【推荐1】Why do children need to read at least 20minutes a day? Read it and you’ll know.

Reading is “brain food”.

Reading will improve many of the areas of the brain. Your eyes look at the words on the page. Your memory connects the words with what you already know about the story. Reading provides one of the most complex brain activities in life.

Reading improves listening skills.

The experience of being read to helps children develop good listening skills. Through reading they can know how to pronounce and learn new words to add to their vocabularies and connect written words to the things in their real world.

Reading prepares children for school.

In this way children are expected to come into school with high scores. There is a strong relationship between a child’s ability to read and her scores. Because so much of our studying depends on our abilities to read, children must have strong reading skills to achieve success in school.

Reading improves relationships in your family.

Because we are busy, it is difficult to have one-to-one time with our family member. Spending 20minutes reading together each day provides this important time. There is nothing more wonderful than having the whole family together while reading wonderfül books.

It’s very popular to travel in modern life. As travelers, we should try our best to protect the environment. Here is some advice on how to be a green traveler.

Make smarter flight choices

Air travel is not an environmentally-friendly way to travel because it uses a lot of energy. If you must fly, be sure to pack light to cut down the plane’s load. And try to book a non-stop flight(预订直达航班). Connecting flights(转机航班) usually require longer periods of flying and planes will use more energy.

Respect(尊重) natural environment

Marked hiking trails(有指示标识的游览步道) are there usually to protect the natural environment and keep wild plants safe. In beach areas, don’t use products that are harmful to the sea water and try to protect the ocean’s ecosystem.

Support locals directly

Buying handmade products and art pieces created by local people can help hand down cultural tradition and create jobs. Food that is grown locally and things that are sold by local families are often better and cheaper, all while helping keep money in local pockets.

Find ways to give back

Consider the ways that you can help the local community and give back while traveling This can be as simple as picking up litter in a park or volunteering to clean up a beach. If you're planning a trip where volunteering is your main goal, make sure you won’t take jobs away from local people.

In China, television is popular. Many people spend most of their spare time watching it. It has a huge influence on people’s lives. Is all this television good for us or bad for us?

As is known to all, television is one of the most important ways of getting information, such as the news all over the world, history, culture and interesting stories. It provides us with a more lively way to discover the outside world. Also, we can see great movies, operas and cartoons. Therefore, television is not only a way we learn about the world, but also a good entertainment.

However, many people think television is bad for us. They say that all the violence on TV makes people violent. Violence can give children bad ideas. TV can also make people lazy. Instead of doing outdoor activities, they usually sit in front of the screen for hours enjoying the funny shows and cartoons without a break.

In general, the problem is not television, but the programs we choose to watch. We have learned how to choose the best in newspapers, books and magazines. Now we have to learn to do with television programs, too. After all, it’s our choice.

I’m Jane, from America. I can not sleep well and I always wake up several times during the night. Yesterday, I asked my doctor for advice. And here is his advice.

Have regular (规律的) sleep habits.

Go to bed at the same time every night. Try not to break this habit on weekends. Wake up at the same time every day. If you’re getting enough sleep, you should wake up naturally without an alarm.

Turn off your smart phone.

Don’t play on the smart phone for half an hour before you decide to sleep. Studies show that it is bad for the quality of your sleep. Read a book or listen to some light music to prepare your body for sleeping.

Have a nice bedroom.

A clean environment helps people to be happy and relaxed. Make sure that you have turned off all lights that might come into your room, and that the temperature is comfortable.

Exercise often.

Exercising will help you to fall asleep more easily. So walk out for 45 minutes every day and you will sleep better at night. But don’t do it just before you go to bed because you won’t be able to sleep.

Eat properly.

Don’t eat too much for dinner. A full stomach may make it much harder for you to sleep.

Have you ever regretted（后悔）what you did in the past? As we get older, we look back and wish that we had made better choices. What can we do to avoid（避免）future regrets?

Make better plans

If you begin to do something, you need to make a plan before doing it. You’ll also know what you should do and what you shouldn’t do. If changes happen, you can have more time to deal with them.

Live a more active life

More outdoor activities can help you keep fit. You also need to be kind. “Thank you” can bring a smile to someone’s face. Learn to say “sorry”. It’s good for you to use these polite words.

Find the right friend

A friend may make your life and he or she can break your life as well. So you need to think carefully when you choose a friend. Good friends will always make your ideas better.

When you have problems, go to others for help. That little help may get you good results.

Face failure(失败) bravely

Everybody fails. We should not be afraid of failure because failure is not the end of the road. We must take failure as a chance(机会) to learn and improve (提高) ourselves.