Take care of your spine（脊柱）
The spine stands at the center of your health, providing your body with structure and support. It also contains your spine cord, a massive collection of nerves conveying electric signals from the rest of your body to your brain
Maintaining good posture( 姿势) is one of the most important things you can do to keep your spine healthy. Proper posture means standing or sitting while keeping your spine straight, except for its natural curves. Posture comes into play even when you are asleep. Sleeping on your side puts less stress on your spine than most other positions.
Finally, your diet affects the health of your spine because many vitamins are necessary for bones and nerves. In particular, vitamins B and D are essential to keep bones healthy, so you may want to consider taking a supplement.
Many of the actions necessary to keep your spine healthy are identical to those used to preserve your health in other ways.
| A．However, the latter is also absorbed from sunlight. |
| B．Staying still for too long can be hard on your back. |
| C．So protect your back, the rest of the body will benefit. |
| D．Protecting your spine with yoga is also a necessary step. |
| E．Try the following exercises to keep your spine more flexible. |
| F．Exercise is also an important factor in the health of your spine. |
| G．So you should take the following factors into account to have a healthy spine. |
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【推荐1】You want to be loved, respected, and live a happy life. And so do I.
They hang out with other happy people. It’s true that happiness is contagious (会传染的).
They exercise regularly. Exercise is good for health, both physical and mental health. You don't need to spend two hours in the gym. Just a thirty-minute walk can be of great benefit to your mental health.
They don't seek happiness in things. They know a pair of new shoes or a new car isn't what’s going to make them happier.
| A．They live in the moment. |
| B．We all want the same thing. |
| C．But sadness and anger are contagious too. |
| D．They don't compare themselves to others, |
| E．Most of the time, happiness isn't something we just walk into. |
| F．Instead, happy people value experiences and people above things. |
| G．To get the most out of a workout, simply pick an activity you enjoy. |
【推荐2】Children learn who they are and how to identify, value, and communicate needs and feelings through interactions with their parents.
Allow freedom of information. One of the main characteristics of healthy families is freedom to express thoughts and observations.
Accept your children’s feelings. Many clients tell me that they weren’t allowed to express anger, complain, feel sad or even get excited.
Respect your children’s boundaries. Respecting children’s thoughts and feelings is a way of respecting boundaries. Verbal abuse and attacks violate their boundaries, so does unwanted touch. Additionally, children’s property, space and privacy should be respected.
| A．They learned to restrict their feelings. |
| B．Have reasonable, explicit, consistent rules and punishments. |
| C．Allow children appropriate responsibility and independence. |
| D．Secrets and no-talk rules are common in unhealthy families. |
| E．Thus, how you communicate with your children is significant. |
| F．Therefore, you can’t give them too much love and understanding. |
| G．Reading their mail or talking to their friends behind their back is off-limits. |
【推荐3】Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion — like stress, anger, or frustration.
The next time you find yourself in the middle of a very stressful time, or you feel angry or frustrated, stop. Whatever you’re doing, stop and sit for one minute.
If you feel you need to hold on to the emotion for a little longer, that is OK.
This exercise seems simple — almost too simple.
Remember to take the time you need to really immerse yourself in the emotion. Then, when you feel you’ve felt it enough, release it — really let go of it. You will be surprised at how quickly you can move on from a negative situation and get to what you really want to do!
| A．Yet it is very effective. |
| B．This will remind you of the steps to the process. |
| C．Allow yourself another minute to feel the emotion. |
| D．What was going through your mind as you were undergoing that negativity? |
| E．While you’re sitting there, completely immerse yourself in the negative emotion. |
| F．Are you willing to keep holding on to this negative emotion as you go through the rest of the day? |
| G．You are actually taking away the power of the emotion by giving it the space and attention it needs. |
【推荐1】Where would you be without your legs and feet? They do a lot to get you where you need to go.
But sometimes, kids have problems with these important body parts. Their legs and feet might look different or might not work exactly the way they should.
Pigeon Toes
Pigeon toes, or inwardly turning toes, is a common foot condition in kids. It occurs when the front of the foot is turned inward, facing the other foot.
When someone stands with the feet and ankles together but the knees widely apart, we call that being bowlegged. Many babies are born bowlegged because their legs were folded tightly across their bellies while they were growing inside their mom. Bowlegs usually straighten once babies with this condition start to walk and their legs bear weight. By the age of 3, most kids grow out of the condition.
Knock-Knees
Knock-knees is a condition where the legs curve in at the knees so much that the ankles are separated.
Flatfeet
| A．Bowlegs |
| B．Full Arch |
| C．Stand sideways in front of a mirror. |
| D．Boys and girls both experience pigeon toes. |
| E．In other words, if your feet are flat, they’re fine! |
| F．The good news is that these problems usually aren’t serious. |
| G．Lots of kids become knock-kneed between the ages of 3 and 5. |
【推荐2】When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.
People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Everything else seems blurry(=unclear). Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near—sighted.
People who are far-sighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading ,they must get glasses, too.
Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.
Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle. To prove this to yourself, look at an object our of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the object’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.
1. We should take good care of our eyes ________.| A．only when we can see well |
| B．only when we cannot see perfectly |
| C．even if we can see well |
| D．only when we realize how important our eyes are |
| A．near-sighted | B．far-sighted |
| C．astigmatic | D．suffering from cataracts |
| A．seeing at night | B．seeing objects far away |
| C．looking over a wide area | D．judging distances |
| A．one eye bigger than the other |
| B．eyes that are not exactly the right shape |
| C．a difficulty that can be corrected by an operation |
| D．an eye difficulty that cannot be corrected by glasses |
People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Everything else seems blurry. Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near-sighted. People who are far-sighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses, too.
Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.
Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle. To prove this to yourself, look at an object out of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the object’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distances as people with two eyes.
1. We should take good care of our eyes .
| A．only when we can see well |
| B．only when we cannot see perfectly |
| C．even if we can see well |
| D．only when we realize how important our eyes are |
| A．obvious | B．possible | C．clear | D．unclear |
| A．seeing at night |
| B．seeing objects far away |
| C．looking over a wide area |
| D．judging distances |
| A．one eye bigger than the other |
| B．eyes that are not exactly the right shape |
| C．a difficulty that can be corrected by an operation |
| D．an eye difficulty that cannot be corrected by glasses |
