【推荐1】Linda has been a vegetarian for years. She stopped eating meat because of how she felt as she told her doctor, she always felt tired. Her doctor looked her over and told her to eat less meat. She bought a vegetarian cook book and decided to “go all the way”. She still eats eggs and cheese sometimes; now, however, most of her food is vegetables, fruits, and grains. Linda became a vegetarian to improve her health.

Nancy is an animal lover. Nancy grew up on a farm where there were cows and chickens. As she grew older, she started to eat less meat. One day she realized that she had stopped eating meat. It had never seemed right to her that animals were fed to be killed for food.

When Mark was a student, he had a careful plan of how to spend money. The little money that he had for food, he spent on rice, cheap vegetables. He learned to be a very good cook. Now Mark is a successful engineer, but he still eats simple foods, and no meat.

Roy is an environmentalist. He knows that the population is increasing faster and faster, but the land for growing food is not increasing at all. He knows that it takes sixteen kilos of grain to make one kilo of meat; he thinks about the fifteen kilos of grain that are wasted if he eats meat “Somewhere,” he says, “someone hasn’t got enough to eat and is dying. How can I enjoy a thick steak?” Mark’s ideas about what is right and wrong make him a vegetarian.

【推荐2】What do you like to drink every day? Do you like cola? If so, you should be careful, because such soft drinks (软饮料) are not healthy. As we know, one soft drink has about 40g of sugar. Too much sugar is bad for your teeth and eyes and makes you fat.

How about energy (能量) drinks? Sporty kids like them a lot. This kind of drink has caffeine (咖啡因) in it. It can give you more energy. But don’t drink too much. Once a student wants to do well in his PE test. Hoping to have more energy, he drinks some “Red Bull (红牛)”. As a result, he can’t sleep for the whole night and feels sleepy the next day. Of course, he does badly in the PE test.

So what can you drink? Don’t worry, here are some cool and healthy drinks. Let’s have a look!

Water. It is the best and healthiest drink. Water has no sugar or calories (卡路里). It doesn’t give you bad teeth or make you fat. How much water should you drink every day? The US research group Mayo Clinic says about 8 glasses of water a day (200 ml water for each glass) is good for us.

Juice. If you don’t like fresh fruit and vegetables, you can drink 100% fruit juice. Just don’t drink too much—about 940 ml each day is fine. When you open a bottle of fresh juice, drink it in one sitting. Remember not to leave it to the next day, because it will go bad easily.

Milk. Milk helps you build a healthy body. Milk is rich in protein (蛋白质), vitamin D and calcium. They are all good for children’s bones and teeth.

    1    . It grows in hot areas. Sometimes it is called the “perfect fruit” because you don’t have to wash it but you have to peel(去皮) it. And it is easy to carry. It is also a great breakfast food.

    2    . Its color is usually purple. It isn’t easy to keep fresh. It is small. You must wash the fruit before eating it. It is used to make wine.

    3    . Its juice is very delicious. It is an orange fruit. It grows in warm areas. It is sour and sweet. You don’t have to wash it and it is easy to carry.

    4    . Its color is red, green or yellow. When you want to eat the fruit, you’d better wash it. It is also easy to carry. A famous saying tells us that it is good for people’s health.

    5    . It is a yellow fruit. It grows in hot areas. It is very juicy and sweet. It is not very easy to carry around because it is large and has prickly(多刺的) skin. Since you don’t eat the outer skin of the skin, you don’t wash it before you eat it.

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【推荐2】Have you ever been to Iceland? How about Norway or Finland? Maybe you’ve traveled to northern Russia or Canada. These are some of the best places to see one of our planet’s most beautiful natural phenomena (现象). What are we talking about? The Northern Lights, of course!

The Northern Lights appear as beautiful colors in the night sky. The most common color of the Northern Lights is green. However, they can also be red, pink, yellow, or purple.

What causes the Northern Lights? Like all the natural light on the earth, they come from the sun. Sometimes, the sun has big storms and gives off electrically charged particles (带电粒子). When the electrically charged particles reach the earth, some of them pass through to the air around our planet. They then collide (碰撞) with the gases (气体) around the earth, which causes beautiful lights with colors.

The colors of the Northern Lights have to do with the height. For example, when electrically charged particles collide with gases less than 150 miles from the earth’s surface, they produce green light. When the collision happens higher than 150 miles, they make red light.

Over time, many people have tried to explain the Northern Lights. Some cultures have ancient stories about them. Today, however, we know the science behind the Northern Lights, and people travel thousands of miles each year hoping to see them. Many say it s a magical experience!

【推荐3】A lot of people play sports, but very few people become sports professionals (专家). If sports aren’t going to be your future, then why should you play them? Why should you train every day? Why should you work hard and feel sore the next day? Wouldn’t it be better to forget sports and only pay attention to your lessons? In fact, there are a lot of reasons to play sports.

First of all, sports are a great way to exercise. Exercising keeps you healthy and strong. It also helps you stay in a good condition. When you exercise, your body makes endorphins which give you more energy and make you feel happier.

Also, sports teach young people how to communicate and work as a team. They teach young people to respect (尊重) their coaches, teammates and players from the other team. Many reports say that sports help young people stay out of trouble. If a young person plays sports, he or she may have fewer problems. This is because sports teach people about rules. They also teach people that if they work hard, they might succeed.

Another good way of sports is that they make people leave their houses. These days, a lot of people spend too much time watching television and playing video games. When you play sports, you go outside and exercise in the sun. You take in fresh air. All of these things are important.

Maybe you’re not going to become a sports professional, but that doesn’t matter, sports will help you become a better and happier person.

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