children's periods of outdoor play now different from a generation ago?

According to Ravi, in which TWO ways are children's periods of outdoor play now different from a generation ago?

- They are less dangerous.
- They involve fewer children.
- They usually last a shorter time.
- They include fewer made-up games.
- They involve fewer chasing games.

**答案**：They usually last a shorter time.,They include fewer made-up games.

原文定位：Well, surprisingly, it's not so much how often children play outside or preferences for large or small groups, but the fact that the play sessions don't go on for as long;But one thing that has declined is improvised games, and I'd like to examine why this might be

同义替换：「usually last a shorter time」↔「the play sessions don't go on for as long」；「include fewer made-up games」↔「one thing that has declined is improvised games」

### 27. 27 Ravi thinks parents should be more concerned about the decline of outdoor play because

27 Ravi thinks parents should be more concerned about the decline of outdoor play because

- It affects family relationships.
- It leads to health problems later in life.
- It makes childhood less enjoyable.

**答案**：It leads to health problems later in life.

原文定位：I think the decline of outdoor play is a problem which should worry parents;but the links between inactivity and physical problems when they're adults are so well established that I think kids should be encouraged to spend more time outdoors

同义替换：「concerned」↔「worry」；「later in life」↔「when they're adults」；「health」↔「physical」；「leads to」↔「the links between」

### 28. 28 What does Ravi say that schools should do with regard to outdoor play?

28 What does Ravi say that schools should do with regard to outdoor play?

- Revise their aims.
- Spend more money on it.
- Listen to the views of parents.

**答案**：Revise their aims.

原文定位：Well, what I think they should do differently regarding outdoor play, and it wouldn't actually require a great deal of expenditure, is base their policy on different outcomes, like developing children's confidence, not just thinking about exam results

同义替换：「Revise their aims」↔「base their policy on different outcomes, like developing children's confidence, not just thinking about exam results」

### 29. 29 What did Smith and Barker say about children in rural areas?

29 What did Smith and Barker say about children in rural areas?

- They tend not to be allowed on farmland.
- They receive more supervision outdoors.
- They spend more time outdoors than city children.

**答案**：They tend not to be allowed on farmland.

原文定位：There's research on this by Smith and Barker. Intuitively, you'd expect children in rural areas to spend more time out in the open, but in fact, they are generally told to keep off agricultural land

同义替换：「tend not to be allowed」↔「are generally told to」；「farmland」↔「agricultural land」

### 30. 30 What problem does Dr Chang highlight about Smith and Barker's research?

30 What problem does Dr Chang highlight about Smith and Barker's research?

- Its findings are inconclusive.
- It is too old to be useful.
- Its focus is limited.

**答案**：Its focus is limited.

原文定位：Not the most up-to-date, but still valid to use. But you'll need to stipulate very precisely that their focus was, if I remember correctly, just on rural areas. So you'd need to consider how far their restricted findings might be applicable to urban areas as well

同义替换：「limited」↔「restricted」

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