Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook by yourself?Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores?

A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of the adults are so lazy that they’d catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

Just over 2,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers in Britain’s largest health center.The results were very surprising.

About one in six people who were asked said if their control was broken,they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.

More than one third of those asked said they would not run to catch a bus.Worryingly,of 654 respondents (离婚被告) with children,64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

We know that it’s no wonder that one in six children in the UK are very fat before they start school.

DrSarah,Dauncey,medical director of the center,said,“People need to get fitter,not just for their own health,but for their families,friends and pets,too.”

“If we don’t start to take control of this problem,a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most basic tasks.”

And Scotland’s largest city,Glasgow,was shamed as the laziest city in the UK,with 75% asked thinking they do not get enough exercise,followed by Birmingham and Southampton,both with 67%.

So there are some problems for the National Health Service,where fatness-related (相关的) illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on an increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.

Many of us love stories of time travel, aliens and the future. But Chinese science fiction has not been paid much attention until now. One work from a Chinese writer named Liu Cixin made it a hit around the world.

Liu Cixin was born in June, 1963 in Beijing. He began to work as a computer engineer in 1985. In 1989, he started creating science fiction. He wrote much science fiction. On August 23, 2015, he won the world’s top science fiction prize. He ‘s the first Asian to win the Hugo Award. Liu received the award for best Novel through his book The Three-Body Problem.

Liu’s winning work takes the readers back to China in the 1970s. In the book, scientists found a planet with three suns. The aliens on the planet created their own civilization(文明) called “three-body”. The aliens planned to invade(入侵) the Earth, but humans on the Earth started to form camps to protect themselves from danger.

Liu uses his professional background in computer engineering to write the book. His work is seen as “hard science fiction”, which aims for scientific accuracy(准确). Some people say this is why Liu’s novels stand out among other similar Chinese books.

Most importantly, Liu’s works bring joy to those who are unsure about the future. “People nowadays are locked in this small box of reality, but science fiction is a way to open our mind,” said Liu.

On Friday, aman killed 86 people on Norway’s Utoya Island. Marcel Gleffe, a German tourist was camping on the mainland nearby when the gunfire (枪击) began.

When he was havinga rest in his camp, he saw the smoke from the gunfire. He knew that something terrible was happening. He didn’t think of anything but tried to do something helpful.

Gleffe drove his boat over to the island, where he found a group of people in the water. Some of them had already been shot, and were in serious condition. He threw out life jackets, and tried his best to help them climb into his boat to return to the mainland, taking the worst injured persons first.

The police didn’t know about the gunman still stayed on the island when he helped the injured persons, but he wasn’t afraid to save as many people as he could. Altogether, he saved 30 people.

“I just did what I should do,” he told the Telegraph. “You don’t get scared in a situation like that, you just do what it takes.”

Wuhan was hit by the heaviest rainstorm this year. More than 7,000 houses have been destroyed or damaged and 151,900 hectares(公顷）of crops have been affected. Economic losses are estimated at about 684 million yuan, according to the local authorities.

Though Wuhan is a city beside the Yangtze River, the water level of the river increases and even becomes higher than the city whenever it meets heavy rainstorm. If the lakes can't contain all of the rain water, many streets and low areas will be flooded. As a result, the traffic was cut off, some buildings fell off, dozens of living buildings were flooded in water and thousands of people had to move to other places or stayed in hotels. The function of lakes seemed more important than ever before.

But for a long time, Wuhan's history was a history of filling lakes. With rapid growth of population, more and more large lakes were filled up and became people's living areas. Nobody has realized the importance of the lakes. Early in the 50s of last century, there were a total of more than 120 lakes in the city. But now there are only about 40 lakes left. So how can 40 lakes contain as much water as 120 lakes can?

For this reason, people in Wuhan are seeking to make room for lakes. Just as an expert said, “If we haven't filled up so many lakes, we wouldn't have suffered such serious disasters. ”This awareness comes a bit late, but it is better late than never. We must pay more attention to our environment protection and take measures to protect it from now on.

In fact, the rainstorms also hit many other places, such as Yueyang, Jiangsu, Chongqing and so on. All of us, especially our government should think over these problems. Which is more important, developing the economy or protecting the environment?

To travel around the world is the dream of many adventurous people. But very few people can afford a global tour because hotels, food and airplane tickets are too expensive. Some people, however, have thought of some ways to realize their dreams.

Laura Cody and Tanbay Theune, a couple from Britain, decided to travel around the world. They have found a good way to pay for their trips. They look after pets for rich house owners. In exchange, they can stay in the houses for free. They have looked after horses, cows, cats, dogs and fish. In two years, the couple has been to Australia, Germany, Spain and Italy. They have stayed in big cities and small villages. The home owners are usually very generous and have given them food, wine and day trips.

Another person who tries to realize her travel dream is photographer Rhiannon Taylor. She travels around the world to visit, review and take photos of the best hotels. She shares the places she stays and the food she eats on the Internet with tens of thousands of followers.

With these ways of making money, traveling around the world is no longer a dream. More and more young people are thinking creatively to make their dream come true.