What is your choice when you feel like eating something between classes: fruit or candy?

    Experts say snacking (吃零食) is not all b{#blank#}1{#/blank#}It depends on what you eat and why and when you eat it.

    First, it is important to remember what snacks are{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(health). Forget sodas and fast food because they are harmful to your health.

    Second, you'd better know why you're snacking before you are actually doing it.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(记得) that it's always better to eat for hunger. Never binge (大吃大喝) just because you feel bored or everyone else is eating. If you do so, you might put on weight (重量).

    Finally, when to eat snacks? It's not wise to eat snacks while you are watching TV or doing homework. Then you don't really focus on your food. You'll probably eat much more than you need. And some doctors suggest eating snacks two hours {#blank#}4{#/blank#}/bI′fɔ(r)/ meals, or you will lose your appetite (食欲) at dinner time. Bedtime is not a good t{#blank#}5{#/blank#}for snacking.

    If you watch what you eat, you will live a better life.

    Two simple words "thank you" have made a big difference to thousands of firemen in New York City.

    Savannah is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} girl from Texas." I was trying {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (think) how I could help them out, "she said. After hearing about sacrifices (牺牲) {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (make) by firemen, she was moved by the risks they face. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Savannah made 200 thank you cards for them. "I want to show how much I care about them.

    "I thanked the firemen, "Savannah recalled." They're always there to help you. "Savannah decided {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (keep) making cards. For the next seven months, she woke up early to paint and color and cut.

    In that time, she {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (send) 1, 600 cards with bite sized candy while meeting her {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (hero). Soon, fire stations started thanking her.

    Once too shy to give a speech at school, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} is now easy for Savannah to speak regularly to firemen and school students. She is quite different {#blank#}9{#/blank#} what she used to be.

"She's saying how {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (thank) she is!" Savannah's mum, Debbie, said, "Savannah sees that stepping out and doing something can really make a difference."

Breakfast or Lunch?

    After a full week of working or studying, maybe you're too tired to get up early {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Saturday morning. When you finally get up, you've already missed(错过) breakfast, but lunch is still a few hours away. So what do you do?

Well, brunch is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} good idea. Brunch gets its name from the first two {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (letter) of breakfast and the last four letters of lunch.

    Brunch is becoming {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(popular) among young people than before. Beautiful brunches help {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(they) get more "likes" on the Internet. In Australia, brunch culture is also popular. I decided {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (try) it with my friend. We visited a cafe that was famous for its flower theme(主题). There {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) a wall full of different kinds of colorful flowers. The food and drinks also had this theme.

    The "flower" brunch tastes great. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you miss your breakfast, you can go there to have a big meal.