John Snow was a famous doctor in London — so expert that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (expose) to cholera,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}  was the deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died whenever there was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(control) until its cause was found.

    He became interested in two theories that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(possible) explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air. A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its victims. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease {#blank#}6{#/blank#} their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease quickly attacked the body and soon the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(affect) people died. He suspected the second theory was correct {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he needed evidence.

    So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready to begin his {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(enquire). As the disease spread quickly through poor neighborhoods, he began to gather information. In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. He determined {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(find) out why.

    The ratio of overweight people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} participated in a survey increased from 29% in 2012 to 31.5% in 2016, and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} number of highly overweight people {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (rise) to 550,000, creating a serious headache for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (medicine) services. The increase of highly overweight people was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (particular) sharp among those in their 20s. The numbers came from a study of physical examinations {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (publish) by the Health Insurance Service.

    According to the survey, the highly obesity (肥胖) rate among young people can be a result of their {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (addict) to salt intake and soft drinks from childhood. Eating too much salty food is considered {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a main factor leading to health problems. Besides, drinking soft drinks is also to blame because it makes people more likely {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (gain) weight.

    The result may affect the new lifestyle of those people. Cutting down on salt can be hard, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} repeated training to prefer less salty food is necessary. Start by adding half as much salt to your dinner as you normally do.

    People are having a debate about whether {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (develop) the economy or protect the environment. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Lin Shuiqing's opinion, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is our duty to cut back on {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (produce) and reduce the quantities of things we make and buy while Qian Liwei thinks that businessmen are not greedy and they don't hide from their {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(responsible), either. As far as he is concerned, the people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (operate) these factories are {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (deep) concerned about the environment, and should {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (give) more credit. As {#blank#}9{#/blank#} matter of fact, many people are willing to pay a little higher price for things {#blank#}10{#/blank#} are friendly to the environment.

    Ahead of this year's London Book Fair in March, media reported a rise in interest in translated works among British readers. For translator Anna Holmwood, this signals the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (arrive) of a new era.

    "This is a big moment for Chinese fiction abroad," says Holmwood, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} has translated Chinese literature for almost a decade.

    Her translation work, Legends of the Condor Heroes, a fantasy novel written by Jin Yong, and Liu Cixin's science-fiction book, The Three Body Problem, are shown in a Nielsen report {#blank#}3{#/blank#} examples of two of the most popular Chinese fiction works in Britain in 2018.

    "Languages in growing demand include Chinese and Arabic." according to the Nielsen report. It found that, against the commonly {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (see) "not more than 3 percent rule" of translated literature's presence in the English-language book markets, the number for 2018 was 5.63 percent in Britain {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the total annual sales was worth $27.1 million.

    Charlotte Collins, translator and co-chair of the British Translators Association, says: "As we can see, this proportion (比率) {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (double) in recent years... This is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (real) exciting news."

    The Guardian quotes (引用) Fiammetta Rocco, administrator of the Man Booker International Prize, "{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (read) fiction is one of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (good) ways of putting ourselves in other people's shoes. The rise in sales of translated fiction {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (show) how hungry British readers are for terrific writing from other countries."