Overweight (超重) is one of the biggest health problems now. Being overweight affects (影响) more than how you look. Overweight children usually turn into heavy adults. If you’re fat now, you will probably grow into a fat adult. What’s worse, too much fat can kill you.     1     You can fight overweight.

Change your eating habits.     2     Kids like snacks. Did you list any healthy snacks? One study of eating habits shows that soft drinks are the first in the snack list. Next, kids choose salty snacks, like chips. What’s more, the list is full of junk food from No.3 to No.11. Finally, No.12, kids pick a healthy snack—fruit.     3    

Get outside to exercise. Jim, a player on his school football team, had a weight problem not long time ago. He could never get anyone to play with him, so his father and he started playing football for ten minutes every night at first.     4     In just a few years, the heavy kid became athletic, fit and healthy.

More TV means more fat.     5     That adds up to (合计) 44 days a year of sitting. More TV (or more Internet surfing, or more computer games) means more fat.

Eat an apple a day, walk around the house, play with your family... Do these today, and do these more tomorrow. It will help you a lot.

【推荐2】Have you ever experienced peer pressure (同伴压力)? For example, one day you’re with some friends playing video games and someone mentions, “Oh, that game’s easy. So not worth the time”. The others agree. Although you enjoy the game, not wanting to argue with them, you go along with the crowd. That is the peer pressure, which is also called peer influence. You will take a certain type of behavior, dress, or attitude in order to be accepted as a member of your “peers”.

We are all influenced by our peers at any age. For teens, it is more likely to be influenced by your peers around you. It is because you are away from home, you may spend more time with your friends than with your family. As you become more independent, your peers naturally play a greater role in your life.

According to researchers, teens can make correct decisions when they are calm. However, when they make decisions in the heat of the moment, their decisions are often influenced by their peers. In a recent study, a teen played a video game, either alone or with friends watching. The researchers discovered that the risks doubled when their friends were watching, compared with when they played alone.

Just as people can influence us to make unwise choices, they can also influence us to make good ones. A teen might join in a volunteer project because his or her friends are doing it, or get good grades. In fact, friends often encourage each other to study, or try out for sports.

While we are always influenced by those around us, the decision to act or not is up to us. So when it comes to decision making, the choice is up to you.

【推荐3】Making Friends with Ducks

In traditional pet stores, you can buy an animal to be your companion at home. But there’s a new kind of “pet store” where you can spend some time with animals and just walk away without taking any of them with you. What really matters is to be there.

My colleagues and I visited one of these stores in the Sanlitun neighborhood of Beijing. We were looking for Call ducks (柯尔鸭), a Dutch species of pet ducks. They are famous for their cute looks and their sky-high prices—one of them can easily cost a few thousand yuan. Since we were not planning to spend so much on a duck any time soon, visiting them in one of these places—what I'd call “mini-zoos”—seemed to be the perfect choice.

There were five Gall ducks at the store and we spent a good three hours with them. We learned a lot about the species.

Call ducks are not as obedient enough to follow what they are told to do as dogs, so playing with them takes a lot of chasing from our side and quacking (呱呱叫) from theirs. Also, don’t expect them to be house-trained—one of the ducks actually pooped (排便) while sitting on my lap. But none of this took the pleasure out of holding them in my hands and touching their full chests.

That’s the magic of animals—you are refreshed again.

【推荐1】There was a fire in the mall(商场) at about 1:40 a.m. A reporter interviewed some people about it this morning.

Bill Gouveia, a student from Wareham Middle School. The pandemic (疫情) brings him a chance to make money. He starts giving chess lessons online. “It helps me not get bored and it’s just fun to meet some new people,” Bill says.

The 13-year-old boy plays chess for many years. His grandfather shows him how to play when he is about 5. Before the pandemic, Bill plays in games and always gets the first place.

Bill’s online lessons are open to children aged 6 to 11. For $ 60 in all, children can learn to play it for three weeks. Bill shares his screen (屏幕) so that students can see a chessboard and pieces (棋子). Bill starts by teaching how to set a chessboard and how different pieces move around. Later he teaches kids how to play good chess.

After three months of teaching, Bill says kids can learn chess faster than he thinks.

【推荐1】Mickey Mouse and his good friends Donald Duck and Goofy are big fans of kung fu. They come to Shaolin Temple in China to learn kung fu.

Bat King is a bad guy. He has super kung fu skills. But he always makes trouble for Shaolin Temple.

In Shaolin Temple, the master is very strict. The training is very hard. Donald Duck can't stand it. He leaves the temple quietly. Goofy always does things in the wrong way.

At the same time, Bat King has a plan. He wants to beat the people in Shaolin Temple. Mickey and his friends decide to save the temple. They study kung fu hard. They also have lots of adventures. In these adventures, they make much progress in kung fu.

What adventures do they have? How will they be safe? Will they beat Bat King and save Shaolin Temple? Find out in the Disney and Children's Fun storybooks Kung Fu Mickey.

【推荐2】One day, two young men went to a small city. They stayed outside a shop for a long time, and they seemed to have nothing to do. The owner of the shop felt they were unusual. So he used his new mobile phone to take a picture of them. After that he sent a message with the picture to the police. The picture surprised the police because the persons in the picture had done something wrong before. And the police were trying to catch them! A police car was immediately sent to the shop. The two young men were caught there. Later a policeman told the reporter, "We think this is the first time in the world that a picture message has been used to help catch criminals(罪犯)."

【推荐3】From Nobody to Somebody

Brian was a funny student. He loved watching comedies（喜剧） best and hoped to become a comedy actor one day.

When he heard about the talent show to be held at this school, Brian decided to take part in. He had never acted on stage（舞台） before, and he was very excited. But some students laughed at him. “You are not funny but silly,” Ken, one of his classmates, said to his face. “No one will like what you do,” another boy also said to him, loudly.

Brian couldn’t understand why they were so unkind to him. For a moment, he thought about giving up the show. But he remembered how much his friends liked his jokes, and also his teachers said he was very funny. So he decided to prepare for the show.

Brian did a great job at the talent show. Everyone loved his performance, and he won the first prize! His teachers and friends were proud of him. Even so, Ken told Brian that he was not funny, and that he would never be successful. Brian didn’t understand why Ken said so, but he realized that it had nothing to do with him. He confidently continued to work towards his goal.

As the years went on, Brian met more people like Ken. “you’ll do a terrible job,” they said to him. Luckily, most people encouraged him and some helped him to become even funnier. He got a lot of opportunities to perform in movies. He was even invited to appear on television. His fans thanked him because his comedies made them feel good when they were unhappy.

Now Brian is a big comedy star! He is doing what he loves best. He never feels stressed like those unkind people, and he laughs all day long!