【推荐1】You may have been told before not to be afraid of anything. Fear is often associated with weakness. Fear is something to be avoided.

But that’s not true, according to Time For Kids magazine. Fear can be good for us.

Fear tells us about danger. Without fear, we wouldn’t know to run away from a tiger or step back from a cliff.

In a study published in the Justice Quarterly journal in August, researchers from Michigan State University said that a healthy fear of crime keeps teenagers away from potentially（潜在地） dangerous people, places, and activities.

Fear makes us jump, scream and sweat. But interestingly, sometimes we make ourselves feel fear on purpose. Think about scary（恐怖的） books and movies, and also the long lines for a scary roller coaster(过山车）ride.

Margee Kerr, a US sociologist, explained why to Time For Kids.

Fear fills our brain with healthy chemical substances, especially endorphins (内啡肽) and dopamine (多巴胺), and these things create feelings of happiness and excite us, according to Kerr.

In addition, when you’re scared, your body produces a chemical which helps people bond with each other.

“Watch people walking out of a haunted (闹鬼的） house, and you’ll see lots of smiles and high fives （击掌）,” Kerr told Time For Kids. That also explains why schools and companies organize challenging trips and physical activities to build up team spirit.

People experience and deal with fear in different ways. If you happen to be a “coward” who gets scared easily, don’t worry. There is some evidence that being scared can help a person manage stressful situations.

Kerr said that things like giving a report in front of your class or performing in a school play help build a sort of endurance (忍耐力) to fear that makes us more confident.

“You become more comfortable with the physical experience of fear, and so you’re better able to work through it during tense situations,” said Kerr.

So learn to love your fear. It only grows when we forget how helpful our fear is trying to be.

【推荐2】The kiwi (鹬鸵) lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it can’t fly. The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or a tail. It doesn’t have any feathers (羽毛) like other birds. It has hair on its body. Its mouth is very long. It has two feet and each foot has four toes (脚趾).

A kiwi likes to have a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi’s eggs are very big. There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. People may never see them again. The government says that people can’t kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.

There is a picture of a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis.

【推荐3】Chinese people are eating too much salt on average, people in China eat about 10.5 grams of salt each day, much higher than the 6 grams suggested by Chinese Dietary Guidelines.

China now has one of the highest salt intakes (摄入量) in the world. To solve this, China introduced the first salt reduction guide to its food industry (工业) on April 18, 2018. The guide calls for food companies to lower the salt content in their food by improving the way of making food and changing tastes.

The salt we take in usually comes from processed food (加工食品), which can be easily found on supermarket shelves. For example, a 104-gram bag of Lay’s classic potato chips has about 0. 66 grams of salt, about 10% of the suggested daily salt intake! However, unprocessed food, mainly fresh fruits and vegetables contains little. If the guide is followed correctly, the average salt intake will drop by 20% by 2030.

Eating too much salt brings a lot of health problems, especially increasing the risk of high blood pressure. Less salt is important for good health, and there’s no need to worry that food will be less tasty in the future. A study by the Monell Chemical Senses Center found that it’s easy for people to reduce their salt intake. Although you may think your food is not salty enough at first, your taste buds (味蕾) will get used to it and slowly you will feel that your food tastes the same as it did before.

【推荐3】Recently, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) studied 600,000 15-year-olds around the world. Let’s look at the result.

【推荐2】Tea bag drinking is most Westerner’s favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?

The tea bag was invented in 1980 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.

Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.

However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy, tasty way to go.

【推荐3】Visit Hawaii

Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and the mountains and forests in the north. Don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24℃ to 26℃ by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening.

Visit Ship Gothenburg (哥德堡号）

The Swedish Ship Gothenburg Sails Again

On July 18th 2006, Guangzhou, the cradle and starting point of the ancient Marine Silk-road, greeted the visiting “Ship Gothenburg” of the Swedish East India Company again after centuries.

In the eighteenth century, the Swedish Ship Gothenburg sailed to and departed Guangzhou three times. On September 12, 1745, when she nearly reached Gothenburg port, unfortunately she hit a reef (暗礁) and went down into the water.

Now, this giant ship berths (停泊) in Gothenburg for visitors to visit.

Enjoy Thailand

When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be 40℃ at noon.

Come to Austria (奥地利)

Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. It is a lovely place. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20℃ to 25℃ in the daytime. But it will be cold in the evening.