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It is reported that over 300 million people in China are suffering from nearsightedness. As more children have got11 trouble, their parents hope to cure the disease by some different ways, such as by correcting the way children12 and sit. But in fact, one should start with the exercise with one's feet. Here are three13 to save eyes.
First, don't tie your shoes too closely. Try to wear comfortable and soft shoes and14 or walking without shoes and socks at home. While you are travelling, try to15 cloth shoes in order to improve blood circulation. （循环）
Second, walking on tiptoes（脚尖）is good16 one's eyesight. It can fight against eyesight trouble. Numbers show that17 of ballet（芭蕾）performers' eyesight is better.
Third, rope skipping18 good to one's eyesight. When skipping the rope, one has to move quickly, making both the brain and the eyes excited. It may also help19 one grow taller.
Besides foot exercises, it is good to20 one's ears. Pulling the ears 20 times quickly is also a great way. It can keep one's eyes healthy.
Which is the best city in Europe? Each city has something special. Now let's see four popular cities.
London, England
If you like theatres, or you are interested in history, you will like this city. There are a lot of old buildings. The best time to visit London is from May to October. You can visit the British Museum, Tate Britain, and die Palace of
Westminster
Amsterdam, Holland
People who love art will like this city. And it's a great place to ride bikes. You can ride a bike and go wherever you want to go. Or you can get around the city by bus. In April or May you can see many beautiful tulips (郁金香).
July and August are the best months. The Royal Palace and the Van Gogh Museum are great places.
Parts, France
People who love art or traditional food will like this city. Spring is the best time to visit it Summer is also a good time. The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and the Montparnasse Tower are the great places you should visit.
Copenhagen, Denmark
People who love listening to fairy tales (童话故事) will like this city. If you come to visit Copenhagen, you will know more about Andersen's fairy tales. Summer is the because the weather is sunny but never too hot.
Thousands of new words are invented each year. Most of these come from science. When scientists discover something new, if they do not have a word for their discovery, they make one up. Words are often made up by big companies for their new products. If a product becomes popular, then everyone will know both the product and the new word. Other companies quickly make similar products. Other companies, however, still cannot print the new word on their products. It is against the law to copy other people's ideas or inventions. We have all listened to a Walkman, haven't we? Maybe not! The company which developed this product, Sony, owns the word "Walkman".
And no other company can print it on the tape machines.
The word "Coke" is also owned by a company. It is the name of a soft drink made by the Coca Cola company. But most people use the word generally for any soft drink. The word "Frisbee" is owned by a company, too.
However, it has become a general word for all similar products. but only one company makes Frisbees.
It may be hard for a new word to become popular, but it is easy to make up one. You can try yourself!
Artist and cyclist explorer( 骑自行车探险家 ) Simn Gansai has just returned home in Birmingham after a 900-mile trip along the coast of Ireland on her bike. Sima Gansai learned more about Ireland from stories and recommendations(建议) from Irish friends in Birmingham and those she met on the way.
The idea of having the trip was started by her Irish friends who always share their memories and stories about living in Ireland. She loved storytelling and decided to look for more and speak to members of the Irish Welfare Club. They marked all the places they came from on a map, which gave her the idea of cycling coast-to-coast in Ireland and see by herself where their stories came from.
Staring from Dublin and finishing in Belfast during six weeks, she cycled 40 miles a day passing through many cities, towns and villages, asking local people where to travel next. Sima Gansai met many kind-hearted strangers. Her daily plan was to cycle 4 hours a day, find a place to stay, go out for some food and then visit the pubs to find stories. Pubs were like community centers and she found after a few hours people would be lining up to tell her their recommendations and stories.
Sima Gansai said, "I filmed as much of the journey as I could. " Sima Gansai's exploration will now be written into a book and made into a film about the special side of Ireland, You can see more of her journey on her Myspace page.
Music is an International language. There are many kinds of music in America. Today, almost every student likes popular music in America. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers(喇叭) and play the music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult(成人) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio stations are playing music for everyone all the time.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes, and the radio stations use these CDs or tapes in every state(州). If young people all over the country hear the popular singers' music, they will buy those
CDs or tapes. Some of the money from these CDs or tapes comes to the singers. When the singers go outside, all the young people always want to meet them at any place. In this way, the singers become famous stars all over the country.
There are also other kinds of music, and they are important to Americans. The first one is folk(民谣) music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. The second one is western or country( 乡村 ) music. Western cowboys started this kind of music, and they would sing at night to the cows when they were watching the cows. Today, when Americans talk about western or country music, they mean any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl. The third one is classical music. People enjoy this kind of music in the concert halls, such as The Blue Danube and The Symphonies(交响乐) of Beethoven.
As a child, Lei Lingli loved to go to weddings(婚礼) because she enjoyed the delicious food, music and dance. What interested her the (many) was a tradition of the She ethnic group(畲族) that Lei belongs to. (bear) in a small village of Xiabaishi Town in Ningde, Fujian Province, Lei grew up(practice). She songs and dances. Lei also learned(speak) the ethnic language from her mother and grandmother before. she was taught to speak Mandarin(普通话) in school.
"Both my mother and grandmother are great singers and dancers. They sing at home anytime they feel like (sing), such as when they cook or wash clothes," says Lei. "Singing and dancing are part of (they) lives . "
Now, Lei is trying to keep and develop the culture and tradition of her ethnic group by running her own dance studio(工作室). It (teach) children, from 6 to 16 years old, songs, dances and language.
"To(I) surprise, many children joined my dance studio. Over half of (they) are not from the She ethnic group," says Lei, who now works with five teachers and (teacher) over 100 children.
