This is not a diet. It's a simple way to lose weight. And you don't even have to give up the food you love or join a gym (健身房). You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin.

A. Wake-up

    When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend(弯曲) forward until you feel sore（酸痛） in your back. It will bum about 10 calories.

B. Start with soup

    When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you'll feel fuller, so you'll eat less when the main food comes.

C. An apple (or more) a day

     Apples are full of fiber and water, so your stomach will want less. The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.

D. Stand up and walk around

     Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average (平均）two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will bum 50 0r more calories.

     Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.

1.We should have soup first so that _______.

      A. it can help burn some calories         B. our stomach will want less

      C. it will provide us with enough water    D. we won't need any main food

2.Which of the following may the writer NOT agree?

      A. Sitting up slowly without using your hands helps bum calories.

      B. Eating apples every day is good for people's health.

      C. You have to join a gym if you want to lose weight.

      D. It's good to walk around while talking on the mobile phone.

3.This passage is written to _______.

      A. give advice on how to lose weight       B. tell people to eat apples every day

      C. tell people how to enjoy a better life     D. tell people to give up bad habits

4. In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

      A. Shopping.       B. Teaching.        C. Family.      D. Health.

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When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon, an old Australian was watching TV in a restaurant. There was  【小题1】 Englishman in the restaurant, too, and he  【小题2】  to the Australian, “The Americans are clever,  【小题3】  they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It is a very long way from our world .”
“Oh, that’s nothing,” the Australian answered quickly. “Our country is going to send some people to the sun in a few months. That’s  【小题4】  farther away than the moon, you know.”
“Oh, yes, it is,” the Englishman said, “but the sun is too hot for people to go to.”
The Australian laughed and said, “We won’t go to the sun in the day, of course.
We’ll go there 【小题5】  night.”

This is not a diet. It’s a simple way to lose weight. And you don’t even have to give up the food you love or join a gym (健身房). You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.
A. Wake-up
When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend(弯曲) forward until you feel sore（酸痛） in your back. It will bum about 10 calories.
B. Start with soup
When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you’ll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.
C. An apple (or more) a day
Apples are full of fiber and water, so your stomach will want less. The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.
D. Stand up and walk around
Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average (平均）two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will bum 50 0r more calories.
Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.
【小题1】We should have soup first so that _______.

The story behind the shopping cart

Characters

Sylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop

Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(机械师)

One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new i? 1. – a shopping cart.

Sylvan:????????????? My customers don’t like our shopping cart.

Fred:????????????? Really? So they p? 2. shopping with those heavy baskets?

Sylvan:????????????? (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 3. none of them wants to use the cart.

Fred:????????????? I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.

Sylvan:????????????? (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!

Fred:????????????? So why don’t they like the shopping cart?

Sylvan:????????????? Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 4. and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.

Fred:????????????? Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.

Sylvan:????????????? Um…

Fred:????????????? What? They don’t like the cart e? 5.? ?

Sylvan:????????????? Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!

Fred:????????????? Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g? 6. up on this invention!

Sylvan:????????????? We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.

Fred:????????????? What is it?

Sylvan:????????????? I’ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.

Fred:????????????? Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!”

Sylvan:????????????? E 7. .

Fred:????????????? Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.

Sylvan:????????????? Great idea!