4 . We all know that vegetables are good for our health. They give our bodies different kinds of vitamins (维生素) and help us grow.

But how can they make us healthy? What kinds of vegetables should we eat? Here are the answers.

Eating carrots is helpful to our eyes. Carrots can help us see better at night.

Do you want to have strong teeth? Eat some beans (豆). Beans have vitamin B in them. Vitamin B is helpful in digestion and absorption (消化吸收).

Do you like tomatoes? They look nice. Doctors call tomatoes “healthy vegetables”, because they can stop some illness. They also have vitamin C and it can keep our skin (皮肤) healthy. So It is important to eat some tomatoes.

Don’t forget spinach (菠菜). The spinach leaves have vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E. They can make us strong. So if you want to keep healthy, remember to eat different kinds of vegetables every day.

5 . Overweight (超重) is one of the biggest health problems now. Being overweight affects (影响) more than how you look. Too much fat can kill you. What’ s worse, overweight children turn into overweight adults (成人) . If you’ re obese now, you will probably grow into an obese adult. But here’ s good news. You can fight overweight.

You are what you eat. Kids like snacks. Have you listed 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. So, think about your snack choice (选择) again.

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 a few minutes every night. Ten minutes turned into an hour or more. In just a few years, the heavy kid became healthy.

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 it today, and do it more tomorrow. It will help you a lot.

6 . There are many types of tea. They have their own functions.

◆Green tea is the best choice for office workers

People who always work in places with air condition may face skin problems such as easily dry skin. Among all the drinks, green tea is the best choice. Because there are important things in green tea and they are often called catechins(儿茶酚). Moreover, drinking more green tea can prevent computer radiation(辐射).

◆Winter is the season to drink black tea

Chinese medicine believe that different people should drink different kinds of tea. Because different people have different characteristics(特征) and tastes of each kind of tea. Black tea can warm the stomach(胃) and quicken digestion(消化). Therefore, drinking warm black tea in the cold winter is a most suitable choice.

◆Do not drink strong tea

Strong tea may make the body far too excited. And it can badly affect(影响) the cardiovascular(心血管的) as well as the nervous system. For a person who has problems with these parts, to drink overly strong tea causes heart and blood pressure illness, or even make the old illness much worse.

◆Do not drink too much tea when you are eating

Drinking too much tea or strong tea may not be good for taking in many constant elements(常量元素) and trace elements(微量元素). Also, people should not drink tea with milk or other milky food.

Li Lei is a Chinese boy. He is in the UK now. He lives with Mr and Mrs Green in London. They are very nice to him.

They like different foods. For breakfast, Mr and Mrs Green would like milk, eggs and some vegetables, and sometimes they have fruit. Li Lei would like milk and eggs, but he doesn’t like vegetables for breakfast.

Lunch is at 12 noon. Mr and Mrs Green usually have hamburgers but sometimes they have noodles. Li Lei doesn’t like hamburgers. He thinks they’re unhealthy and he would like some rice and vegetables. After lunch, he likes to have some fruit. At around 3:30 pm or 4:00 pm Mr and Mrs Green usually have afternoon tea.