How can we practice our spoken English?

The first and the most     1     thing is to believe yourself. You should always be full of confidence, or you will never be able to improve your spoken English. You should often encourage     2    , “Come on, don’t be afraid.”

You should never lose heart and never     3     up.

Maybe you are afraid of     4     face, but you should think since we are students and we are learning, there is no need to worry about     5    . You must always be active in practice. There is no doubt that your pronunciation and intonation（语调）can’t be as good as the native people because we are     6     , and we don’t have chances to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there. But you must know that the main aim to study English is to make ourselves understood and     7     other people. You should believe that native speaker will not laugh at you.

    8    , they will encourage you. So if you are brave     9    , you will certainly make rapid progress in your spoken English.

Don’t be shy or afraid! Just have     10     try.

Obesity (肥胖症) is becoming a problem in our busy society. Obesity means being very overweight. If you are obese, you have too much body fat. If you eat     1     food than your body can use, this will make you put on weight. Food that your body does not need will be stored as fat     2     your body. The following are the major factors (首要的因素) that increase the risk of obesity.

What you eat     3     a major role in weight gain. Eating a lot of fast food such as hamburgers, sweet drinks, ice creams and other sweet food can increase the risk of     4     obese.

If you do not do enough     5    , you will put on weight as the food you eat is not being used to make     6     for physical activities.

The chances of you being obese are greater     7     your parents are obese.

Age is     8     factor, as you tend (趋于) to be less active when you get older. When you get older, you need to eat less, and if you do not eat less, you will put on weight.

There are many psychological (心理的) factors that cause people to eat too much. People who are worried, unhappy or bored will often eat to make     9     feel better. This is known as “comfort eating”.

Obesity can cause many health     10     such as heart disease, high blood pressure and many other serious medical conditions.