Up to 82 percent of children with healthy mothers are not easy to be obese(肥胖的), according to research. A mother,
And research suggests it could be more to do with nurture(养育)
The study examined the medical history and lifestyles of more than 24,000 children aged nine
The mother's health was judged on her height-to-weight ratio(比例), her diet, amount of physical
Yours,
Li Hua
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Mum and Her Bank Account
My family had the tradition to sit down by the kitchen table every Saturday night to count out the money Dad had brought home.
“These are for the rent, and these for the groceries,” Mum counted out and divided the big silver pieces.
“I’ll need a notebook,” That would be my sister Christine, my brother Nels or me.
After Mum put one or two coins to the side for the notebook, she said that was all we needed to buy for the week and we all relaxed a little. We didn’t have to go downtown and draw money out of Mum’s bank account, which could always give us such a warm and secure feeling for having enough to afford the life.
When Nels graduated from grammar school, he needed some money for high school, We sat by the table and I offered my “Little Bank” which was used for sudden emergencies such as the time when Christine broke her arm and had to see a doctor. I laid the box carefully in front of Mum. After counting out the money in the little bank and finding there was not enough, we all agreed not to go to the bank but to find some ways.
Nels volunteered to work in Dillon’s grocery after school and Dad said he would give up smoking. Now there was enough money. We felt relieved.
So many things came out of the little bank that year: Christine’s dress for the school play Nel’s operation… Whatever happened, we always knew we still had the bank to depend on. We never used her bank account.
That was twenty years ago.
Last year, I sold my first story. When the money came, I thought of Mum’s bank account.
So I hurried over to her home. On arriving, I gave the money to Mum and asked her to save it in the bank. Mum said she was very proud of me and asked me to go with her, because she didn’t know how. I asked how she had done that before. She said actually there was no bank account at all in all her life and she had never been to a bank before.
Knowing that there was no bank account at all I felt shocked.
A.Ellen’s determination to fulfill a childhood dream. |
B.Ellen’s ability to put her experience into words. |
C.Ellen’s attitude towards her colleagues. |
D.Ellen’s scientific and technic skills. |
A.Those who want to become astronauts should have experience as aeroplane pilots. |
B.Those who want to become astronauts should have more than one university degree. |
C.Those who want to become astronauts should be a specific height. |
D.Those who want to become astronauts should be good sports. |
A.Spacewalking. |
B.Working in mission control. |
C.Coping with unexpected problems. |
D.Working in conditions of weightlessness. |
A.Do a study of the first people in space. |
B.Do a project on Ellen Ochoa as part of their science coursework. |
C.Find out more about the current state of space research. |
D.Go to some talks on space travel in films and literature. |
Yours, Li Hua
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