When we say someone is in a blue mood, it means he or she is unhappy or sad. It’s important for everyone to be happy. Here are some fast and easy ways to cheer you up.

Exercise

When you exercise, your brain gives out a chemical called Endorphin (内啡肽). This chemical makes you feel happy. That is why exercise is good for you.

Have a talk

If something or somebody is troubling you, don’t quarrel with other people to relax yourself. It is a good idea to have a heart-to-heart talk with a friend or a family member. Tell them your feelings. A chat is a useful way to make you feel better.

Have some hobbies

For example, playing pop music, drawing something or listening to your favorite music will make you smile. Act like an artist. Draw, paint or make something. Being active and creative makes you feel more satisfied and less nervous.

Laugh more

Laughing is the best way to improve your moods. Children laugh about 400 times a day. Adults only laugh about 20 times a day. What happens? Experts say if we laugh more, we will be happier and healthier.

Think positively

Close your eyes and imagine a beautiful scene or a time. Never think about anything terrible that you can’t change. What’s more, leave your flat and go outside. Sun and fresh air are good for you. Be a kid for a day. Play games, watch comedy movies or read jokes online.

It is Peter’s ninth birthday. What does Peter do for his birthday? Peter has a new blue jacket. It is a birthday gift from his mother.

The blue ruler is from his sister. The blue pencil box is from his brother. The blue radio is from his father. They all know his favorite color. The Ping-Pong ball and the bat are from his friend, Dale. 4.彼得打乒乓球打得好.

Peter’s friends like sports. They play basketball and volleyball with him. Then, they eat lunch.

Peter has good habits. He likes to eat right food. Peter wants to keep healthy, so he doesn’t eat hamburgers or ice-cream.5. Peter likes healthy food like fruit and vegetables. They are good for him.

【推荐3】The food in Britain is very different from our Chinese food. For example(例如)，they eat a lot of potatoes. They like to eat them every day. They usually eat bread for breakfast.They eat their bread with butter, cheese or jam (果酱), and those are things we don't eat much in China. Cheese and butter are made from (由……制成) milk. They drink a lot of milk, too. They drink cold or hot milk, and they put it in their tea. They put sugar in their tea as well.They may be the world's biggest tea drinkers. They like Chinese tea, but they drink mostly strong black tea from India and Sri Lanka. They don't eat much rice. For their main meal (主餐),they like meat or fish with potatoes and some vegetables. They eat all these together. After the main meal, they always have something sweet. They call it dessert (甜点). They don't eat dumplings in Britain.

Many parents like setting family rules for their kids. When kids break the rules, parents will give them punishment. In fact, when you tell your kids about a new rule, you should talk with them about the price they should pay for breaking the rule—what the punishment will be.

The punishment you set should be reasonable（合理的）, without violence or threat（威胁）. For example, if you find your son smoking, you may limit（限制）his social activities for two weeks. You should punish your kids only in ways you have discussed before the rule is broken. A study shows that the most popular punishment is to limit kids’ TV time.

It’s understandable that you’ll be angry when rules are broken. Punishment is a way to express your anger, but it’s not a very good one. Sharing your feelings of anger, disappointment or sadness with your kids can have a better effect on them. Try to do that. When your kids know what they have done has made you angry, they will feel sorry. When they know their actions influence you greatly, they will follow the rules better.

Family rules are made to help your kids behave better. If your rules or ways of punishment make them unhappy or under a lot of pressure, are they helpful?

We often dine out with others, but do you know some basic etiquette（礼节）? If you behave well at the table, it will make your partners happy. But if you don't know how to behave yourself, you will feel embarrassed. Here are some tips for the table etiquette.

When helping a woman pull her chair to the table, hold it and guide it. Don't shove（碰撞）it against the back of her legs. If you're seated at a table with eight or fewer guests, wait for everyone to be served and for the hostess（女主人）to begin eating before you dig in. At a long banquet table, it's OK to start when several people are seated and served.

If you prefer not to have wine while dining out, don't turn your glass upside down, and don't make a big deal of saying you don't drink. Simply place your fingertips on the rim（边缘）of the glass and say “Not today, thanks.”

When you excuse yourself to go to the restroom, just say “Please excuse me.”

When out with friends or family—even at a fancy restaurant—it's OK to ask for your leftovers（吃剩的饭菜）to be wrapped. But don't do it at a business lunch or dinner.

Information Card

In the modern world, people have to remember passwords (密码) for everything from their email, to online banking and internet shopping.

So it’s easy to understand that many of us would pick (选择) something simple and easy for our passwords.

A leaked (泄露的) Yahoo database (数据库) showed that the most popular passwords are still “123456” and “password”. Easy ones like “qwerty” and “abc123” are also among the top 10, reported the Daily Mail. Other top passwords include “welcome”,   “sunshine” and “ninja”. Many more used simple combinations (组合) of their name, age, or birthday.

These people are trying to make life easy for themselves. But they are also making it easy for hackers (黑客) to break into their accounts, experts warned.

Researchers from UK’s Lancaster University as well as Peking and Fujian Normal universities in China, did a test on passwords. They tried to guess passwords based on people’s different personal information.

They guessed passwords for more than 73 percent of ordinary users’ accounts. Hackers could even break a third of the harder passwords in 100 guesses, reported the Daily Mail.

So how can you make your passwords safer? Researchers from Bloom berg Business week have some tips for you.

Upper-casing (大写) your password is a good start. Adding numbers and/or symbols to your password can also be of great help. Choose a nine-letter password that includes numbers and/or symbols. This would take a hackers computer hundreds of years to break! Never use personal information as a password. Use different passwords for different accounts (账户). Experts suggest that a user should change their password every 90 days to keep hackers guessing.

Password Safety

【推荐2】Many kinds of birds live in the United States, but the number of the birds is becoming smaller every year. One of the leading reasons is the growing number of pet cats. By keeping your pet cats in your home, you can help give birds a better possible chance to live.

Of the 90 million pet cats in this country, about two-thirds are allowed to go outside. It is said that these cats kill hundreds of millions of birds each year, as well as billions of small animals such as rabbits and field mice.

They can also bring illness to the animals that live in people’s yard(院子), further weakening the health of the natural populations.

Allowing pet cats to go outside is not just bad for birds and wildlife, it’s also bad for the cats themselves. Outdoor cats can get sick very easily. They are in danger from traffic and attacks(攻击) from other animals. In fact, outdoor cats usually don’t live past the age of five, while indoor cats often live to be 17 or older.

Keep your pet cat inside! If you raise a young cat, it’s your duty to let it play inside.