Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are more outgoing like to meet lots of people and have more fun in life. In fact, being outgoing is not as hard as you think. Even shy people can be outgoing. You can start being outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge comes when you meet new friends. Smile(笑) more and usually they will return(回报) your smile. In this way, you may have some talks.

Start a talk. Just a simple(简单的) “Hello” or “How is it going” is a good start. If you want to make interesting talks, you should read news in newspapers and prepare(准备) your ideas, or surf the Internet for new information and then keep that in mind.

The easiest way to be more outgoing is to go out. This is also the most important step(步). Go to a park, beach, club, party or any other place that you think can be fun and you can make new friends there and then you can get more outgoing.

Fast walking is the exercise between walking and race walking. A study shows that fast walking has become the most popular exercise in China and many people walk more than 5,000 steps a day. The results of the study are from QQ users. About 37% of the people choose fast walking as their favorite exercise; over 23% choose running and more than 14% choose riding bikes.

Fast walking and running are easy, cost little and work well, so they are popular. And many people would rather do exercise in nature than go to gyms (健身房). It’s best to walk fast for at least 10 minutes at one time and walk up to 6,000 steps every day. The study also shows that people in Guiyang, Guizhou love sports most.

On average (平均), everyone there walks 5,941 steps every day. It seems that people in places with better environment and air are more willing to (更愿意) do sports.

Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teacher gives you too much homework, when a friend borrows your favorite thing and then breaks it, when your team loses an important game, you may get really angry.

Usually, your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe (呼吸) faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit (打) someone, but sometimes you   ▲     your anger. For example, you are really angry, but you may keep it to yourself. The worst thing is to do nothing but keep quiet. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may get hurt.

In fact, it’s normal for you to get angry sometimes. But anger must be let out in the right way. When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people and share your problems with them, such as your parents, a teacher, etc.

If you talk about anger, those bad feelings can start to go away. So you are halfway to solving a problem just by talking to someone about it. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a good friend; count from 1 to 100; give someone a hug (拥抱); think about good things, etc.

Remember that how you act when you are angry can make everything better or worse. It is not a good way to run away from your anger. You should always try to solve it.

Sam lives in a village alone. Sam has four grandchildren and they visit him during their holidays.

During one vacation, Sam was cleaning his ________ for the kids. He bought ________ favorite foods. After he finished working, he found out that he ________ his favorite watch. The watch was a(n) ________ from his wife when their first child was born. Sam loved the watch very much, especially ________ his wife’s death. He was very ________ about losing it.

Then, his grandchildren came. One granddaughter asked, “Grandpa, do you remember when you ________ the watch for the last time?”

“I guess when I was ________ the barn(谷仓)!” Sam replied.

The children looked for more than two hours with Sam, ________ they could not find it. One grandson went back to the barn to look again. Sam asked ________ he was going there a second time. But the little boy said ________. He just asked the others not to follow him.

He was there for about five ________ and then rushed to his grandfather. He found the watch and ________ gave it to Sam.

Sam was surprised and asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied, “I sat there ________ making a noise, and the barn was so quiet. After a few minutes, I ________ the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”

This is the power of silence. If we stay calm(冷静的),we are more able to find the solution!

Tony is a middle school student. He looks very strong. He eats a lot and he really likes candies. So Tony soon becomes fat. 1. He wants to be thin. So he tries not to eat too much and he eats very little sweet food, because it will easily make him thin. He does sports, too. 2. 现在他一个星期游泳三次, and runs about three kilometers a day. Now he is thinner than before.

Tony has a sister. Her name is Betty. Betty is also a middle school student. She is healthier than Tony, so 3. she looks younger and more active than he is. She also often exercises. She plays badminton and swims a lot. And she doesn’t eat much meat. But she eats a lot of fruit and vegetables because 4. she thinks they are better for her. And Betty doesn’t eat anything after 9 o’clock at night because 5. 吃东西太晚会使人身体不健康。