1 . Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health. If so, the following health habits may help you.

· Eat breakfast every morning.

Research shows that if you eat a meal in the morning you may not become too fat or eat too much during lunch. Eating breakfast can help people feel better through the day.

· Get enough sleep.

Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning. It can also cause traffic accident! Studies show that people who don’t get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So stay safe and get enough sleep!

· Take a walk every day.

Walking is an easy way to exercise. You’d better meet friends for a walk, not for a meal. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you will find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy.

· Join social groups.

Social groups can provide support. They might include sport teams, art or music groups. The people in the group can offer advice and can help each other in difficult times. Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy. An active mind is a healthy mind!

· Have a hobby.

A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. Hobbies help people to relax and rest. Hobbies bring us joy as well.

April Fools Day is on April 1st. People can play jokes on others on this special day. If you succeed, you usually laugh and say, “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you laughs, too. And he will never be angry with you.

Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to thank mothers. On that day, mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a good rest.

Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which is on or after March 21. It’s also called Easter Sunday. It’s said that on that day Jesus Christ (耶稣) comes back to life. Many people go to church and children often get presents such as toys.

Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November in the USA. It’s a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get together and have a big dinner.

Christmas Day comes on December 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be seen everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.

4 . Mr. Smith works in a bank (银行) and Mrs. Smith works in a store. Their son, John, is a student of 14.

In the morning, Mrs. Smith always gets up at six. She takes a shower and makes breakfast for the family. Mr. Smith and John get up at six thirty. They run for half an hour and take a shower. They have breakfast at a quarter past seven. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith go to work and John goes to school at a quarter to eight. They don’ t have lunch at home in the afternoon. John gets home at 4: 40 after school. He does his homework. Then his parents get home from work at about 5:30. They eat dinner at 6:30.

In the evening, all the family watch TV together. What a happy family!

5 . Hello and welcome to “Words and Their Stories”. We will research into some commonly used words and expressions. As with other languages, American English is rich in expressions that come from animals. Today we will talk about the wolf.

Wolves are important animals in the traditions and stories of America. Before the Europeans arrived at north America in the 1500s, to native Americans, wolves often meant being brave.

However, in English, wolves are not to be trusted. Perhaps wolves attacked too many people or ate too many farm animals. Whatever the reason, wolves were killed in many places. So many died that they almost became endangered. They also became known as bad animals.

To begin with, there is an expression lone wolf (独来独往的人). If we call somebody a lone wolf, he isn’t a bad person, but he may like to do things by himself. In fact, he sometimes makes you think he doesn’t want to be around people because he dislikes them.

Now, let’s move on to the home. Parents tell their children not to wolf down their food. In other words, the child eats too quickly and without care. And if someone says a child was raised by wolves, that child has bad manners and is behaving like a wild animal.

A wolf call is the noise made by a man to show that he likes the way a woman looks. But a wolf call is not a nice thing. These men sound rude. And trust me, most women really hate wolf calls.

By the way, there is a popular expression about wolf from a very old story: a wolf in sheep’s clothing. A wolf in sheep’s clothing describes someone who acts and looks nice on the outside but is bad on the inside. It tells us not to be fooled by appearances (外貌).