Peeling（削皮）vegetables can be the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}boring part of any meal as you spend extra  minutes{#blank#}2{#/blank#}prep time. And when you're doing,you{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(leave) with a pile of unusable skins {#blank#}4{#/blank#}usually end up in the garbage can.

    But according to health experts,what we throw away is actually one of the healthiest{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(part) of our foods.

    Daily Mail Online spoke to Mary Jane Detroyer,a registered dietitian and nutritionist based in New York,about {#blank#}6{#/blank#}we shouldn't be peeling our vegetables and all the hidden benefits{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(find) in the skins.

    According to Detroyer,there are several reasons to be leaving the skins on,and the main reason is what you deprive（使丧失）your body of when you peel{#blank#}8{#/blank#}off.The skins of produce like potatoes,carrots,and cucumbers all have plenty of health benefits."The skins have a lot of fiber and it's insoluble（不溶性）fiber,especially{#blank#}9{#/blank#}the skins are colorful,"Detroyer told Daily Mail Online.“Most of the time,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}majority of the vegetable's nutrients are in the skins.”

    Disposing(处理) of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste disposal problem becomes {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(increase) difficult.

    During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot{#blank#}2{#/blank#}a dump site(垃圾场). People {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (transport) household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Regularly some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (pleasant) sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by. Factories mills (制造厂), and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of. Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (remaining) into the water. Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.

    Several facts make these choices {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (accept) to modern society. The first problem is space. Dumps,{#blank#}7{#/blank#}are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas. Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose. The land is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods. A long distance dump has been a common practice,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is nonexistent.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (aware) of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste. The amount of waste, however, continues to grow.

    {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (recycle) efforts have become commonplace, and many towns require their people to take part. Even the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city's reusable waste.

    Traditional Chinese culture is beginning to attract the attention of the world. Kung fu, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (especial), has had a great effect {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the millions of people who first learned about China through it. Sometimes, they may come to China and learn about some other {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (aspect) of this culture. Other Asian nations have long known about the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (great) of ancient Chinese culture. Their own cultures are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} mix of native ones and those Chinese characteristics. Korea and Japan long ago adopted Confucianism, something that continues today even as it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (challenge) by pop culture. This strength comes from the ideas {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (give) in the Four Books of Confucianism, which were built upon the idea of an even {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (much) ancient period included in the Five Classics. From them, the West learns {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is uniquely Chinese, for example, feng shui.

    So far China has taken steps {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (increase) this spread of its culture byestablishing Chinese Cultural Centers in such places as the United States and Europe.

    Can you imagine waking up each day in a house that is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (gentle) rocked by the movement of water? Well, for some people this vision of the future may become a reality.

    It is a commonly accepted fact that {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Earth's temperature rises, the ice caps at the North and South Poles will melt, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (cause) the sea level to rise.

    So, where does this leave the many countries in the world {#blank#}4{#/blank#}have large sections of their populations living in areas which lie at or below sea level? The Netherlands, for example, is one of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} most highly populated, low-lying countries and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (battle) with the problem of flooding for years. Further rises in the sea level would result in much of the country disappearing under water.

    Inventive architects may have come up with a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (solve) to the problem: a house actually built on the water. The basic idea is that houses will have a base {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (fill) with air and a way of anchoring(使固定) them to the ground. This will allow the house {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (move) upwards whenever the sea level rises and sink back down when the sea level drops. So, will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (float) houses be the homes of the future? For some people there may be no alternative.