Jenny, from Germany, spent some time traveling in India. While she was there, she stayed with her Indian friend, Leela. However, there was a language barrier(障碍) for her there. It was very 1 for her to communicate in the new environment, which was very different from2 of her own country.

    One day, together with Leela, Jenny went to 3 an orphanage(孤儿院). All the children there were very young. At first, Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with them. She went over to the children 4 and sat beside them. After some time, one of the children 5 her. She felt a little relaxed and smiled back. Then she went close to the child. She slowly put her arm around the child and started 6 a song in German. The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang, but the rhythm(节奏) was the same. Jenny sang a little more and the child followed her again. Wanting to join in the 7, another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm. Then more children joined. They8 many smiles together.

    From the other side of the hall, Leela was smiling and watching them. Noticing Leela's9 on her, Jenny had an exciting feeling from her heart: “See, I don't have any language barriers here. We 10 speak and communicate!” At that moment, she understood: we're all simple human, and we have the ability to connect with each other.

    My uncle lives in a village. He has eighty 1 ninety apple trees on his farm. But my uncle's2 can't pick all the apples in autumn. They usually 3 my parents and me to go to4them every year. It's going to be the weekend tomorrow. My 5 aren't going to work and I'm not going to 6. So we're going to see my uncle by bus tomorrow. We're going to get up 7 in the morning. Mother is going to wear her 8 clothes to work on the farm. Father is going to buy some mooncakes for my uncle's 9 in a shop. The boy likes them very much. I know my uncle and aunt are going to10 us a lot of apples before we come back. I like working in the village.

    Nick is a 14-year-old schoolboy. His life is full of exams and studies on weekdays. He has1free time. He thinks playing computer games2the best way to make him relax. When he has free time, he sits in front of the computer. Just3that way, he doesn't eat or drink for several hours.

    Last weekend, he played games on the computer again. He was too4and didn't want to move. He didn't have5for six hours. When he had to go to the bathroom, he found he could not move. He6to the hospital. The doctor told him he should have a good rest and7doing sports.

    After coming back from the hospital, Nick follows the doctor's8. He often plays soccer with his friends.9sometimes he still plays computer games at weekends, he10plays them for long. Now he lives a happy and healthy life.

    From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.

Exercise helps to keep us 1. Doctors say it's good to get 2 least 150 minutes of moderate(中等强度) physical(身体的) activity every 3. Many people 4 an exercise routine. They exercise for 5 minutes every day. So, getting those 150 minutes is 6. But what about those times when you are 7? If you do not feel well, should you keep following your exercise routine? Will physical activity 8 you to feel better more quickly or will it make it 9? Dr Edward R. Laskowski answer these and other questions on the Internet. He 10 that "moderate physical activity is usually OK if you have a common cold." But 11 you are seriously ill it should be different. "It is fine to exercise", he explains(解释), "if your illness is all above the neck(颈部之上), for example, a runny nose."12, he says, "you should take a rest from exercising if 13 illness is below the neck." And if you have a higher temperature or 14 really tired, you should stop exercising, 15. So exercise is wonderful in our life. But please take exercise at a proper time.