Saidie and Bessie are sisters. They are Americans. They live in the mountain village. Saidie is 104 years old and Bessie is 102 years old now. They tell their stories in a book called Having Our Day.
Here is some of their advice for living a long and healthy life.
★Get up early.
They get up at 6:00 in the morning.
★Have a good breakfast.
The sisters eat oatmeal（燕麦片），half a banana, bran（麸皮）and eggs with a little cheese.
★Take exercise every day.
The sisters like to do yoga（瑜伽）. They also walk every afternoon.
★Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.
The sisters like eating apples. Just like the saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
★Don't get married（结婚）
The sisters have no husbands or children to worry about.
★Don't always listen to the doctors
When something is wrong with us, the doctors don't know what to do with us. They are always surprised to see us live so longer.
Healthy eating doesn't just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating.
Eat with others. It can help you to see others' healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you can find that the food you eat is more delicious.
Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty—sometimes you are just thirsty, you need no food. Stop eating before you feel full.
Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After you don't eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get you going. You can be cleverer after eating breakfast.
Eat healthy snacks like fruits, yogurt or cheese. We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it's a good idea to eat two healthy snacks between your three meals. This doesn't mean that you can eat a bag of chips instead of (代替) a meal.
Don't eat dinner late. With our busy life, we always put off(推迟) eating dinner time. Try to eat dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. This will give your body a chance(机会) to digest most of the food before you sleep.
A little boy named Tim Brown got lost in the mountains. However, he survived (幸存) at last thanks to his amazing survival (生存) skills
One day, Tim went hiking with his group in the Magaliesberg Mountains, South Africa. At first, everything went well But at about one o'clock in the afternoon, he lost his way and couldn't find any other person. He got scared at first, but then he tried to calm down. He knew what to do in such a situation. "I should follow the river, follow the light, follow the sun and finally there will be buildings, roads and people and I could call home, "he told himself.
Tim kept walking. Suddenly he heard some sounds and ran towards them. But to his surprise, he saw some baboons (狒狒) . Unluckily, one baboon scratched (抓伤) his arm. He found some water to wash the blood off the scratches and continued to walk. Tim just wore a pair of swimming trunks (游泳裤) , so he felt very cold. He tried to keep warm by covering his body with leaves. About 22 hours later, he finally met a farmer and was able to call his mum.
After he came back, his mum asked why he carried on walking when it got dark The little boy said if he did that, he would see her again. Nothing could beat his love for his mum!
A very important world problem is the growing population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6, 500, 000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but is the rate of the growth— it is about 1.63 percent every year.
Every second, four babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is growing larger and larger. In one day, people have to find food for over 350, 000 mouths.
This great growing population will make a big problem—there have been over 7 billion people on the earth. So this is one of the biggest problems which you are going to see in your life.
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