Poor eyesight（视力）has two very simple causes（起因）: too much time spent indoors ______ and too little time spent outdoors playing. Studying for hours, sometimes in rooms with little light ______ your eyes tired.

But students have to do this ______ there is so much homework in or after school. And because they spend so much time indoors at school or at home, they have _______ time to spend outdoors enjoying the sun. The sun is important to our health.

According to a study by Ian Morgan of Australian National University, Australian children and Chinese children have ______ same eyesight before they start school. After starting school, Chinese children only spend about an hour a day outside. ______, Australian children spend three to four hours each day in the sunshine. The result ______ that about 40 percent of Chinese primary school students need ______; only three percent of Australian children do.

With all these results, don’t you think it’s time ______ your eyes a break? Try to relax your eyes ______ exercise, and your eyes will thank you for it.

Stone and Steve were ________, Stone loved to play basketball. But Steve loved reading.

One day, Stone was playing basketball ________ he fell and broke his leg. After people ________ him to the hospital, the doctor said he wouldn’t be able to play basketball for six months. Steve went to ________ him and brought him books on basketball. At first Stone was not going to read the books, but he did not have ________ things to do, so he began to ________ them and found that there were ways through which he could play basketball better. He began to think that books were not ________.

When Stone’s leg started getting better, Steve would help him by going for walks with him. ________ Stone’s doctor said he could start playing basketball again. Then Stone showed Steve ________ to play basketball. Steve found that he himself enjoyed it very much.

Then Stone was ready to ________ in the basketball games. Steve ________ the games and enjoyed himself. They then ________ practiced basketball and read books together. Their parents were very happy about this.

So you see, when ________ happens, something good may also happen. Thanks to the accident, Stone likes to read now and Steve begins to have interest in basketball. Sharing with each other and learning ________ each other is also important. You can show each other what you like to do. ________ everyone can find new things to do.

All of us want to be healthy. To keep healthy, more and more people are doing sports. Do you like sports? If yes, which is your favorite sport? Look at following ads, they may help you.

People in the UK spend their free time in different ways. They spend a lot of their free time at home. The most popular activity is watching TV. People in the UK watch TV for about 25 hours a week. They often store the records（录像）of the programs so they can watch them at any time. Reading is also a popular way of spending free time. People in the UK spend a lot of time reading newspapers and magazines. Many people in the UK have pets. They like playing with their pets in their free time because they think it is very relaxing.

In summer, gardening（园艺）is popular. And families often have a “day out” on the weekend. They often go outside to see a festival show. Young people like to go to clubs, and people of all ages like to go to the cinema in winter, “do-it-yourself” is popular. People often spend their free time repairing（修理）houses.

Some free time activities are with friends. Asking friends for a drink or meal at home is the most usual one. Sometimes people and their friends have dinner in a restaurant. During the meal, they can know more about each other by talking, sharing food and drinks.

On the weekend, people in the UK like to spend their free time doing sports. The popular kinds of sports are soccer, horse racing, swimming, tennis, skating, climbing and walking.