Do you have a headache? Eat some bird brains for dinner, and your headache will go away. Is your hair turning gray? Eat black rice every day. And you won't have gray hair.

Eat bird brains and black rice? "Some people ask. "How strange!" But for many Chinese people, bird brains and black rice are not strange things to eat, they are good things to eat. They are good medicines, too.

Many Chinese believe that food can be medicine. Food that is medicine is called medicinal food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(调味料)for hundreds of years. Ginger(姜), for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking now. Ginger gives food a nice favor(味道). The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. At that time, they used ginger not because it tasted good. They used it because it was medicinal Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion (消化). It also helped people who had colds.

Not everyone approves of the medicinal food. Some people think that food and spices are not medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drug stores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, "Maybe medicinal food can't help me, but it can't hurt me, either.”

People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California .The restaurant serves only medicinal food. Queen's Secret", for example, is one dish at the restaurant. Meat from a chicken with black skin is in the dish. It is for women who want to look young.

Alan Lau is the owner of the restaurant,, He says, "Some people try medicinal food only once and then say, 'It didn't work. But think about this: When your doctor prescribes (开药方) medicine. you take the medicine for five days, or for ten days, or maybe for weeks. It's the same with medicinal food. You have to eat the food many times before it begins to help. "Mr. Lau believes that medicinal food works, he eats medicinally every day.

1.Why did the Chinese use ginger many years ago?

A.Because it had a good taste

B.Because it was good for health

C.Because it made people feel cold

D.Because it gave food a different flavor.

2.The words “approves of” in Paragraph 4 probably mean “___________”.

A.agrees to B.cares about C.hears of D.gives up

3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Can Food Be Our Medicine?

B.Can Spices Change Our Cooking?

C.What Is the Best Medicine for a Headache?

D.What Can People Eat in a Chinese Restaurant?

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How to celebrate Earth Day

Earth Day

The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. The holiday has been celebrated on this day every year ever since then.

In 2014, NASA(美国国家航空和宇航局)took an active part in Earth Day. Their Global Selfie event asked people to take a photo of themselves outside, and send it to NASA. They then put these pictures on a map of the world for all to see to commemorate their participation (纪念他们的参与)in this important day.

我们可以做许多小事来保护地球。the following are some easy ideas!

Ride your bike

if you live close enough to your school, ride a bike to and from classes. Not only is it good for your body, it’s also good for the environment! And if you aren’t nearby or don’t have a bike, take public transportation.

Use your own water bottle

Just throwing your plastic water bottles into the recycling bin doesn’t mean they are not hurting the environment. Besides the fact that it takes a lot of oil to make all of those bottles each year, there are still over two million tons of water bottles that have ended up in U.S. Landfills(垃圾填埋场).Buy a reusable bottle, so you’ll be getting fresh water every time.

Get produce from a local farmer’s market

Besides supporting area businesses, you’ll also be helping the earth by buying your fruits and vegetables from local farmer’ s market. That’s because food in the supermarkets travels about l,500 miles to get to you, and all that shipping can cause pollution. When you buy locally, it’s transported in shorter distances(距离).

Some Earth Day themes

Earth Day 2019: Protect Our Species(物种)

Earth Day 2018: End Plastic Pollution

Earth Day 2016: Trees for the Earth

Earth Day 2015: Clean Earth ----Green Earth

Earth Day 2014: Green Cities

Earth Day 2011: Clear the Air

1.When did people begin to celebrate Earth Day?

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2.Please translate the underlined sentence into English.

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3.Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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4.Which Earth Day asked people to pay attention to plants and animals around us?

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5.After reading the passage, will you use plastic water bottles? Why?

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