Exercise helps to keep us in good health. Doctors at the American Heart Association suggest getting at least 150 minutes of proper physical activity every week. Many people exercise for a few minutes every day or every other day. So, getting 150 minutes every week is easy.
But what about those times when you are sick? If you do not feel well, should you keep following your exercise habit? Following are the answers from health experts.
Edward R. Laskowski is a doctor at the Mayo Clinic. He and other experts have a general rule about exercising when you are sick. It is usually fine to exercise properly (not hard), he explains, if your symptoms are all "above the neck". These signs may include a runny nose, sneezing or a sore throat.
Geralyn Coopersmith, a physical fitness trainer who has written several books on exercise offers similar advice. However, both Coopersmith and Dr. Laskowski suggest taking a break from exercising if signs of your illness appears "below the neck". Pay special attention to symptoms such as chest congestion, bad cough or pain in the stomach.
There are other symptoms that can tell you to avoid exercise. They include a higher than normal body temperature, a sense of feeling very tired, and widespread muscle pain.
Both Coopersmith and Dr. Laskowski suggest listening to your body. If you feel really bad, take a break and let your body rest. If you don't feel too bad, these experts both suggest cutting down the amount of exercise. For example, if you usually run, take a quick walk instead.
Language is part of our daily lives, no matter where we live in the world. Similarly, music is a part of many people's lives. Both language and music play a huge role in our culture and here are some of their similarities.
◆Both language and music have a writing system. In English we record language using the alphabet, which is a collection of letters. Similarly, we use notes to keep a record of music. Just as you are reading this collection of letters and find meaning in it, musicians read notes and create meaning in the form of music which we can hear. So just as you read English, you can read music. By writing pieces of text or music, we are able to share experiences through time. I can read or hear the ideas of someone who lived hundreds of years ago, which is really quite exciting.
◆Both vary with culture. You can make a good guess at where someone is from by listening to the language they use. In the same way, we know that styles of music are different around the world, giving us the opportunity to explore many different cultures through their music and providing us with music for every situation.
◆Both share feelings. You can know that I am angry through my words. Similarly, music can sound angry, sad or happy. Music can show you exactly how the composer was or is feeling, and allows us to share that feeling. When you feel happy, you may want to sing and dance to a happy song to celebrate your happiness, while you probably want to listen to sad music when you are feeling down. I think we have all used music to express our feelings.
I am a person who has always loved reading. For me, it is easy to get lost in a book and return to the world a couple of hours later having been on an adventure. As a 6-year-old, I could be found reading Harry Potter, a difficult book for a 6-year-old but I enjoyed it all the same. Now, as a student, it is harder to find the time to read books for pleasure; however, I relish the summers where I have the time to read to satisfy myself. Growing up, it soon became clear that spelling for me was not difficult and I had a wide vocabulary. This is because I began reading from such a young age.
My advice for you as English learners would be to read the books that you have often read in your own language in English. Reading, stories especially, is a great way of improving your vocabulary and spelling without noticing as you are lost in the story. For me, I have read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in French and am currently reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Spanish. This is a really useful way of being able to read in another language because I know the story so well in English, it is easy to follow the story in the foreign language even if I do not understand every word.
This is another important point: it is not necessary to understand every word. If you understand the meaning of the sentence, each word is not necessarily important. Sometimes it is impossible to translate directly from one language to another. Quite often, if a word is used several times in a text, you can gain your own meaning from it and it makes much more sense than if you tried to translate it in the first place.
Give it a try. If you like reading you could be opening up a whole new world of literature.
It's a really good idea to visit colleges before you apply because their websites can all look and sound the same. Nothing will give you the sense of what it will actually be like to live on a college campus (校园) like visiting and seeing for yourself the dorms, classrooms and athletic equipment (器材) and, of course, the students. It seems a little crazy once senior year hits to find the time to visit college campuses, and it can also be pricey if the schools you are applying to happen to be more than a car ride away. But keep in mind that you are making a decision about the next four years of your life, and do all the research you can to make sure you are making the right one.
There's no excuse not to visit the schools in your local area. In fact, a lot of college applications even ask if you have visited campus, and obviously, if you live across the country that won't be as much of a possibility, but if you live nearby, go check it out! If campus visits aren't going to happen before you apply, at the very least you should find some time between applying and getting your acceptance letters to visit the schools you'd like to attend. It can save you a lot of heartache if you rule out now the things that you don't like about certain campuses, things that you wouldn't know unless you actually visit.
Now, if time and money are making it impossible, then check out the online college fairs at College Week Live. It's a chance to chat online with admissions (招生) officers, students, and college counselors (倾问), and it won't cost you a penny! You can register (注册) for its online college fair at collegeweeklive.com. While visiting an online college fair can't take the place of an actual campus visit, it can be a very useful tool that along with all your other research will help you make a wise decision about which colleges you'd like to attend.
HEY boys, attention please! If you want to go to the US, you'd better be fully prepared, because, well, you and the boys in the US are a bit different.
Firstly, know how to knot a tie. In the US, every boy above school age wears suits when they go to weddings. Do you know how to knot a tie? If you don't, learn how right now!
Secondly, be a gentleman. I know in China some boys are still proud of being strong. But in the US, a good man should also be polite.
The last is to learn something about football and baseball. Chinese boys like ping-pong, basketball and soccer, but American boys love football and baseball. They get very happy when they play and watch these sports. But in order to watch the sports with other boys, at least learning some rules would help.
We sometimes need to know the importance of another culture, but don't feel you have to know that if it makes you uncomfortable. Have fun along the way!
A. Many boys are fans of football or baseball in America.
B. In my opinion, you'd better try to do the following things.
C. The stronger you are, the more highly people will think of you.
D. My friend Madison from Virginia said it shows respect to others.
E. However, all this doesn't mean that the American way is always the right way.
F. It's not necessary to be a fan of football or fix your TV channel to baseball games.
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Here are two examples: holding the door for people behind you and giving the seat on a bus to old people.
It's strange, but I don't really remember about the hurricane itself. It all happened so 1. I was sitting in my room when the roof (屋顶) just 2. All of a sudden, there was sky where the roof had been and I was very 3. Without a roof, staying inside was really 4. It was August, so it was really hot and it smelled so 5 everywhere! Living in the 6 air, we became breakfast, lunch and dinner for the mosquitos (蚊子). We had lost our home and everything in it. But as Mom kept on 7 us, we were all together and safe. Mom's words made us feel 8. I remember us all lying under the midnight 9 and looking up at the stars. Even though we had lost a lot, moments like those gave us 10 for the future.
Although it was only a few days before we were 11, it felt like months. We were taken to another town in a faraway county. Now, one year has 12 and I'm back home in New Orleans. We are working together to 13 our homes and our lives. Now we have another chance to look up at the 14 of New Orleans, their beauty inspiring us and giving us 15 to move on.
Many have heard of shark's fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is (especial) popular in southern China. do you realize that you're killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of shark's fin soup? When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the shark back into ocean. Without a fin, a shark can no longer swim and slowly dies.
This method is not only cruel, but also (harm) to the environment. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean's ecosystem. If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the (strong) in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million sharks (catch) and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks (fall) by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.
Environmental protection (group) around the world, such as Wild-Aid and the WWF, have asked governments to develop laws (stop) the sale of shark's fins. So far, no scientific studies have shown that shark's fins are good health, so why eat them? Help save the sharks!
你想都想不到，自从听了他的课以后，我的英语进步有多大。
你能否做好这件事，取决于你的学习习惯。
老师讲得如此快以致于我不能记下所有的东西。
时刻保持冷静，做好准备，这样你就能充分利用高中的时光了。
你有没有问过自己，为什么人们常常觉得学英语很困难？
美国英语和英国英语在几个方面不同，主要表现在拼写和词汇上。
当我爸爸像我这么大的时候，我爷爷希望他将来去当工程师，可是他对法律感兴趣。
对Alistair Brownlee来说，亲情比在三项全能决赛中获胜更重要。
日常你更喜欢怎样与朋友交流？
如今，我们可以一边周游世界，一边与朋友保持联系。你所需要的就是无线网络。
1）你遇到的挑战；
2）你的解决办法；
3）你的体会。
注意：
1）词数80左右；
2）请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
