One day an Indian went to see his doctor. The doctor looked him over and said, "Medicine won't help you. You must have a good rest. Go to a quiet country place for a month, go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot, and smoke only one cigar (雪茄) a day."

A month later, the Indian came to see the doctor again. "How are you?" said the doctor, "I'm glad to see you again. You look much younger. ""Oh, doctor, I feel quite well now," said the Indian. I had a good rest. I went to bed early. I drank a lot of milk. I walked a lot. You certainly helped me. But you told me to smoke one cigar a day, and that almost killed me at first. It was not easy to begin smoking at my age."

It was raining heavily as I was walking up the hill towards the station at six o'clock on a Saturday morning. At this early hour there wasn't much traffic and there weren't many people. Just as I was crossing the road near the top of the hill, a car came around the corner. It was traveling very fast. Suddenly it hit a lamp post (路灯柱) and turned over.

I ran to the car to help the driver at once. He was badly hurt and there was a lot of blood on his face. A young woman hurried into the station and phoned for an ambulance (救护车) while I took care of the driver. Many people came to see what happened. A policeman arrived a few minutes later and asked me a lot of questions about the accident. After a while the ambulance arrived and the driver was sent to the hospital.

On Monday morning I went to the hospital to see the man. The doctor told me that he was much better, and he would leave the hospital after a few days' rest.

The world's oldest message in a bottle has been found on a beach in Western Australia.

A couple found the 134-year-old bottle. At first, Tonya, the wife, regarded it as rubbish. But she thought it was beautiful and might look good on the bookshelf. So she picked it up. Inside she found a piece of paper. The message dated back to 12 June 1886 and it was written in German. "We are really lucky. It won't get better than this," said Kym, the husband.

Some experts at the German Naval Observatory said the bottle had been thrown into the sea from the German ship Paula, as it crossed the Indian Ocean, 950 km from the Australian beach. At that time, German ships were doing a 69-years experiment (实验). To know more about ocean currents (洋流), thousands of bottles were thrown into the sea. In each bottle. there was a piece of paper with the ship's location, the date and the name of the ship. The previous (先前的) record for the oldest message in a bottle was 108 years.

Once upon a time, a hippo (河马) lived in a river next to a big tree.

One day, a bird came and nested (筑巢) in the tree. The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy (羡慕) that he couldn't think of anything else. Every day he would think why he wasn't born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer.

Finally, the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river, climb the tree and start singing. However, when he tried to climb the tree, it was very clear that the hippo didn't have wings, nor claws (爪子) to climb with.

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree, he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground. Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree, and began singing.

Unfortunately, hippos can't sing, either. All that came from his mouth were terrible noises, and when the other animals heard this, they all came around to make fun of the hippo.

He was so ashamed (羞耻的) of this. He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again, and looked after it until it completely recovered (康复).

If you're ready to add more physical activity (体育运动) to your life, here are some tips (建议).

Make physical activity of your routine, like brushing your teeth or going to work. Try biking to work at least once a week, using the stairs more often, or walking to some places near home. But talk to your doctor before you start an exercise routine, especially if you haven't been very active or have health problems.

Walking is one of the best fitness (健康) activities. To keep up a routine, you can walk with family members, friends or pets. Count your steps with a step counter (计数器). You can buy one at a sporting goods store. If you don't have time for one 30-minute walk, break it into three 10-minute walks.

Find an activity that you enjoy, and stay with it. Change it with other activities so you don't get bored. For example, walk three days a week, and swim or bike on the other days. Join a volleyball or basketball club for fun and exercise. By finding more activities you enjoy, you'll have a greater chance for success.

Four years ago, Joel Kline gave up his job as a magazine editor to become a freelance copywriter for advertisements, but now he had money trouble. He says that he wishes he'd never     ______ to set up his own business.

"I am now in such a bad situation," says Joel. "I hope I am ______ working as an editor. You see, I was ______ with my job, and I used to get really angry at my boss and the way he used to ______   me around all the time. I talked to a few friends and they said that they could give me ______ , so I told my boss I was leaving. At first, everything was ______ : I had so much work that I had to take on an assistant(助理), my best friend at work, Don, just to be ______   to finish things on time. And soon we ______ large amounts of money, Don and I had a really great lifestyle, and when the work was finished, we used to take good ______ in places like Cancum and the Bahams, just to get relaxed. "

At first, we were busy having fun, and charged (支付) everything to my credit cards instead, but then I began to ______ how much in debt (负债) I was. At last, I had to ______ Don off. I then had to sell all my office equipment (装备). Now I could do almost nothing even if people ______ me. Things got so bad that I even asked my old boss if I could do some work for the ______, but he said that I'd been so ______ to him when I left that he would never employ (雇佣) me again. I've had to ______ my business now and I don't know what I'm going to do for money. It just goes to show, if you set up your own business, you shouldn't spend money you don't have."

February 28^th is national Public Sleeping Day. Every living thing sleeps, from the smallest insect to the largest whale. ____某些动物一天多达20小时在睡觉。While children and adults don't need to sleep quite so many hours, our sleep is just as important.

____Still many people don't know how important it is to get a good night's sleep. When work or school deadlines arise, many consider staying up late to get everything done.

However, studies show that this is the worst thing you can do—spending less time on sleep can cause concentration problems, drowsiness, and bad feelings that influence the way you work the next day. ____比如，一名学生可能会决定喝咖啡然后整晚熬夜来为考试学习。While this method may offer more hours for studying, the harmful effects of sleep deprivation(剥夺) will probably impair his/ her performance on the test the next day.

____Some children and adults can have trouble getting a good night's sleep even when they follow all the sleep tips. These people may have a sleep disorder. Some people with sleep disorders don't sleep well at night or are very tired disorder. Some people with sleep disorders don't sleep well at night or are very tired during the day. But other kids with sleep problems may not feel tired during the day. They might have trouble paying attention, get into fights with family and friends, or feel down and sad. ____If you are very tired during the day or not sleeping well at night, talk to your parents and doctor.

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