Weather has a strong effect(影响) on people. It influences health, influences health(智力), and feelings.

    In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. Southerners have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at times and very cold at other time. People in these states tend to(趋向) have heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.

    The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 study by scientists, the IQ scores of a group of college students were very high during a hurricane(飓风), but after the storm their scores dropped 10%. Storm can increase intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can lower(降低) it. Students in many schools of the United States often do badly on exams in the hot months of the year.

    Weather also has a strong influence on people's feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel sad during cold weather. In hot summer weather, on the other hand, fat people may feel unhappy. At about 18℃, people become stronger.

    Are you feeling sick, sad, tired, forgetful（健忘）, or very intelligent today? The weather may be the reason.

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    Michael spent his childhood in Kingsbury, London{#blank#}2{#/blank#}While he was in his teens, he moved to Radlett with his family. There, Michael attended Bushey Meads School in Bushey. When he was in Bushey, he met an important person{#blank#}3{#/blank#}The two young men had great dreams. Both of them wanted to be musicians. They became friends. In 1981, they formed a music group “Wham!” . The music group made them famous. Lots of people got to know them{#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    After that, Michael didn't give up his career as a singer{#blank#}5{#/blank#}He was best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including the songs Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Last Christmas. His albums such as Faith (1987) and Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1(1990) were popular, too.

    We did a survey(研究) about student's free time activities yesterday. One of our questions was about exercise. According to(根据) the survey, only 25% of the girls often have activities outside. Many girls do little exercise. They don't like PE. classes and don't play sports .These girls may face a lot of problems. They may get fatter and weaker(更虚弱). And they may get some kinds of illness(疾病). Wang Jing, a 16-year-old girl, said, "I don't like doing exercise. I like watching TV from about 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.on the sofa. My sleeping time is no more than seven hours a day. I often feel tired."

    Some girls said they didn't have enough time to do exercise." We must help our parents with housework because they are very tired after a day's work. We have the dishes to do the house to clean and the homework to finish. There really isn't time for anything else."

    Everyone may have his reason for no doing exercise. However, we must know that if we don't do enough exercise, we will never be healthy. As students, we'd better exercise every day to live a healthy life.

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    Some people seem to be born happy. Nothing seems to get them down. However, some people seem to have everything going well but they still do not seem to be happy. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    ●Listen to music

    Music is good for people. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Light music can help us relax; some pop music can make us feel happy. You can listen to it, or take up playing an instrument in your spare time.

    ●Have a pet

    You may not have a pet of your own, but pets are so good at making people happy. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Some pets are lovely and some need exercise, which is helpful to you, too.

    ●Stay fit and healthy

    Try to keep fit and healthy by exercising every day. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} The great thing about exercise is that it helps release (释放) chemicals and these chemicals make you feel happy!

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    Often it is the small things that make people happy. Being kind and smiling at people in your daily life can make others happy, and at the same time, it will also build happiness for you.

    Why do people cry? Scientists say the body produces tears because they need them. One kind of tears is for the eye, the other is for the heart. They both work as cleaners. If something else like dust(灰尘) gets into your eye, tears also come into the eye to clean it out. If you are hurt by something, your strong feelings produce some poisonous chemicals(毒素) in your body, and at the same time, tears come out with them. If these poisonous chemicals are not cleaned out of your body as soon as possible, they will do harm to the heart sooner or later.

    In the United States men have heart problems more often than women do. Doctors say heart problems have something to do with the pressures(压力) of living and working now. Perhaps men suffer more from these illnesses because they do not cry enough. They need to cry more.

    In fact, you can find many ways of reducing the pressures to keep fit. Crying is a natural and physical one.

    How do people find theirinner talent (潜力)? British author KennethRobinson talked about this at TED. He told the story of Gillian Lynne, a dancerand a choreographer (编舞者) who has worked on manyfamous musicals (音乐剧).

    Gillian Lynne never didwell in school as a child. She couldn't sit for long and often found herselfmoving restlessly (不安地). Her mother was reallyworried about her. She took Lynne to a doctor and told the doctor the problemsLynne was having in school. Then, the doctor said to Lynne, "I need tospeak to your mother first. Wait here."

    As they left the room,the doctor turned on the radio. He then said to Lynne's mother, "Juststand and watch her." Later they found Lynne start dancing to the music onthe radio.

    The doctor then turnedto Lynne's mother and said, "Mrs. Lynne, your daughter isn't sick. She's adancer. Take her to a dance school."

    So the mother did. Lynnefound there were many people like her in the new dance school. They all had tomove their bodies to think. Lynne later went to the Royal Ballet School (皇家芭蕾学校) one of the world's greatest dance schools, and became a greatdancer, she worked on some of the most successful musicals in history, such asCats and Phantom of the Opera (《歌剧魅影》). It is hard to believethat years ago, somebody else would just put her on medication (药物治疗) and tell her to calm down.