What’s the best way to lose weight? To diet? No. Most people who diet may regain the lost weight when they go back to their old eating habits.

When people change their habits to new, healthy behavior, weight loss may be successful.

Here are 5 ways to make that happen.

1.Exercise. Exercise burns calories and builds muscles (肌肉). Taking the family dog for a walk, cycling to school, and doing other things can be helpful.

2.Reduce screen time. One reason people get less exercise these days is because of an increase in “screen time”. They spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. Limiting (限制) your screen time to less than 2 hours a day may be suitable. It can make you eat fewer snacks.

3.Drink healthily. Another reason in weight gain is that more people drink some unhealthy drinks that can make you get fat. So choose to drink water or low-fat milk.

4.Eat 5 servings (一份食物) of fruit and vegetables a day. Fruit and vegetables have fewer calories than many other foods. And when you eat more fruit and vegetables, you won’t overeat.

5.Have breakfast. Breakfast brings you energy to do more during the day. People who don’t have breakfast often feel so hungry that they eat more later on.

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Having breakfast every day

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People sometimes say, “It’s raining cats and dogs!” when there is a heavy rain. Nobody has ever really seen cats and dogs falling from the sky, but there have been many reports of other strange things “raining” down. In 1956, the people of a town in the USA saw a small black cloud in the sky. It started to rain from the cloud normally, but only in a small area. The cloud then turned white, and fish started to fall to the ground. Most of them were still alive.

During a storm in July 1901 in Minneapolis, people heard something falling from the sky that did not sound like rain. When they went outside, they found all kinds of frogs covering four streets.

There are other reports of strange “rains” falling from the sky including worms (蠕虫), insects and snakes.

Can these strange “rains” be explained by science? Scientists usually say that a tornado(龙卷风)has picked up the animals from a river or ocean, carried them for miles, and then dropped them somewhere else. But this does not completely explain all of them. On May 15th, 1890, in Italy, there was a rain of blood — birds’ blood. Scientists said that flying birds must have been torn to pieces by strong winds. But if so, why did only their blood fall from the sky, and not other parts of their bodies? And anyway, there were no strong winds that day!

1.What does it mean when people say, “It’s raining cats and dogs”?

A. Cats and dogs are falling from the sky. B. It’s raining heavily.

C. Animals started to fall to the ground. D. There is a black cloud.

2.Which of the following has not been reported as strange things falling from the sky?

A. Cats and dogs. B. Worms and insects.

C. Fish and blood. D. Snakes and frogs.

3.What does the underlined word “torn” mean in Chinese?

A. 破裂 B. 撕破 C. 切碎 D. 割破

4.Scientists’ explanation for rain of blood is that ________.

A. the tornado picked up the birds’ blood

B. flying birds were torn into pieces by strong winds

C. there were no strong winds that day

D. other parts of birds’ bodies did not fall with the blood

5.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Strange “Winds” B. Strange “Clouds” C. Strange “Rains” D. Strange “Animals”

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