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　　It is becoming increasingly clear that there is a direct link between eating habits and health．Heart disease causes the loss of 180,000 lives in Britain every year．At least two million British people are believed to have heart problems．What can be done about this?

　　Let us begin by looking first at nutrient needs：

　　This table shows that there is not much difference between the nutrient and energy needs of adults and children over the age of five．Even though children are much smaller, they need large amounts of all nutrients because they are growing．In fact, they need more calcium and Vitamin D than adults, to ensure that their bones and teeth are strong．

　　British eating habits are changing．There is a much greater variety of foods to choose from nowadays．Also, the population is realizing how choice of food can affect health．As a result, people are eating less fat, sugar and salt and more fiber-rich foods．This is undoubtedly doing a lot to reduce heart disease．For example, research in 1983 by the U．K．Department of Health and Social Security into children’s eating habits showed that：

　　－30% ate too much fat;

　　－many diets were too heavily dependent on chips, cakes and biscuits;

　　－it has not been found out that any of the children were suffering for lack of these nutrients; children who were out of school at lunchtimes at cafés, fast food shops, etc．had lower intakes of many nutrients than other children．In particular girls were short of iron．

　　To reduce the risk of heart disease, there are two major changes that are needed in the way people in Britain eat：

　　1)the amount of fat eaten must be reduced;

　　2)the amount of foods rich in fiber must be increased．If this is done, then the British people will be much healthier．

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　　A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man－the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands．While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort．

　　This attitude toward manual(体力的)labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life．One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously(豪华地)furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily got from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery．On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes．A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house．His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing．The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education．

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　　I started to love running at a young age．I loved to 　　1　　 my father and my sister around the backyard．I couldn’t 　　2　　 to get older so that I could run in the Olympics and win lots of 　　3　　

　　One day my mother saw a(n)　　4　　 for a race in a newspaper．“Would you be 　　5　　 in entering this race?” she asked me, pointing to the advertisement．

　　“Yes, of course!” I answered．

　　I spent the next few days practicing for my big race．My sister 　　6　　 a table in the backyard so she could supply me with water and 　　7　　 me．

　　Just before the race began, my dad 　　8　　 in my ear．“Don’t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race．You need to have energy 　　9　　 you can speed up at the end．”

　　Following Dad’s 　　10　　, I didn’t run as fast as I could．Then the other runners started passing me, which made me 　　11　　．I began to feel tired, and started slowing down and 　　12　　 harder．

　　“Coming on, Kelly!You can do it!Keep running．”

　　Out of the corner of my 　　13　　 I saw Dad running beside me around the outside of the track．

　　“I can’t do it!” I 　　14　　 to say．

　　“You can!Don’t give up!Keep running!” he called back．

　　I took a deep breath and tried to 　　15　　 forward．Dad continued running beside me, shouting encouraging words．

　　I came fifth, but I felt like a(n)　　16　　．I’d done my best, and I hadn’t 　　17　　．

　　I felt thankful that my dad had 　　18　　 left my side．He always 　　19　　 me when I feel like giving up．He runs alongside me 　　20　　 my life．

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