Heading for Happiness （向快乐出发）（适用于九年级）昌乐县新城中学Look after yourself编者：王瑞海一、放眼天下（内容与该话题相关联的课外知识或背景知识）国外流行的健康生活方式少食肉俄罗斯眼下流行素食风。
俄罗斯人认为大量食用各类肉食及其制品，会加重某些疾病或诱发某些疾病。
晒太阳美国纽约州的居民推崇有空即晒太阳的生活方式，他们认为平常接受阳光的适当照射，有助于身体贮存大量的维生素D，有益于牙齿与骨骼的健康。
雨中行冒着霏霏细雨逛街或散步，是现在欧美人的一种时髦。
他们认为，绵绵细雨可洗涤尘埃，净化空气，增加空气中的负氧离子，有益于肺与大脑的保健。
常唱歌美国马里兰大学的专家倡导：经常唱歌，有益于健康长寿。
因为唱歌有益于大脑的逻辑思维，且唱歌时声带、肺部、胸肌等部位能得到良好锻炼。
饭后息饭后稍事休息或卧床片刻，再去散步或做其他事情，更有利于食物的消化吸收、胃肠保养和肝脏功能的养护。
因此，在日本和韩国，“饭后稍休息，再去百步走”已成为一种健康养生的大众之举。
挺起胸美国密苏里大学的专家认为，抬头挺胸不仅令人有气质，看上去年轻而精力充沛，而且抬头有利于减轻腰骨疼，挺胸会减少脊椎的负荷。
静坐思忙中偷闲，静下心来。
每日静坐冥思1~2次，每次30分钟，排除杂念，放松身心，有助于解除神经性头痛、降低血压。
美国德克萨斯州的居民流行这样的健康方式。
天伦乐业余时光，夫妻共诉衷肠，爷孙共同游戏等。
共享天伦之乐，已在日本、东南亚地区一些国家颇为流行。
步当车以步当车可以防止骨骼退化，有助于增加心肺功能，还有利于新陈代谢，有利于减肥。
这种方式在欧美国家已日渐盛行。
行善事助人为乐，帮人之困，济人之危。
这可以使人心情舒畅，获得一种心理满足，还有助于强化人的免疫系统，调节身心“合二为一”，有利于健康长寿。
二、悦读联播（与该话题相关联的趣味性知识，也可是趣味谜语，字谜，图片等）We may know some good health habits, but we don't realize how much difference they can make. In the 1970s, scientists at the University of California-Los Angeles asked 7,000 people about their health habits. Then they followed these people to see how long they lived. The scientists discovered that seven habits were closely linked with a longer life.▲eating breakfast every day▲avoiding eating anything like cakes between meals▲keeping a good weight-not too heavy or too thin▲exercising regularly▲sleeping seven or eight hours every night-not more or less▲not smoking▲drinking two or fewer alcoho lic (含酒精的) drinks every day The researchers found that these habits had a powerful effect on health. People in this study who had three or fewer of these habits lived another 21.6 years. People who had six or seven could expect to live another 33 years!But how do you change your habits? Make one small change every week. And be patient. It takes about 21 days to form a new habit.1. The underlined word“they”most probably refers to .A. scientistsB. good habitsC. universitiesD. 7,000 people2. One of the habits closely linked with a longer life is .A. taking regular exercise.B. drinking less water every day.C. eating cakes between meals.D. sleeping more than eight hours every night.3. The idea "these habits had a powerful effect on health" is supported with .A. guessesB. storiesC. experiencesD. facts4. In which page of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?A. NewsB. HealthC. BusinessD. Sports5. The passage is written mainly to tell people .A. to keep a good weightB. to avoid eating to muchC. to form good health habitsD. to keep away from danger答案：BADBC 三、搞笑一族（诙谐幽默的笑话、急转弯或故事等）I’m His FatherA traffic accident happened in a small town, and the place is crowded by many people.A man, who liked watching very much, came late. He could see nothing because he stood behind. Suddenly he had a good idea and then he cried, ”Let me in, please. I’m his father!” The other peop le were surprised, and stepped back in order to let him in. When he entered in and saw clearly, he couldn’t say a word: A DEAD DONKEY W AS LYINGON THE GROUND.我是他父亲小镇上发生了一起交通事故，事故地点被一大群人围的水泄不通。
