David was ill. He went to see a doctor. The doctor asked him to1 his tongue (舌头), and then he said, “ OK. You can put your tongue back now. There's 2 wrong with you, but I'm afraid you have a problem, you never take 3.”
“But, doctor,” David said, “I don't think so.”
“Don't 4me what you think,” the doctor said, “I see a lot of people 5you. None of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front of the TV in the evening. You must walk quickly for at least 30 minutes a day.”
“Doctor, you don't understand, ”David said, “ I take enough exercise every day. ”
“I don't want to 6 any excuses,” the doctor said, “You must find time7 exercise. If you don't, you will get8 and have health problems.”
“But I walk every day.” David said.
“Oh, yes, and I know what kind of walking that is. You walk9meters to the bus stop from your house, from the bus stop to your office, and from your office to your dining-room for lunch and back. That's not a real walk. I'm talking about a walk by the lake or in the park for 30 minutes every day. ”
“Would you please 10 me, doctor?” David said, “I'm a postman. I walk for nearly seven hours every day.”
For a moment the doctor was silent, then he said,“Can I see your tongue again?”
My grandfather is seventy-five years old this year. But he looks very young. He looks like a sixty-year-old man. Now he can do everything all by himself. For example, he cooks, washes clothes, does the housework and so on.
Every morning, my grandfather goes out with a radio. He listens to the music or the news and goes to the park to play taijiquan. In the park, he talks and laughs with other old people. After coming back from the park, he begins to have breakfast and then he goes to the university (大学) for the old. He learns drawing there. In the afternoon, he plays on the computer for about one or two hours. After supper he watches TV and learns about the world. He goes to bed at about eight o'clock. He never stays up. He likes to share his ways of keeping healthy with others.
Are you healthy? If not, what do you learn from my grandfather's secret of keeping healthy?
There are many kinds of food in the world. Scientists know a lot about them. They say that there are some kinds of food people must eat every day. For example, people must eat some green and yellow vegetables. We shouldn't eat too much meat. People also need to eat some fruits, bread and rice. Of course our bodies need some water and milk.
Scientists say people in different countries and different places eat different kinds of food. They cook food in different ways. Different people eat at different times. In one place, people eat once or twice a day. But in another place, people eat three or four times. The scientists say when to eat and how many times to eat are not important. What we eat is the most important thing.
Nowadays, the world faces two problems. People in some places, for example, in Africa, are not full. Many people are eating junk food. It's bad for people's health. So it's our duty to make everyone full and make everyone healthy.
More and more people around the world are joining in dangerous sports. Some people climbed the highest mountains; some traveled into unknown parts of the world; some sailed small boats across the largest sea. Now some people begin to look for new excitement.
Bungee jumping (蹦极) and motorcycle racing (摩托车赛) are quite dangerous sports. Bungee jumping only lasts for a few minutes or even seconds. You jump from a high place, about 200 meters above the ground, and there is a rubber band (橡胶带子) tied to your legs. When you jump down, the rubber band pulls you up. About 2,000,000 people around the world have tried bungee jumping.
Why do people join in these dangerous sports? Some scientists say that it is because modern life has become safe and it is not interesting. In the past, people lived in danger. They had to go out and look for food, and life was like a fight but was interesting.
Many people think that there is little excitement in life. They live and work in safe places, buy food in shops, and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill.
Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a girl asked him to sing a song.
“I don't sing,” said the man.
But the girl told the waiter, “I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing! ”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get money, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song!
He had skills(技能) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he caught the chance, and found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills. You may not feel that your skills are great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved(提高).
A：Hi, Li Xiang! Tomorrow is Saturday.
B：Well, we decided on one thing. We're going to Mount Tai.
A：Oh. Sounds great!
B：We're going there by car.
A：
B：Everyone should wear sports shoes.
A：When and where are you leaving?
B：We're leaving at the bus stop at 6:00 tomorrow morning.
A：
B：We're going mountain climbing.
A：
B：For a whole day. We'll be back at 4:50 in the afternoon.
A：Well, have a good time! Show me your photos when we get back to school.
B：Thanks. I will.
A. What are you going to do?
B. What else are you going to do?
C. How long are you going to stay there?
D. Please come and cheer us on.
E. What kind of shoes will you wear?
F. How are you going there?
G. How are you today?
It is very hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time.a good friend can make your life happy. Howmake friends?
If you are in a new class, don't be nervous. Be to others and they will be friendly to you too. Give your opening mind to other They will like you soon.
The interest is important. Singing dancing are most students' hobbies. If you have, they will get close to you.
At last, in to have a good friend, we should take care of students .
I'm Sam. My hobby is playing chess（棋）—one of the greatest games in the world. My mom taught me how to play when I was 7. She beat (打败) me every time for the first year. But then on my eighth birthday, I won for the first time. I nearly always beat her from then on.
It takes about a day to learn the rules (规则). But if you want to be good, you have to practice for years. You don't need much to play chess—just a chess set (棋具) and someone to play with.
Chess sets can be quite cheap, or very expensive. Some people collect chess sets as a hobby, but some prefers playing.
There is a chess club in our school, and we meet every week to play with each other. I'm the best player in the club, and the captain of the school chess team. This year we won the All English Schools' Championship (锦标赛), and I had to go up on stage (台子) in front of the whole school to accept the trophy (奖品).
I'm saving up my money to buy a chess computer. It's very expensive, but very good for practice. In that way, I'll always have someone to play with. One day I will be the world chess champion (冠军).
