Be Healthy

How can we be healthy?     1    

Play sports every day. There are all kinds of sports for you. Ball games are interesting.     2     Some of them are not difficult to play. You can play one or two with your friends or classmates after class or school. It’s good for you to play sports, so do it every day.

Eat healthy food every day. What do you eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner? Only ice-cream or hamburgers? Be careful about what you eat every day. Some food is delicious (美味的) but not healthy.     3     It’s good for you to eat salad, carrots and apples, too. Meat is from animals.     4     It’s not good for you. To be healthy isn’t so difficult. Do the things above, and then you can be healthy.

2 . We have many vegetables. They are tomatoes, carrots, cabbage and broccoli.     1    . They are green, red, yellow, brown and white.     2    , so we eat many green vegetables every day. For example, broccoli, cucumbers (黄瓜), and so on. They are good for us and they are healthy food.     3    . I have a lot of vegetable salad for breakfast. I don’t look fat.     4    . She plays baseball and likes all kinds of fruit.     5    . To keep healthy, let’s have more (更多) vegetables and enjoy a good life.

4 . Today, people live a busy life.     1     Some fast food restaurants like McDonald’s and KFC bring fast and delicious food to people.     2    

In China, McDonald’s and KFC are also very popular. Some people like to go to McDonald’s and KFC to celebrate their holidays or just have fun.     3    

But when we enjoy this food, we must think of our health. In fact, this kind of fast food has much more calories (卡路里，热量) than our traditional (传统的) Chinese food.     4     We should eat more vegetables and fruit. But is fast food always unhealthy? In fact, you can choose what you eat!     5     And you can drink a glass of orange juice with it!

Healthy eating habits are important. Here are five of the best eating habits. Follow them and you will have a healthy lifestyle.

    1     Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, then you can have clearer skin, better sleep, and improve your eyesight. If not, you’re warned of losing water. You may need even more water if you are exercising.

    2     Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You will have more energy after eating breakfast. When you go without breakfast, you are likely to become tired.

    3     Eat a light lunch every day. If you don’t have time to go out to have a big meal, or if you are too busy with your work, take a sandwich in the morning for a quick lunch.

    4     We should eat fruit and vegetables every day. Add a banana to your breakfast, have a salad with lunch, and eat at least one vegetable at dinner.

    5     Try to have dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. Your body needs time to digest(消化) most of the food before you rest for the next 8 hours.

7 . Sally has two brothers. They are Peter and Allen. Now they are in Beijing with their parents. Peter is 13. He likes milk and bread for breakfast. And he likes chicken for dinner. Allen is 7. He likes hamburgers and chicken. He doesn’t like milk. He likes cola (可乐). He is fat. Sally is 4. She likes bananas and strawberries. She eats ice-cream after dinner. But her mother doesn’t let her eat too much. What does her mother like eating? She likes eating vegetables and fruit. They are healthy. She eats eggs and some fruit for breakfast. And she eats salad for lunch. Does their father also like vegetables and fruit? No, he likes vegetables, but he doesn’t like fruit. And he eats carrots for dinner. He likes chicken, too. He thinks it’s delicious (美味的).

8 . Everyone knows that food is a very important thing for health. If we want to be healthy, we must have all kinds of foods. We need food when we feel hungry. Then, if we eat a bowl of rice or a piece of bread, we do not feel hungry. We should have enough (足够的) food. But do we eat the right kind of food?

Bread is good for us. It helps us to work. It can keep us warm when the weather is cold.

Meat, fish, eggs, and milk are all very good for us. They help us to grow. They keep us healthy. We must have some of these kinds of food every day.

We also need fruit and vegetables. These also help us to grow and be healthy.

10 . I have a friend. Her name is Lily. She’s from the USA. She has a good eating habit (饮食习惯). She often has breakfast at home. For breakfast, she eats bread and drinks milk because she doesn’t have time to make breakfast. She eats lunch at school. She has different food for lunch. She eats chicken, rice and some fruit. She likes vegetables, too. She doesn’t like hamburgers. She has dinner at home with her family. It is the biggest meal (一餐) of the day. Sometimes she eats out with her friends. They like having fish, chicken soup (汤) or meat soup. For dinner, she doesn’t like eating ice cream. She thinks it’s not good for her health (健康).