A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you．Eating the right kind of food is very important．It can keep your body strong，so take care of what you eat． There are four main food groups altogether．The dairy products group has food like milk，cheese and sour milk．The other three groups are the meat and fish group，the fruit and vegetable group，and the bread and rice group．Each meal should have at least one food from all the four main groups．With all these food together you will be given enough energy during the day． It is easy to get into bad eating habits．You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time．Or you may not have time for a good lunch．It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time．But you will find yourself tired during these days and you can not think quickly． Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong．It is also good to take some exercise．It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air．Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health．

In addition to the official basketball world, various other types of basketball are practiced around the world.

l  Wheelchair Basketball

Wheelchair basketball was invented in 1946 by former American basketball players, who, after wartime injury, wanted once again to experience the excitement of a highly athletic sport within a team environment. It is now played in more than 80 countries by over 25,000 men, women and children with a physical disability which prevents them playing competitive basketball on their feet.          

/://www.iwbf.org

l  Beach Basketball

Beach basketball is an exciting, non-stop action game played in the sand. The game was born more than forty years ago on the physical education fields of Gulf Shores School. This kind of basketball, invented by Philip Bryant, has grown from an extremely effective skill improvement game to a very popular, widespread competitive sport.

/://www.beachbasketball.com

l  Street Basketball

Street Basketball or streetball is mainly played as a leisure(休闲) game, but streetball players can also compete against each other. There are no specific streetball rules and the game is played outdoors; the players make up their own rules to play. Streetball is very popular among younger players and allows players to publicly show their own individual skills.

/://www.streetball.com

l  Deaf Basketball

Basketball for the deaf (unable to hear in one or both ears) men and women has been played since the early 1920s. The game today has exactly the same rules as FIBA.

/://wwwdibf.org

l  Bankshot Basketball

Bankshot is a new game of skill and challenge that is often described as “mini golf, but with a basketball.” Bankshot is the only sports system that allows the able-bodied and athletes with a disability to play together at the same time. This game is about no running, jumping, or body contact（接触）and relies on the shooting skill.

/://www.bankshot.com

You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson．Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

    Jane Addams (1860-1935)

    Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank．Addams helped the poor and worked for peace．She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need．In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize．

    Rachel Carson (1907-1964)

    If it weren't for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today．Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world's lakes and oceans．

    Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-present)

    When Sandra Day O'Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman．She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and, in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court．O'Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court．

    Rose Parks (1913-2005)

    On December 1, 1995, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger．Her simple act landed Parks in prison．But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott．It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement．"The only tired I was, was tired of giving in," said Parks．

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading. 

After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”

One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

One night, Pilar was in a deep sleep when she was woken by her cat Inti. Inti was meowing wildly outside Pilar’s bedroom and throwing himself against the closed bedroom door. When Pilar opened her eyes, she saw that her bedroom was filled with smoke. As she escaped her house with Inti in her arms, she saw that a fire was burning in her kitchen. Pilar could easily have lost her life, but Inti would not let that happen. Even though Inti could have escaped the house through a cat door, he wouldn’t leave Pilar.

As amazing as this story is, it is not as uncommon as you may think. Take the example of Charlotte Lee and her horse, Thunder. One summer night, the whole family was asleep with the windows open. It was normally very quiet where they lived. Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Charlotte woke up from her sweet dream, and the noise continued. Then she heard a horse running fast towards the house. The next thing she saw was Thunder standing outside her window, neighing(嘶叫) and shaking his head. She knew something was wrong. Charlotte quickly got everyone out of the house before the earthquake hit. Thunder has saved her life.

There are also stories of wild animals coming to the rescue of humans. One animal known to be a friend of humans is the dolphin. Once, Todd Endris was surfing with his friends when he was attacked by a 13-foot(4-meter) shark. In the middle of the attack, a group of dolphins came to his rescue by forming a protective ring around Endris until he could get safely to shore. Without the help of the dolphins, there is little chance that Todd could have escaped.

No one is sure why animals have so often come to our rescue. However, it is clear that humans and animals enjoy a close relationship. It is important that we care for them as much as we can.

One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a young man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler, and he looked very common indeed. What made him most unusual, though, was the fact that whenever he needed to communicate he did it by singing opera (歌剧). It didn’t matter to William whether it was simply a matter of answering a brief greeting, like “good day”. He would clear his voice and respond, “Gooood dayyy to youuuuuuuu... toooooo!”

       No one could get a normal spoken word out of him and no one knew how he made his living. As he lived quite simply, always wearing his same old second-hand suit, people often looked down on him.

       William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when, one day, word spread round town like wildfire: William had played a role in a very important opera in the nation’s capital. Everyone in the capital went to see it, and it was a great success. Everyone in Cheekyville felt it was a surprise. But something more surprising was, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking rather than singing. And he did it with great manners, and with a clear and pleasant voice.  

       From that day, William gave up singing at all hours. Now he did it only during his stage appearances and world tours. Some people suspected why he had changed, but others continued believing him to be somewhat mad. They wouldn’t have thought so if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large stone, with a hand-carved (手工雕刻的) message on it. The message said: “Practice, my boy. Practice every second, for you never know when your chance will come.”

       Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the director had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.

Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass（指南针）. While he was alive, he  (1)  me with his actions and advice. He taught me one important  (2)  : “ Believe in yourself.”

If there was one phrase my dad   (3)    liked to hear, it was “ I can’t.” He did not have the chance to finish high school and   (4)   two jobs to support his large family,  (5)  he never complained. Through self-education and years of hard work, my dad became an excellent journalist.

When I was in high school, I had a   (6)  time with math. He tried to help me, but I    (7)    struggled. So my math teacher suggested I meet with him at 7:00 each morning before school for   (8)    help. I told Dad, “ That’s   (9)   ! I’m tired! I can’t do that !” He replied, “ You’re doing it. I’ll send you to school.” Every morning at 6:45, we’d leave the  (10)  . Despite working 12 hours every day, Dad never once  (11)  driving me to school.

After months of   (12)   , I was facing the final exam. I was so   (13)  . On the day of the final, my dad hugged me and said, “ Luke,  (14)  yourself. You can do it.” His words made me realize I needed to trust in my  (15)   and in the hours of work I’d   (16)   . When I got my  (17)   proudly, the first person I called was my father. He cried, “ Yes ! You deserved it !”

Even now, whenever I   (18)   that a task is too much for me, I think back to that exam. No matter how  (19)  something is, if you’re willing to work, you can succeed. I’m forever  (20)   to Dad for that lesson.

    I wrote a business plan the other day. I gave it to my husband for suggestions. After reading it, he said, “I don’t think this is up to your usual standards.” I said, “I need more information. What doesn’t work?” He said he wasn’t sure. I then took the paper and reread it.

    He asked, “How about if I look at it again and make notes between the space?” I agreed. A half hour later I looked at his notes and told him he didn’t understand the situation and what I really wanted to express. He shrugged（耸肩）and said OK. I took the paper and went back to my computer and again revised. As I was writing, I could see my paper improving based on his suggestions. When I finished, I proudly handed the paper back to my husband. He read it for the third time and said, “It’s still not right but I couldn’t exactly say.” I was a little annoyed and then told him I was the writer and I had seen some goofy（愚笨的）papers he sent out. But I picked up my paper and went back to the computer.

    After an hour of revisions, I went back to my husband apologetically with paper in hand. I told him I was sorry for what I’d said and asked if he would please read the paper again because I did value his contribution. Being a very patient and kind-hearted fellow, he once again read my paper and declared that it was fine.

    This all leads me to the following: When you ask for advice on a project, be appreciative and grateful. Understand that the advice and suggestions you get may be negative. Understand that it may mean more work for you. And keep in mind that the final responsibility for the project is still yours. So be modest and thankful even if he or she has noted some problems.

Enjoying a musical performance no longer requires a costly ticket or a trip to a theater. These days, musicians are performing in private homes, at haircutting shops, at airports...even on ferry boats.

   Musicians like house concerts. At music clubs ,they often have to perform over loud conversation or deal with people who have had too much alcohol. People at house concerts are more focused on listening to the music.

   Just a few hours before the Bombadils started singing at the O' Hair Salon, Lindsay was cutting hair and Tamera was doing facials. Then, they moved chairs and microphones to create a small performance space. The Bombadils made music in the front part of the hair salon, near the hair dryers and make-up table.

   "This is our first show at a hair salon," Sarah Frank of the Bombadils told concertgoers at last week's performance. Frank said she and band members Luke Fraser and Kaitlyn Raitz had a great time "interacting" with the audience.

   Concerts in people's homes, or small businesses such as O' Hair's, are becoming more popular, musicians say. "There is a more relaxed atmosphere," said Domenic Cicala, a musician who opened up his O'Hair Salon to concerts. "People really get to know the artists."

   At house concerts, people get time before and after concerts to meet the performers. Often, the hosts or guests will provide food and drink.

   "People really like listening to music in the living room of a friend," said Matt Hart, with Aubrey Zoli making up Local Strangers, a folk-rock group based in Seattle. At many such concerts, the musicians do not need microphones. Yet, every word of their songs can be heard.