【推荐3】A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for   you.   Eating   the   right   kind   of   food   is   very important. It can help your body grow strong, so take care of what you eat.

There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy group has food like milk, cheese and sour milk.   The other three groups are the meat and fish group,   the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group. Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups. With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.

It is easy to get into bad eating habits.   You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired in these days and you can not think quickly.

Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong. It is also good to take some exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air. Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.

【推荐1】NYC Parks offers plenty of sports for children aged eight and up. All programs are free but participants must be registered (注册) members of a recreation center.

Cycling

Learn to Ride, Spring-Fall

NYC Parks and Bike New York provide instructional cycling classes for kids. These classes teach a safe, easy, effective way to learn to ride. Participants learn the basics of balancing, starting, stopping and steering (后退) a bike. Most people learn to ride their bike while taking the class, but even if they don't, they will leave with an easy, hands-free, crash-free and low-stress way to learn to ride. Registration opens in April when dates are posted.

Flag Football

Fall

Flag football leagues take place across the city in the fall. The leagues welcome girls and boys aged 8 to 14 to take part in instructional drills strategies and live game play. All equipment is provided. Registration is on a first-come , first-served basis. The leagues run until November.

Soccer

Spring-Summer

NYC Parks runs instructional soccer games at locations around New York City. The soccer programs, which break into groups for kids from ages 5 — 17, run for 6 to 8 weeks. No experience is necessary. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in April and runs through July.

Basketball

NYC Parks Junior Knicks Winter Basketball League, Winter — Spring

The Junior Knicks Basketball League is open to boys and girls aged 8 through 17. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in November. The leagues season runs from January to April.

【推荐2】Youth sports can teach young players a lot more than how to play basketball or run faster.     1     These sportsmanship values are just as important as the development of athletic skills. Thus, coaches must drill (灌输) positive values into children with strict athletic training. There are several important pieces of advice that should be kept in mind in coaching.

Promote integrity(诚实正直).

When it comes to young athletes, promoting integrity should remain at the forefront (中心) of every athletic competition.     2     Never encourage athletes to break the rules on purpose during gameplay.

Encourage teamwork.

One of the most important aspects of sports is the development of teamwork. One way is to encourage players to help their teammates who might be struggling or to work with kids who might be left out. Also, correcting mistakes is a good opportunity for coaches to help build teamwork. Children often make mistakes. Though correcting mistakes is important, coaches should not embarrass(使尴尬)players by calling them out individually.     3     By communicating this point to players, they will build teamwork gradually.

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Sometimes players need to be chosen for poor displays of sportsmanship, lack of effort, or simply important teaching moments. However, never call out a player in front of other people. It is only natural that sometimes children’s emotions get the best of them or children lose focus and make silly mistakes.     5     Instead, pull the player aside privately and politely explain what went wrong and how to correct it in the future.

【推荐3】They train four hours a day,often waking up at 4:30 or 5:00 for before-school practices.Their evenings and weekends are eaten up by twice-weekly travel games.Every day is the same;there’s no break.No,these aren’t Olympic athletes;they’re kids.

The benefits of sports are obvious.So,it’s not surprising that,according to CNN,41 million American children play competitive sports.But when does this become too much of a good thing?

Seven years ago,a survey in SportingKid magazine found 84 percent of athletes’ parents had observed belligerent behavior in other parents at games and that 80 percent had been targets of this behavior.What does this say about sports culture,and our culture as a whole?Some parents have become so crazy about their children’s winning that they don’t stop to think about what example they are setting.

If athletes are constantly surrounded by adults who scream at coaches and attack sports officials,they may think that this is acceptable behavior.They’ll try to win at all costs.In other words,they won’t know how to accept defeat,and learn from it.

The amount of time some athletes spend practicing can be dangerous.According to Sports Illustrated,over 3.5 million athletes younger that 15 suffered from a sports-related injury—that’s nearly one in ten!Many injuries cause permanent（永久的）damage if not treated.

So what can we do about this situation?Some argue that there is no problem,because sports has always been and will always be competitive.But did your grandparents spend hours each day practicing tennis or volleyball?No,they probably played with the neighborhood kids after school,not worrying about winning.All they wanted was to have fun.And that’s what we need to change in youth sports—focus on enjoyment.

【推荐1】The United States is a nation of car owners. Ninety-five percent of households own a car, and 85 percent of people get to work in one. This lifestyle contributes to congestion (拥堵) on our roads and damages the environment. As autonomous vehicles begin to hit the streets over the next decade or so, it’s believed that all this will change.

Autonomous vehicles will most likely decrease the number and severity of crashes, allow cars to travel more closely together and improve cooperation between vehicles, all of which tend to reduce traffic jams and increase capacity.

However, this future is not certain. To realize the full potential benefits of driverless cars, we will have to act soon to encourage a culture in which transportation is shared. Many people in the automobile industry assume that driverless vehicles will automatically be shared, but there is little evidence that this is true. Most estimates suggest that driverless cars will eventually be only slightly more expensive than traditional cars, which means they’ll be within reach of many consumers, so users are not willing to share rides.

If most people are going to buy into a shared-ride culture, they need to get a significant benefit. Saving a few dollars off the fare isn’t likely to promote the movement significantly. A better benefit would be knowing that you’re going to reach your destination more quickly. The way to make sure of quick passage is to redesign our roads to give priority to ride-sharing autonomous vehicles like building priority lanes. The cost of travel will also be varied based on how efficiently a vehicle uses the roads. Autonomous vehicles carrying more people should get higher priority than those carrying one or none at all.

Decision-makers must push for rewards that encourage the most efficient use of our limited roadway infrastructure (基础设施). The autonomous future is rapidly approaching; it is critical that we act now, while the impacts of autonomous vehicles on traffic jams and emissions are still largely within our control.

【推荐2】It's true that high﹣school coding （编程） classes aren't essential for learning computer science in college. Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses， said Tom Cortina， a professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science.

However， Cortina said， early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn computer science， they learn that it's not just a confusing， endless string of letters and numbers but a tool to build apps， or create artwork， or test hypotheses（假说）. It's not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students. Breaking down problems into bite﹣sized chunks （块） and using code to solve them becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and help fill the jobs gap， Cortina said.

Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college， where introductory computer science classes are packed to the brim， which can drive the less﹣experienced or﹣ determined students away.

The Flatiron School， where people pay to learn programming， has become popular for adults looking for a career change. The high﹣schoolers get the same curriculum， but "we try to adjust lessons based on things they're interested in，" said Victoria Friedman， an instructor. For instance， one of the apps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood.

The students in the Flatiron class probably won't drop out of high school and build the next Facebook. Programming languages have a quick turnover， so the "Ruby on Rails" language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn --   how to think logically through a problem and organize the results --   apply to any coding language， said Deborah Seehorn， an education consultant for the state of North Carolina.

Indeed， the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the only purpose of the classes. These kids are going to be surrounded by computers --   in their pockets， in their offices， in their homes -- for the rest of their lives. The younger they learn how computers think， how to coax the machine into producing what they want -- the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that--   the better.

【推荐1】The word “sport” first meant something that people did in their free time.Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds.About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their spare time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports.Such people play because they want to. A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are called professional (职业化的) sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during that time the best ones can earn a lot of money.

For example, a professional footballer in England earns more than ￡30,000 a year. The stars can earn a lot more. International golf (高尔夫球) and tennis champions (冠军) can make more than ￡500,000 in a year. Of course, only a few sportsmen can earn as much money as that.It is only possible in sports for individuals (个人), like golf, tennis and motor racing (赛车). Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is this: the stars can earn more money from advertising (做广告) than from sports.As an advertisement for sports equipment doesn’t simply say “Buy our things.” It says “Buy the same shirt and shoes as ...” Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food.They allow the companies to use their names or a photograph of them and they are paid for this. Sports are no longer just something for people’s spare time.

【推荐2】The journey to the moon has been the first step towards future exploration in space. The distance between the Moon and Earth is very short indeed when compared with the distances between Earth and the other planets. Mars, the nearest planet to Earth is millions of miles away! Travelling to the planets will be man's next aim. Such travels will be more challenging than the trip to the moon and certainly more adventurous.

Recently, two American spaceships, Vikings 1 and 2, landed on Mars trying to discover whether that planet has any life on it. So far the signs of life on Mars has neither confirmed nor ruled out. Russians have discovered that the surface of Venus（金星）is so hot that it is almost certain that there is no life there. Also the atmosphere of Venus is extremely dense and the pressure is nearly a hundred times greater than that of the Earth's atmosphere.

Scientists believe man may find planets which have the same conditions as those we have on earth, but man should realize Earth will be his only home for a long time and begin to love and care for it.

【推荐3】I’m leaving for camp for the next seven weeks. This means no more teens life until I get back. It also means I get a break from reality, my phone, my laptop, and all social media. It’s important to my mind!

My first year at summer camp was when I was 9 years old turning 10. I was excited to be in a new environment. That one year changed me forever. This brings me to today. This will be my seventh summer. I text my friends that camp created a special community for me, one close to my heart. And it taught me how to bond with people. Luckily, I got to know a “big sister”—Jane, such a great role model and cheerleader, sweet, and honest, who is now a senior in college.

This year I’m more excited because I’ll join in a tradition I experienced before. I’m finally going to be a “big sister”. The letter says they feel my love for camp, its tradition, and my enthusiasm. All make up what it takes to be a great role model. It was when that I realized I have to do everything to make sure my “sisters” had the best summer at camp.

Every year when I tell people about the camp, I get either crazy eyes, a look of relief or a look of “what the heck?” Either way, I smile at the response(反应). They don’t understand my connection with camp. Camp is my home away from home and my outlet from reality.

I’ll be busy spending each day in nature, laughing until our stomachs hurt, becoming more present with myself, having no stress, letting go, pressing the reset button, and being in my best self. Summer nineteen is going to be amazing.