I liked to eat at the restaurants. So I often took my children to ______ out. Then I found that they got heavier. I was really worried about their health. Last month one of my friends told me that I should try to cook at home. I thought that maybe it was a(n) ______ idea. So I decided to do as she suggested (建议).

In the morning I need to get up early. In the evening I need to think about ______ we are going to eat next day. Then I go to buy the food. I have a lot of work to do, ______ I am happy. This is because my children are getting ______. They eat more vegetables. It is really good for my family.

At the start of this term, my PE. teacher asked me to _______ the marathon (马拉松). I was very _______ because I was never a good runner. But I decided to have a try because I had _______ to lose.

I _______ hard for the race. I ran every day in the morning _______ school. And after school, I ran with many other runners on the sports ground. I even _______ the special food for athletes (运动员). I heard that it could help me to get good _______.

When the big day _______ I was very nervous (紧张的). As usual, I got up in the morning, had my breakfast and listened _______ some music. Then my father took me to the sports ground. All my family wished me good _______ because they knew how _______ this race was for me.

Other runners looked like athletes. I was _______ that I would be the last one. However, _______ I started to run, I only thought about the race. I didn’t remember when ran _______ the other runners. At last, I came first. I learn an important _______ from the experience (经历): No one can do a great job if he or she does not work really hard.

Good morning! Welcome to Mom’s Dish. I’m your old friend, Mary. Today I’ll cook yakisoba noodles, a kind of Japanese noodles. My sister taught me how to cook them during our family trip and the noodles really surprised us! Now, let’s start!

We need two green onions, a carrot, a cabbage, chicken, yakisoba noodles, salt, pepper and soy sauce (酱油).

Step One: Cook the noodles. Follow the instructions (操作指南) on the bag of the noodles and cook the noodles in enough water.

Step Two: Cut up all the vegetables and cook them in one teaspoon of cooking oil. Cook the vegetables at a high temperature for 2 to 3 minutes and cook the chicken until it turns a little brown.

Step Three: Mix all the vegetables and chicken together. Add salt, pepper and soy sauce.

Step Four: Add the noodles and cook them for a few minutes.

It’s easy to make yakisoba noodles and it takes only 25 minutes. Thanks for watching. See you tomorrow!

Many old people in China exercise in parks, dance in squares or spend time with their grandchildren. But 65-year-old Zhao Wenying from Zhejiang, has a different life. She is a Rubik’s Cube (魔方) player.

“After 30 years of teaching, I didn’t know what to do then,” Zhao says, “The Rubik’s Cube gave me a new start.” She learned about the game from her 8-year-old granddaughter. Zhao was very interested, so she stared to learn it. At first, she learned it very slowly. She watched the lessons online and spent over four years learning it by herself.

When watching Super Brain on Jiangsu TV, Zhao fell in love with blindfolded cubesolving (蒙眼解魔方). However, it’s difficult for people in their 60 to learn it. Zhao asked a Rubik’s Cube teacher for help. Although she ran into a lot of difficulties, she never gave up. Now she keeps the world’s fastest record (记录) for blindfolded cubesolving for people over age 60.

Many people think Zhao will stop to have a rest, but she wants to pass BI level (水平) first. “You must have dreams and keep learning to make them come true through hard work,” she says.

At first, some of Zhao’s friends asked her to live an easy life and her family also worried about her health. But now they all support her after they see that the Rubik’s Cube brings happiness to her life.