One morning it was shining brightly when I woke up. I looked at the alarm clock. It said 3:45! It had stopped! What time was it? I climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. The kitchen clock said 8:30—I was late! My parents were away. My aunt had gone to work without checking if I was up. The school bus went at 8:00. I had missed it. I rang my friend Tony on his mobile phone.
    “Tell the teacher I'll be in as soon as I can!”I said.
    “Come on your rollerblades,” Tony said. “It will be faster than the bus.”
    I washed and dressed in a hurry. I grabbed an apple to eat on the way. That was my breakfast! Then I put on my rollerblades and set off for school. It took half an hour to get to the school. I took all the shortcuts I knew. I went across the park — even through some backyards! When I got to school, I was very hot and my legs ached. I had missed math, our first lesson of the morning. But I made it just in time for history, our second lesson. I was very happy because history is my favorite subject.

Recently, a study published (发表) in BMC Medicine, found that sitting in front of the TV for a long time was a risk for people's health. 

After scientists used data ( 数据) on 370,000 people, covering 12 years, they found about 9,000 developed

heart disease.  They found people with genes (基因) of heart problems were more likely to develop heart disease.  However, they found that people without such genes watching more than four hours of TV every day were also at the greatest risk of heart disease. People spending 2 to 3 hours a day watching TV had a 6% lower risk.  And those who watched less than an hour had a 16% lower risk.  The scientists of the research team finally found cutting TV watching time to less than an hour a day could prevent 10% of heart disease. 

In life, people who want to watch more TV programs might be the group at a higher risk, for they are easy to spend more time watching TV.  If they have more snacks while watching TV, it might add the risk of putting their hearts in danger.  So, if people want to watch TV longer, standing up and moving the body, or hanging out will work. But limiting their time on TV could be a more useful way to help them avoid possible heart problems in the future. 

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Look! Something small and green is flying fast over the water. It is a dragonfly! Dragonflies are flying insects with two pairs of wings. They come in many colors. Dragonflies can be green, blue, gold, or even pink.

Dragonflies always live close to water. Look at your closest river, pond, or lake. Maybe you can spot some dragonflies! They produce their eggs in or near water. The young dragonflies live in water for a year or more.

Adult dragonflies have the largest eyes of all the insects. Each eye has about thirty thousand small parts. They can see almost all the way around at once. Dragonflies are some of the fastest flying insects in the world. They can turn quickly in the air. They can fly forward, backward, and even upside down!

Dragonflies are amazing creatures. There are nearly three thousand kinds of dragonflies in the world. People all over the world are starting to realize it! People in Japan built the world's first dragonfly park in 1985. Today there are also dragonfly parks in Europe and the United States. The dragonfly park in Singapore has large statues(雕像) of dragonflies in the lake.