Have you promised that your are going to get healthier? Maybe you want to lose weight, get stronger and have more energy. Maybe you are under the doctor’s orders to eat right and take exercise more.
Eat right. Healthy eating is harder than before. Now many supermarkets or restaurants are packed with unhealthy choices that cause weight gain and weaken energy. Over time, making poor food choices can cause illness.
Keep healthy.
| A．Sleep well. |
| B．Choose happiness. |
| C．Well, those all sound great. |
| D．But you don’t have to be concerned about it |
| E．That is not a group you want to be a part of. |
| F．So tell someone you love how you feel about them. |
| G．People who often take exercise are generally happier and healthier than people who don’t. |
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【推荐1】Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as Perfluorinated Alkylated Substances (PFAS) were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food restaurants and grocery store chains, a new report found. The report comes more than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, when the public has relied heavily on takeout and grocery deliveries.
Often called “forever chemicals” because they do not break down in the environment, PFAS are used in food packaging to prevent grease (油脂) and water from soaking through food wrappers and cups. PFAS can also be found in the ink used to print logos and instructions on food containers.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls exposure to PFAS a “public health concern”, citing that the human-made chemicals can harm the immune system and reduce a person’s resistance to infectious diseases.
Regulatory limits for how much PFAS food packaging should contain can vary greatly. For instance, a new law in California set the limit at less than 100 ppm. “Compared to America, Denmark sets a much lower regulatory limit of 20 ppm with great success,” said Xenia Trier, an expert at the European Environment Agency. “It does work to set limits and enforce them. PFAS do migrate from the paper into the food. Even though it was not 100%, we still saw considerable transmission. In general, transmission from packaging to food is increased as the temperature of the food rises. It is the same with the time spent in wrapping materials.” Trier told NBS, one of the major American mass-media companies.
In response to the issue, Whole Foods became the first grocery chain to publicly commit to remove PFAS from takeout containers and bakery paper. Many other companies followed suit. Experts say people who want to avoid PFAS in their takeout and food delivery packaging should favor companies that have promised to remove the chemicals. “As soon as you receive your takeout, you’d better take food out of the container immediately, and never reheat food in its original container. Instead, remove your food and heat it in ceramic (陶瓷的) or glass containers.” Trier said.
1. What can we learn about PFAS in food packaging?| A．They have been used for two years. |
| B．They do little harm to consumers’ health. |
| C．They are used to break down the chemicals. |
| D．They can make wrappers resistant to grease and water. |
| A．Favorable. | B．Neutral. |
| C．Ambiguous. | D．Opposed. |
| A．Considerable migration of grease and water. |
| B．PFAS transmission from packaging to food. |
| C．Wrapper exposure to high food temperature. |
| D．Regulatory limits concerning food packaging. |
| A．Food packaging contains dangerous chemicals. |
| B．Consumers are recommended to have PFAS-free products. |
| C．PFAS found in food packaging has become a great concern. |
| D．The government has taken measures to reduce PFAS exposure. |
【推荐2】Getting older
No one really knows how and why people change as they get older.
At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken.
What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged someday soon. With so many advances in medical science happening so quickly, life length may one day be measured in centuries, rather than in years!
| A．Our living condition is yet another. |
| B．Many factors decide our health. |
| C．Our strength may become weaker. |
| D．As for diet, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar. |
| E．There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes. |
| F．Symptoms include a lack of energy, slow reactions, insomnia and poor memory. |
| G．Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging process. |
【推荐3】Parents must focus on a healthy balanced lifestyle for their children instead of focusing on weight or dieting in order to prevent obesity(肥胖)and eating disorder among teenagers，say new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.The guidelines were developed in response to growing concern about teenagers' use of unhealthy methods to lose weight.
Quick weight loss methods can cause medical consequences such as unstable heart rate.Also，teenagers who diet in the ninth grade are three times more likely than their peers(同龄人)to be overweight in the 12th grade，the researchers said.“Scientific evidence increasingly shows that for teenagers，dieting is bad news，”said the lead author Neville Golden，professor at the Stanford University.
Parents should not encourage dieting，and should avoid “weight talk”such as commenting on their own weight or their children's weight.Instead parents should help their children develop a healthy body image by encouraging them to eat a balanced diet and exercise for fitness，not weight loss，the researchers stated.Further，they should also never tease teenagers about their weight.Negative comments about weight can also be detrimental to a teenager's health.
“Mothers who talk about their own bodies and weights can encourage their kids to have body dissatisfaction，which we see in half of teenage girls and a quarter of boys，”Golden noted.Such dissatisfaction is associated with lower levels of physical activities and with use of laxatives(泻药) to control weight.
Families should eat regular meals together，the researchers suggested，adding that eating family meals is likely to prevent weight problems，said the paper published online in the journal Pediatrics.Eating too fast，eating when not hungry，always eating dessert，eating out often are not advisable when you watch your weight.
1. What will possibly happen to teenagers in the 12th grade if they go on a diet in the ninth grade?| A．Their studies will suffer a lot. |
| B．They'll probably have unstable heart rate. |
| C．They're more likely to have obesity problems. |
| D．They'll probably have eating disorder problems. |
| A．Urge teenagers to go on a strict diet. |
| B．Comment on their own weight when eating. |
| C．Express their dissatisfaction with their bodies. |
| D．Encourage teenagers to eat healthily and exercise properly. |
| A．Strange. | B．Harmful. |
| C．Necessary. | D．Deadly. |
| A．Eating regular family meals. |
| B．Eating only when hungry. |
| C．Dining out often. |
| D．Eating too slow. |
【推荐1】Roller coasters are fast and exciting. But passing a painful kidney (肾) stones is not. The process is painful and can take a long time. But American researchers have found that a roller coaster ride just might help those suffering from a kidney stone. They say such rides help patients pass the stones with a 70 percent success rate.
David Wartinger led the study. He found that where the person sits on the roller coaster can make a big difference. He said, “In the pilot study, sitting in the last car of the roller coaster showed about a 64 percent passage rate. Sitting in the first few cars only had a 16 percent success rate.”
It also mattered where the stones were located in the kidney. The researchers found that stones located in the upper part of the kidney model were passed 100 percent.
When it comes to passing kidney stones, not all roller coasters are equal. The researchers used 174 kidney stones of differing shapes, sizes and weights to see if each model worked on the same ride and on two other roller coasters. They found that Big Thunder Mountain was the only one that worked. The other two roller coasters both failed the test. Wartinger said the other rides were too fast and too violent. The movement forced the stones against the side of the kidney. He said that the ideal roller coaster is rough and quick with some twists and turns.
Wartinger thinks roller coaster rides could also be used as a preventative measure. He said that a yearly ride on a roller coaster could even prevent stones from developing. “You need to heed the warnings before going on a roller coaster,” he said. “If you have a kidney stone, but are otherwise healthy and meet the requirements of the ride, patients should try it.”
He adds that it’s definitely a lower cost alternative to other treatments. And riding a roller coaster is definitely more fun!
1. According to the text, passing kidney stone is ______.| A．fast | B．exciting |
| C．interesting | D．painful |
| A．Sitting in the first car of a roller coaster. |
| B．Sitting in the middle car of a roller coaster. |
| C．Sitting in big roller coasters with doctors’ care. |
| D．Sitting in rough and fast roller coasters with twists and turns. |
| A．Worried. | B．Negative. |
| C．Supportive. | D．Skeptical. |
| A．Some treatments of kidney stones |
| B．Advantages of riding roller coasters |
| C．Roller coasters can help pass kidney stones |
| D．Kidney stones can be cured by riding roller coasters |
【推荐2】A new urban sport, parkour, is hitting the streets. It has evolved from obstacle course training into a fitness option for young people. In parkour, the outside world is the gym!
Mark Toorock, who teaches the techniques of parkour at his fitness gym, says that parkour is a method to train the body and mind using obstacles as the medium. He says that this new sport is demanding and takes years to master.
But Toorock, who used to be a martial arts expert, says that everyone can benefit from learning the basic skills involved in parkour like running, jumping and crawling (爬行). These are the things that humans used to have to do all the time.
Georges Hebert, a French navy officer, was so impressed by the effortless athleticism of African tribes that he devised a training method based on running, climbing, jumping, balancing and throwing. The word parkour comes from parcours de combatant, the French term for a military obstacle course.
Dr Kenneth Kao explains that the sport of parkour is not extreme — it is the environment which is extreme and dangerous. Being outside, jumping off railings and flipping over park benches can be quite frightening, so parkour courses in gyms concentrate on practicing all the individual moves to make everything easier.
| A．Gyms provide thick floor matting (垫子) for rolling and rubberized boxes for jumping over. |
| B．The bridges, buildings and railings (栏杆) of each and every city are the equipment. |
| C．Every action in parkour is natural, so everyone must have the ability to move in this way. |
| D．Parkour was introduced into china in recent years and has gained popularity. |
| E．But today, due to modern transport, these basic skills are no longer used on a regular basis. |
| F．The French word for people who participate in the sport is traceurs or traceuses. |
| G．Beginners should realize that they won’t be jumping over buildings any time soon! |
【推荐3】It is hard, it hurts —and yet more than two million of us in the UK run at least once a week.
Of course, some people run to lose weight, or to get fit, and these are great reasons. Running is also easy to do, it's cheap, and you can do it when you want. All these factors certainly contribute to the fact that running is one of the most popular sports in the UK.
But for many of those two million runners, the real reason we head out to beat the roads until our legs hurt is more intangible (无形的) than weight loss or fitness.
Many runners become interested in times. They try to break the 40-minute barrier for the 10K, or run under four hours for the marathon. Yet, really, these times are almost meaningless. And as soon as they are achieved, another target is thrown out almost immediately.
The times are only the carrots we put in front of ourselves. But why do we put them there in the first place? Nobody ever gives a wise answer Deep down, we all know the answer.
Running brings us joy. Watch small children when they are excited, at play, and mostly they can't stop running. There's a great moment inThe Catcher in the Ryewhen Holden Caulfield, caught in the uneasy space between childhood and adulthood, is walking across his school grounds one evening and he suddenly starts to run. “I don't ever know what I was running for一I guess I just felt like it,” he says.
This will to run is born. In fact, humans may well have evolved (进化) the way we did because of our ability to run. As children, and even adolescents, we can respond to this natural call to run whenever the feeling takes us.
As we run, we begin to sense that childish joy, which is born to live a wilder existence. As we run, the layers of responsibility and identity we have gathered in our lives, father, mother, lawyer, teacher, all fall away, leaving us with the raw human being.
If we push on, running harder, deeper into the loneliness, further away from the world and the structure of our lives, we begin to feel strangely excited, separated yet at the same time connected, to ourselves. With nothing but our own two legs moving us, we begin to get a sense of who, or what, we really are. After a long run, everything seems right in the world. Everything is at peace. To experiencethisis a powerful feeling, strong enough to have us coming back, again and again, for more.
1. Why does the author think setting time goals is almost meaningless?
| A．Because those time goals can' t be achieved. |
| B．Because those time goals can be achieved easily |
| C．Because people will be very proud once the time goals are achieved. |
| D．Because there will always be a new time goal once the former one is achieved. |
| A．challenging ourselves | B．running away from responsibility |
| C．losing weight and keeping fit | D．bringing us joy and peace in mind |
| A．Uncertain. | B．Doubtful. |
| C．Supportive. | D．Puzzled. |
| A．breaking the 40 -minute barrier for the 10K. |
| B．running under four hours for the Marathon. |
| C．feeling separated from the world after running |
| D．feeling everything is right after a long run. |
| A．Running to Keep Fit | B．Running to Break Records |
| C．Running to Be the Real You | D．Running to Become an Adult |
