regardless of; quantities of; make up; cut down on; end up; in addition to; on the right track
Scientists (insist) for years that a big enemy of health is fatty food. However, there is increasing evidence the real driver of poor health is not so much fatty food, but sugar. Much of the extra sugar comes from sweets and sweet drinks. If you want to be healthy, you have to cut down on desserts, and cut out sweet drinks altogether.
Beyond this, you can keep healthy by consuming different (category) of fresh foods, especially fruit and vegetables, are full of vitamins and fibre. Besides, it is also important to have some meat, beans, or dairy products in your diet, as they provide the necessary protein for strong bones and muscle (grow). The ideal diet is a (balance) one, without too much or too little of any one thing. Finally, a fundamental keyhealthy eating is to eat slowly. (eat) slowly allows your body to digest your food better. In addition, studies show that consistent eating habits, for example, taking three meals a day at the same time each day, (be) better for our health. It is also better to eat a modest amount of food each time, rather than to eat a lot in one meal, and then a little in the next.
There is no trick to healthy eating. It is up to you (decide) how you want to live, and to make the right decisions about your diet.
I moved to the Spanish capital, Madrid, nearly two months ago. I am here for a year teaching English in a secondary school as a language assistant. Before I arrived I thought I would be able to adapt to Spanish culture very easily, but my previous expectations have been very different from the reality of Spanish life.
Firstly, I didn't realize how difficult it would be to adapt to the Spanish day and the timing of meals. Spanish “midday” is 14:00, meaning lunch is never before it. My ideal expectation was that I would be eating lunch from 12:00 to 13:00, but most days it's 15:30 when I eat lunch. Can I really still call this lunch?! The same applies to dinner or tea. In the UK, dinner is between 18:00 and 19:00, but now the dinner time is 21:30. The thing I didn't realize is that this affects the Spanish sleeping routine. Eating dinner so late of course means that Spaniards go to bed much later. It is such a British thing to go to bed at 22:00!
Queuing (排队等候) politely is also something that is very British. I only realized it when I arrived in Spain. I took it for granted that queuing patiently is as the normal thing as in Britain or countries like China, Japan and America. But this definitely isn't the case in Spain. If there's a free table in a restaurant, you can quickly take it, even if there are other people who have been waiting longer than you.
Finally, the reality of the Spanish diet is very different from my expectations. Food categories that are so normal in the UK aren't nearly as popular here.
Food is life; it gives us the nourishment we need to stay alive and be healthy. Usually, we eat because we are hungry or need energy. Brian Wansink, a professor at the University of Illinois, says we also eat certain foods because they make us feel good, and remind us of happy memories. For some people, ice cream is a comfort food. For others, a bowl of noodles makes them feel good.
Professor Wansink believes that we associate food with important times, feelings, and people in our lives. “When I was a child, my mother made a delicious soup; I loved it. And it helps me feel better,” says one of Wansink's co-workers.
Do men and women choose different comfort foods? Wansink's research at the University of Illinois says “yes”. In his study, the favorite comfort food for both men and women is ice cream. Besides this, men usually prefer hot, delicious foods like soup or noodles. Men and women like to eat comfort foods when they are happy, but women eat these foods more when they are sad or worried.
About 40 percent of the comfort foods in Wansink's study are healthy dishes like soups and vegetables. It shows, says Wansink, that a comfort food can taste good and be good for you overall.
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A. Not all comfort foods are junk food. B. Where can we buy this sort of food? C. Sweet foods are also their preference. D. How does a food become the comfort food? E. Wansink calls this kind of food the comfort food. F. Women like sweet things such as chocolate and candies. G. Now, I often eat this soup when I am tired or worried. |
On the morning of Jan. 25, the very day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, I was unpleasantly woken up by a phone call. It was for my father. He picked it up, and I sensed from his shaky voice that something went wrong.
As soon as he hung up, my father turned to my mother and then me, saying, “It was the secretary. He called everyone to meet in the office right now because of the outbreak of COVID-19.”
“But Dad, it's the Spring Festival!” How I wished my father could change his mind and stay with us. Wasn't the day meant for families to be together? My father, an official working in another town, seldom came back home. And was the virus serious enough to keep us apart? I was upset. To my great disappointment, my father left home without hesitation, comforting me by saying that he would be back soon.
In the following days, news about the fast spread of COVID-19 and the astonishing death toll scared everyone in the country. Father never returned home, only occasionally talking on WeChat, over which he told us how he went from door to door, checking every family and persuading people to stay at home. I realized that my father was working in dangerous conditions under a incredibly great burden. He always looked tired but determined. Every time I told him to take care of himself, he would smile and say, “Don't worry, my son. Your father is as strong as a bull.” At those moments, tears would well up in my eyes, and all my complaints would go away before I could say anything. The talk was brief but meant a lot to me.
I learned from the media that the medical staff, government officials, and almost everyone involved were working in the battle against COVID-19. It was these guardian angels (守护天使) who, despite the possibility of getting infected themselves, were risking their life so that the rest of us could be safe. Among them was my father. He's protecting the people, me included.
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Then came the bad news that my father was ill in hospital.
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Weeks later, my father came back home healthy.
