You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong.But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are some steps toward a smarter brain.

Limit your TV viewing

    ① Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it needs very little brain activities.Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do.If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.

Travel

    Travelling to another country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain.

    Learn a new language

    Learning a new language involves different learning methods.Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory problems that you may meet in later years.

Read often

    As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren't familiar.Reading makes your vocabulary much larger if you always search for words and definitions that you don't know.Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it.Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.

Calculate （计算）when you shop

    As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head.See how close you get to the actual total.

    Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）hand

    If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed.Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain create new neural （神经）networks.

Wechat（微信）

    ② Read messages from various people.They have different interests.And some say that learning to express yourself in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.

    Have a try and do these every day.Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!

    We ask three people how to be healthy.Let's look at what they say.

Lu Han：I think exercise is good for us.Exercise makes us healthy.I usually do lots of exercise every day.I like to run，play football and dance.I think running and playing football are fun.And dancing is relaxing.

    Wang Yuan：I think lots of sleep is very important.I go to bed at 9：30 in the evening and I get up at 6：30 in the morning.Then I do some sports with my friends after school.

    Ouyang Nana：Eating healthy food is very important.I eat lots of fruit and vegetables every day.I don't eat hamburgers.I like taking a walk.I usually take a walk with my sister.It is really interesting.

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Here are some restaurants. Some people are hungry (饥饿的). Please help them choose restaurants.

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⑵Jerry, a school boy who likes having dinner with his friends. He likes chatting with his friends while he is having dinner. And they want to have dinner with little money. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

⑶Charlie, an Australian art teacher. He likes drinking a cup of coffee after meals. And he often chats on MSN with his daughter when he drinks coffee. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

⑷Lucy is a college student who majors in Chinese Culture. She is interested in Chinese music and Chinese tea. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

⑸Bob, a businessman from England, likes fish and chips very much. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    People in different countries speak different languages. But is there a lanuage that can be understood by everyone in the world ? Emojis might be the first truly universal (通用的) language.

    Emojis are a kind of special language. Pictures are used to put meaning across, A group called the Unicode Consortium is in charge of choosing official (官方的) emojis. It has added new emojis every year since 2014. These new emojis do not come out of nowhere. They come from what people think about, like and care about.

    Emojis can be used to represent (代表) different groups of people. In 2015, emoji faces with different skin tones (肤色) were added. In 2016, different jobs were added, such as doctor, police officer and painter along with female versions of these jobs, This year, emojis of disabled people were added, including emojis of blind people and people in wheel chairs.

    But there is also more to emojis. They can also refer to pop culture and new cultural trends. New emojis in 2019 have included several animals, such as sloths (树懒) and flamingos (火烈鸟). These animals are not very common, but are known to many people. For example, sloths have become popular thanks to the 2016 film Zootopia (《疯狂动物城》). Many fashion designers have included flamingos in their designs in recent years. This animal makes people feel like they're on a tropical (热带) vacation.

    It seems that emojis are a mirror of the world we live in. It will be interesting to see how they change and grow in the years to come.

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B: Hello. My name is Mary.

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B: Yes, I am. I am a new student in Grade Seven.

A: Oh? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

B: I am in Class Five.

A: Wow. I am in Class Five, too. We are classmates.

B: Great!

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A: I'm 12, too. Let's go to the classroom.

B: OK. Let's go.

Here is some advice for you to become a good student at school. 

Go to school on time. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}If you are late, you will miss some lessons. It's bad for your study. The teachers will be angry with you, too. So remember to go to school on time. 

Follow the school rules. Do not break the school rules. For example, you can't sleep in class.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Don't fight with your classmates, and you should be friendly to your classmates and your teachers. 

Prepare (准备) for lessons before class. If you want to know what you will learn the next day, you'd better prepare for the new lessons. It is good for your study and it can help you get good grades. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}It will help you with your problems.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}They are good for your balanced development (均衡发展). For example, playing sports can make you be good with your classmates. It can also make you healthy.

What's your idea for being a good student? {#blank#}5{#/blank#}