【推荐1】We choose food to eat every day. We might know some of the reasons for the choices, but food scientist Dr. Brian Wansink has found that we are unaware of 90% of our food decision. Here are some “big ideas” in his research on the hidden power that drives our eating.

Food for thought

In one of the studies, Dr. Wansink made volunteers eat chocolate yogurt in a dark room. He told them the yogurt was with a taste of strawberry even though they were all eating chocolate. Finally, 65% of volunteers described the yogurt as having a “nice strawberry flavour”!

The research shows that our imagination has an effect on our taste. If you expect a food to taste good, it will. So take a moment before you eat your unpleasant healthy food to remind yourself that you are eating delicious fish and chips.

Our eyes eat first

How your food looks is just as important as how it tastes. Dr. Wansink gave cakes to three groups of people. The cakes were exactly the same but served in different ways.

①Group one got the cake on a nice plate.

②Group two got the cake on a paper plate.

③Group three got the cake on a piece of paper.

Dr. Wansink then asked the people how much they would pay for each cake.

①Group one who got the cake on a nice plate would pay $ 1. 27.

②Group two who got the cake on a paper plate would pay 76 cents.

③Group three who got the cake on a piece of paper would pay 53 cents.

Take some time to make your healthy food look amazing. Cut your fruit into a flower shape and put your colorful vegetables on nice plates. This works really well for your appetite （胃口）.

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Dr. Wansink also found that when people sat at the desk full of snacks, they ate 71% more of snacks a day than those sitting near a clear table. We eat what we see. As a result, put all the unhealthy food in your fridge.

Hide it and make it really hard to get to. The closer bad food is, the more you eat it.

【推荐2】Do you want to be healthy? What can you do to be healthy? Let me tell you.

Play sports every day. Sports can make you active and healthy. Running,swimming and playing soccer or basketball are all good sports.

Eat fruit and vegetables every day. They are all healthy food. Don't eat too much junk food every day. It's not good for your health.

Get enough sleep. You must sleep for eight or nine hours a day. It's healthy for you. Never go to bed too late. And remember to get up early the next morning. Then you can have a good day at school.
Make many friends at school. Friends can help you and make you happy. When you are happy,you are healthy,too.

It's easy to be healthy. And if you do those above,you can make it.

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When we think of paper, we think of newspapers and books. But there are many other uses.

Only half of the world’s paper is used for books and newspapers.

Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Maybe you see homeless men asleep on lots of newspapers. In Finland, it is sometimes -40°C in winter. The farmers wear paper boots(靴子) in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

Each year, more and more things are made of paper. We have paper cups and dishes for a long time. But now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper. With paper boots and shoes, you can wear paper hats, paper dresses, and paper raincoats. After you use them, you can just throw them away and buy new ones.

The newest use of paper may be paper houses. These are not small houses for children to play in, but real, big houses for people to live in. You can buy a house with three rooms for about 500 dollars. You can “build” it by yourself in some hours, and you can use it for only five years.

【推荐1】Rich or poor, young or old, we all have problems. We can easily become unhappy unless we solve our problems. Worrying about our problems can affect how we do things at school or at home. So how do we deal with our problems?

Most of us have probably been angry with our friends, parents or teachers. Perhaps they said something we didn’t like, or we felt they were unfair. Sometimes, people can stay angry for years about a small problem. Time goes by, and good friendships may be lost. Then what should we do? As we all know, we are usually the ones affected when we are angry. Have you ever seen young children playing together? They might fight very soon, and decide not to talk to each other. However, this usually doesn’t last for long. They become good friends again. This is an important lesson to us, We can solve a problem by learning to forget.

Many students often complain about school. They might feel they have too much work to do sometimes, or think the rules are too strict. We must learn how to change these “problems” into “challenges”. As young adults, it is our duty to try our best to deal with challenges with the help of our teachers.

By comparing ourselves to other people, we will find our problems are not so terrible. Think about Stephen Hawking, for example, a very clever scientist. He can’t walk or even speak, but he regards his many physical problems as unimportant. Now he’s known as a great scientist in the world.

Don’t worry about our problems. Let’s face the challenges.

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【推荐2】The Internet has become part of teenagers’ life. There’s a report on 3,375 students between 10 and 18 years old in seven Chinese cities. It says that 36% of them believe they use the Internet often. While most of them get useful information and use the Internet to help in their studies, some are not using it in a good way. Bad things can happen if young people spend too much time on the Internet.

To help young people use the Internet in a good way, some big cities have started to use a textbook on good Internet habits this term. The textbook uses real examples to teach students all about good ways of using the Internet. It gives useful advice, such as it’s good to read news or find helpful information to study. Some students also make online friends. But if you are meeting a friend offline(离线), let your parents know.

Teachers and parents all think reading books is a very good way. It will teach students how to be a good person in the online world. It will be a guide for teens using the Internet and will keep students away from bad websites.

【推荐3】It is important to sort（分类）your rubbish. If you sort your rubbish, you are helping to protect the environment and save our earth. If you don’t do this, the rubbish will be everywhere and we can’t plant things on them. Some kinds of rubbish will pollute the soil and the water. For example, the bad things in phones can run out and pollute the ground. Other rubbish, like some parts of pens, can be used to make other things.

Here are four kinds of rubbish:

Recyclable（可循环的）:Things that can be reused, such as paper, metal (金属), glass and old clothes.

Wet: It is also called “household waste” “You don’t want these things but pigs can eat,” Guangzhou Daily said

Harmful（有害的）: such as medicine, batteries（电池）and phones. If you throw them away, they may pollute the soil and water.

Others: It is also called “Dry”. Any waste that doesn’t belong to (属于) Wet, Recyclable or Harmful.