In 1901, an Austrian scientist discovered that there are four types of blood. He named them A、B、AB and O. People have one of these four types. Blood type O is the most common around the world. Blood type A is the second most common, and blood type AB is the least common.

    In 1927, a Japanese doctor found that people with different blood types have different personalities (性格)，too. He said that people with type A blood are usually calm and serious; people with type B blood are cheerful and outgoing; people with type O blood are generous and honest; while those with type AB blood are often caring and talented.

    More recently, a doctor in the United States wrote a book that connects blood types with what people eat. The book suggests people with type O blood should eat more meat and less bread. A diet for people with type A blood includes more vegetables. His book, Eat Right for Your Type, has been a hit with people who want to lose weight. However, Dr. Peter D' Adamo believes that eating food that matches a person's blood type will make the person healthier in other ways, too.

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    Think about the distance（距离） you traveled in the last six months of your life. About how many miles（kilometers） did you go? Lucid went quite a distance. On March 22, 1996, she started a journey. She traveled 188 days, 4 hours, and 14 seconds in total. This is a little over six months. So what distance did Lucid travel? She went 75.2 million miles（1,203,200,000 kilometers）!

    How could Lucid go so far? How could she journey so fast? Lucid was an American astronaut and she was in space. She lived on a space station. The space station was the Russian space station Mir. She lived and worked with two Russian astronauts.

    On Mir, it was hard for Lucid to know what day it was. Why? Mir. did not stay in one place. It orbited the Earth. It went around the Earth. Mir's orbit meant that darkness did not mean the day was over. Darkness fell many times during a 24-hour period. Darkness fell about every 45 minutes. Lucid did something to help her remember what day it was. She wore pink socks on every seventh day. The pink socks reminded Lucid about something else, too. The pink socks helped Lucid remember that Jell-O would be served for dinner. On Mir, Jell-O was a special treat. It was only served on Sunday.

    Lucid worked hard to deserve the honor of working on Mir. She went to school for a long time. She was one of the first six women to be accepted into the astronaut-training program. She flew on several American missions. When accepted for Mir, she had to learn Russian in less than 18 months. On Mir, Lucid conducted many experiments. One experiment she conducted was with wheat. Lucid grew wheat. Growing plants in space was important, because green plants could provide oxygen and food for space travelers.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Wow! I'm in a beautiful town. There are rivers and lakes all over the town. The restaurant is between two rivers. How can I get there?

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Look at the map. Yuhu Park is here. It's far from here. We can take a bus to get there. Let me see which bus to take. Oh, there aren't any bus stops near here. Look! A subway station. Let's go!

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} I love Beijing. I want to see different Hutongs. I don't want to take the bus or subway. And I don't want to take a taxi or walk, either. How can I go around the city by myself?

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Guilin is famous for its water and mountains. I'm going there this vacation. It's about 3000 kiloetres away from here. It's so far. I want to get there quickly.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Bank of China is near. I can walk along this street and turn right. It's down Center Street on the left. It's just ten minutes' walk.

    A study shows that one million lives might be saved each year if people wash their hands with soap often. It also says that hand-washing with soap could be one of the best ways to reduce diseases (减少疾病). Doctors say many diseases can be stopped from spreading by hand-washing, including the common cold, influenza (流感), hepatitis (肝炎), infectious diarrhea (腹泻) and so on.

    Doctors say that you are easy to catch a cold by touching your nose or eyes after someone nearby has sneezed (打喷嚏) or coughed. Another reason to catch a disease is to eat food prepared by someone whose hands are not clean.

    They also say that hand-washing is especially important before and after preparing food, before eating and after using the toilet, after touching the money and sneezing or coughing.

    The most helpful way is to wash them together while you are using soap and warm water. You don't have to use special soap. Be sure to wash all areas of the hands for about 10 to 15 seconds.

Basic Knowledge of Hand-washing

    A passenger told a flight attendant(服务员) that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine just as the plane was taking off. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The passenger agreed.

Thirty minutes later, when the passenger called for service, the flight attendant felt worried. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} As a result, the passenger couldn't take his medicine on time. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it.

    In the following hours, each time the flight attendant passed by the passenger, she asked him with a smile if he needed anything. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

When he was getting off the plane, the passenger asked the flight attendant to hand him a service review(评价) card. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} But she politely handed it to him.

Later, she looked at the card and a smile came over her face. "On the flight, you asked me 12 times if I needed help," the passenger wrote. "{#blank#}5{#/blank#}" Even after someone does something wrong, no one can say no to 12 sincere smiles.

    Do you want to be in good health? Try to do the following things! You can become stronger.

    Drink eight cups of water every day. Water helps your body in many ways.

    Don't forget to eat your breakfast. Breakfast gives you energy your body needs for the morning.

    Go for a walk every day after meals. Walking is a good exercise, and people need exercise for good health.

    Stretch for five minutes after sitting for one or two hours. Stretching (伸展) your arms and legs is good for your body.

    Have a rest about twenty minutes when you are tired. You may do something different to take a rest.

    For example, get up and walk, sit down to listen to music and so on.