Nowadays people are interested in the word GIY. GIY     1     for “grow it yourself” and is about a new fashion for growing your own food.

There are lots of reasons why growing your own food is a good idea. GIY helps r    2     carbon dioxide emissions (排放物). Food in supermarkets travels a long way and that produces a lot of carbon dioxide. If you grow     3     many vegetables as you can at home, you can help protect the environment.

Vegetables you grow are also good for your health because they have more nutrients (营养) than     4     you buy in the supermarket and they don’t have chemicals.

How much money can you save? First of all, seeds are     5     cheaper than vegetables, and second, you can save more by planting the most expensive vegetables. You can give your vegetables to friends and neighbors. It can make you very     6     [pɒpjʊlə].

Don’t worry if you don’t have much space. To GIY, you don’t need a garden. You can use pots on your balconies (阳台). And don’t worry     7     your space doesn’t get much sun. You can plant vegetables that don’t like a lot of sun to grow.

Grow your own     8     now. You will have both a healthier body and a healthier social life.

【推荐2】My name is Bill. I have two good     1     (friend). They are Bob and Sandra. We eat different food every day.

I like lots of food. For     2    , I eat eggs and some fruit. I like oranges and bananas. For lunch, I have hamburgers and some salad.     3     dinner, I have chicken and vegetables. I like carrots and broccoli.

Bob eats lots of     4     (health) food every day. He     5     (have) milk, two eggs and     6     apple for breakfast. He has chicken and salad for lunch. And he     7     (like) broccoli and fish for dinner.

Sandra is different from     8     (we). She doesn’t eat fruit or vegetables. She only     9     (eat) unhealthy (不健康的) food. She likes French fries and ice-cream. For breakfast, she eats hamburgers. And for dinner, she eats French fries.     10     dinner, she eats ice-cream for dessert.

【推荐3】Everybody knows vegetables and fruit are g    1     for people. Many people eat some fruit each day. Mr. and Mrs. Smith like e    2     fruit very much and every day Mrs. Smith goes to buy some fruit in the shop near her home. She can buy all k    3     of fruit there, such as apples, pears, oranges and bananas. At different times of the y    4     , the price of each kind of fruit is not the same, s    5     high, sometimes low. Mrs. Smith usually t    6     to buy cheap fruit. And b    7     are Mr. Smith’s favourite fruit. Mrs. Smith chooses the cheap ones for herself. “Eating fruit can help to keep f    8     ,” says Mrs. Smith. “It’s quite d    9     from snacks. Both of them can give us energy. But snacks l    10     cakes, chocolates and sweets are not good for our health at all.”

These days, teenagers are heavily influenced (受影响) by the media. Many of them have watched t    1     of hours of TV. That’s more time than they spend w    2     teachers at school, not to mention the time spent on the Internet and newspapers.

However, several studies have shown a serious p    3    : today’s teenagers don’t have good media literacy (媒体素养). In other words, they have difficulty critically (批判地) thinking about the i    4     they see. One study that was done on middle school students showed that more than 80 percent of them c    5     tell the difference between real stories and ads that look like news.

Stanford professor Kevin John teaches a class called Media Effects. He tries to help his students learn media literacy. The professor gave an e    6     that shows why media literacy is important. In the example, two news stations report a snowstorm. One focus on (关注) the t     7     road conditions. The other focuses on kids playing in the snow. “With a new story, news stations tell you what they feel are the important details.” said John. “A person who has media literacy would realize that each story is about one side at this time. There is more going on.”

Some experts think s    8     is the best place to teach media literacy. Others believe everyone from parents to reporters should help teenagers learn these s    9    . As for the best time to start learning media literacy, many experts suggest (推荐) the age of 12. But some basic ideas can be taught even e    10    . “It’s never too early to start learning media literacy,” John said.

【推荐3】"It may be cool to ride a bike on the road． The gentle wind can make you feel comfortable and happy but it is also i    1    （importance）to wear a helmet（头盔）for safety， "Sanders，a swimming champion said o    2    October 4， 2012． Sanders was there to start the activity c    3     （call）"Helmets on Heads"by teaching students about helmet    4    [ˈseɪfti]．

Sanders has two kids． They ride b    5    every day． It's what they love to do． Sanders has always told them they can't ride their bikes without helmets even if they are going next door． It's most effective（有效的） to get your kids to listen when you take    6    （act） yourself and do w    7    you want them to do， " she said． That's why she started the activity．

To make more kids know the importance of helmet safety， Sanders is going around the     8    [kʌntri]． She has several stops． New York is the first． The big thing is just through word of mouth， making biking safety a fun activity． It's said that about 80% of the school s     9    don't wear their helmets． It's a big problem． So the Helmets on Heads activity is very n       10    [‘neslsərl]．

"I love bike riding． I feel like a king again when I do that． Whenever I ride with my kids， I enjoy that look in their eyes． It's something we can all do together， "said Sanders．