Do you want to be healthier but don’t know how? It is very important to exercise and eat the right kind of food to stay healthy. You do not need to     38     all day doing exercise to keep fit. Walking to school, cleaning the house or climbing stairs every day can     39    . Unluckily, many teenagers forget these simple and easy ways to keep fit.

Different kinds of exercise such as running, swimming and playtime football make you feel good. They also help you to do better at school. To keep a healthy weight, it is important to have the right amount of calories for your age. A calorie is a     40     of how much energy food gives you. Girls aged between 12-15 should have 1,800 calories a day and boys     41     2,000. Doctors suggest that we should eat     42     food instead of fatty food like ice cream, French fries and popcorn. Vegetables, fruit and grain foods are good choices for daily meals.

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean another person. I    43    , they are talking about a lovely animal—a dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children.

Some people even l    44     all their money to their pets when they die! Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to be the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, they bring animals into hospitals for “visits”.

Americans hold “Be Kind to Animals Week” in the first week of May. Pet shows are h    45     during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this.

How? First think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it d    46     food.

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, just leave it along, or make friends with it. If other around you do bad things to animals, try to speak up. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for t    47    .