It is generally believed that obesity is a global epidemic and crisis. But people's view on weight is keeping us from doing things to help us get {#blank#}1{#/blank#} healthy body. Obesity researchers hate{#blank#}2{#/blank#} when I say this, but their own data shows that obesity is not going to kill us. Most obese people don't have {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(short) lifespans (寿命) than non-obese people and in fact it's the underweight people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are at most at risk.

    So why does everybody think obesity is deadly? One reason is that obesity is associated with three different things that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) deadly and lead to shorter lifespan: being sedentary (久坐);{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (have) lower income; and not getting enough medical care. Everyone, the medial the medical community operate from the firm {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (assume) that obesity is deadly. So any evidences contradicting that are ignored. It is true that obese people are more likely {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(get) diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But there are two things you need to realize. First of all, the obesity paradox. When obese people get the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (disease), they're less likely to die of them than non-obese people. Second, to reduce the risks that you may suffer from, you don't {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (actual) have to get thin. You just need to exercise.

    I don't very often have a full day off work. Today I did. I had a leisurely morning, going to the gym, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (walk) the dog, feeding my friend's cat, and thought I would hurry into the office at Job number 2, to fill in my time sheet so I would {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (pay) for the hours I have worked. I was thinking that I had worked less hours because the lady I share job with was working instead {#blank#}3{#/blank#} me. I prayed then, that somehow we would have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (much) money coming in this month and imagined money coming in to my bank account.

    I arrived at the office to see the main secretary looking very pale. She asked what my afternoon {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (plan) were, when I said I had the afternoon free she asked me {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I could work for her, as she had really hurt her back. I was really looking forward to a day off, but she looked in such pain that I said yes straight away. She did a quick handover of what {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) urgent and needed to be done.

    I raced home and got {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (change) into work appropriate clothes and took over. Our boss phoned and thanked me for stepping in so that everything went {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (smooth). The unwell person went home, and I got four hours extra pay. It's amazing how {#blank#}10{#/blank#} universe works.

    A man looking at his smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so absorbed in his smartphone {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he didn't see a train approaching until it brushed past him,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (throw) him to the ground. This should serve {#blank#}4{#/blank#}a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially when crossing roads.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(lucky), the man survived the brush with death, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the incident forced the driver to stop the train. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}18-minute delay followed the incident, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.

    Smartphone addiction(入迷、上瘾) has spread like an infectious disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.

    Some people blame the smartphone for the tragedy, yet{#blank#}10{#/blank#}fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.

    My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong{#blank#}1{#/blank#} August 15, 2015. He had dreamed about {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (visit) it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) there. The following was what he had seen.

    Arriving there, he was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (surprise) by its beautiful scenery and tall {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (building). As we all know, Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Wherever he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (go), he saw many smiling faces. People in Hong Kong were kind, generous, easy-going and ready to help others. Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public places. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}a great number of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such {#blank#}8{#/blank#} low voice as not to bother others.

    Chinese and English are the official languages of Hong Kong. English is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (wide) used in governments, markets, service centers and other fields.

    Staying there for a week was a good experience for him, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} he would never forget.

    The computer is widely used in our daily life. The computer is a machine that {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(design) to help people do many things. When it first came into {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be), it was just a calculating machine, and later it was built as an analytical machine that could “think” logically and produce an answer {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(fast) than any other person. Still later, the computer could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problems. There were times when its size was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(total) changed. It became smaller and smaller but it got cleverer and clever. In the early 1960s, computers were connected by network and brought into common people's homes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(deal) with information and help communication {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people around the world. It could share {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(inform) with others and they could talk to each other. The Internet has become {#blank#}8{#/blank#} important part in our life and we can do many things with the help of the Internet. The computer is used to connect people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} aren't close enough to speak to each other. It has been serving the human race since {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(it) birth.

    World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (start) by the LitWorld.org website in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries. The aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book. The website asks everyone {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(belong) to all people.

    The website asks {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(visit) to join in the movement to reduce {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  number of illiterate（不识字的）people in the world. It is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read. The website says, “It's time to start by reading aloud to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} might like it. Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patiently {#blank#}8{#/blank#} someone else's story as they share with you.” The United Nations says, “Literacy involves a variety of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to participate fully in society.” In that way, World Read Aloud Day does help make a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(different).