1 . Neudy Rojop, 29, looks across the rough, rocky road in the small rural village of San Rafael Pacaya. It leads to the home where she grew up and where she still lives today.

When Rojop was about 10, her cousin, Carlos, was very sick. Without any local clinics (诊所), Rojop’s family couldn’t even figure out what the disease was. They could do nothing but wait. Growing up, she noticed how frequently many of those around her were getting sick. As a teenager, she started to realize her community needed better chance to health care. So she determined to go to a nursing school.

But her vision was beyond being a nurse. After graduation, she realized one person was not enough to make the community better. “The people here may have common diseases,” she thought. “Some are known. But there may be new diseases that we don’t know about.” She wanted to do something to keep any illness from being a threat in the first place. She wanted to train people and do some research to monitor these illnesses and try to provide early actions, or try out new ways to prevent some of them.

Over the next few years, she and a small team brought her vision to life. They provided measures that could limit the possible risks. Olson, one of her colleagues, recalled, “She has zero clinical experience and zero research experience at first, but now she is a superstar here. Her working place is usually busy with about 300 patients per month.”

Now Rojop starts her days with a morning meeting, making decisions, solving problems and setting priorities with her teammates. “In the past, I was so young that I could do nothing for my community,” she says. “But now I can help because I know how.”

When Lin Qiaozhi was five, her mother died, which     1     (affect) her deeply. At age 18, she chose to study medicine against her brother’s will. Eight years later, Lin graduated     2     Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) and became the first woman     3     (work) as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. After several years, she     4     (send) to study in Europe and then in 1939, in the US. She left such a good impression on her American colleagues     5     they invited her to stay. However, Lin rejected the offer and returned to China.

In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman to be appointed     6     (direct) of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. When the department was closed because of the war, she opened a private clinic to continue to treat the patients. She was even seen     7     (ride) a donkey to faraway villages to provide medical care.

Lin Qiaozhi held many important positions, but she was     8     (much) interested-in tending patients, training staff in her department     9     publishing medical research. Dr Lin never married and she kept working until her death in 1983. She left her     10     (saving) to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors.

3 . We’ve all been told that different types of fruits and vegetables have different benefits that help us keep healthy. A new international study has found that eating one fruit regularly can help reduce the risk of cancer (癌症), among those people who have a high risk of developing certain cancers.

The research, which followed almost 1,000 patients with a variety of cancers, found that taking regular resistant starch (抗酶解淀粉) could have a great preventative effect on the risk of cancer. Here’s what you need to know about how eating bananas regularly can help reduce the risk of cancers.

Resistant starch is found in green bananas. By eating green bananas your body gets resistant starch, which has been found to reduce the risk of cancers in some parts of the body by more than a half, according to the new research. The study, which was published in Cancer Prevention Research, was led by experts at the Universities of Newcastle and Leeds. It found that resistant starch, if taken regularly for two years, had a very good effect on some cancers, which can be difficult to find.

John Mathers, a professor at Newcastle University explained, “Resistant starch really helps in fact, which has several health benefits and fewer calories than regular starch.”

In addition to green bananas, resistant starch is also found in foods such as peas, beans and other starchy foods. In terms of bananas, experts think that eating one banana every day has the same effect as a certain amount of resistant starch. The secret is to eat the bananas before they become too ripe (成熟的) or soft.

You may sometimes notice athletes with purple circles on their skin from cupping (拔火罐). Or maybe you know someone    1    swears (及其信赖) by acupuncture (针灸) for their back pain. More and more people use practices from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to not only fight disease, but also prevent it. TCM is    2    ancient system of health and wellness that    3     (use) in China for thousands of years.

Western medicine focuses    4    (main) on treating disease, while TCM looks at your entire well-being. Western medicine tends    5    (view) the body a lot like a car. It has different systems that need the right inputs and outputs. TCM doesn’t focus on science and medicine. Instead, it is based    6    balance, harmony, and energy.

There are two central ideas behind TCM. One is qi, the other yin and yang. Qi is also called life energy or vital energy. The belief is that it    7    (run) throughout your body. It’s always on the move and constantly    8    (change). Yin and Yang are opposites    9     (describe) the qualities of qi. The belief is that everything in life has its opposite, and balance is the key. For example, a drug from your doctor might cure disease. But it’s    10    (harm) if you take too much of it.

7 . Reasons why you should learn first aid

A first-aid course only takes a matter of hours to complete but supplies you with all of the knowledge you require to handle an emergency.     1    . Actually, there are more benefits if you take crucial (关键的) first-aid practices.

    2    . Just imagine for a second that somebody was in a life-threatening condition and your quick actions saved their lives. What a great feeling to wake up to! Remembering that you have prolonged someone’s life and allowed them to spend many more happy years with their loved ones.

Having the ability to help family and friends in need. When a member of your family or a friend injures himself or herself, there’s nothing worse than feeling helpless. In your first-aid training, you can learn how to treat a variety of medical conditions and injuries. This means that when someone is in need, you will know exactly what to do.     3    .

Earning the respect of your fellow colleagues.     4    . They will most certainly be grateful for all of your help, because you have provided the correct treatment at an early stage and they can recover quickly. This will reduce the number of days they are absent.

Gaining new responsibilities. Your role as a first-aider is very important especially in high-risk working environments where employees are operating heavy machines or working at a great height.     5    . More importantly, your skills will be highly valued to prevent potential accidents.