The best thing to start your day is a good breakfast. In fact, many people believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In China, porridge with pickles (咸菜), baozi, noodles, soybean milk and youtiao are common breakfast foods. What are breakfasts in other countries like? Let's take a look!

    US

    In the US, a good Sunday morning starts with scrambled eggs, crispy bacon or juicy sausages, and soft pancakes with butter and sweet syrup on top. On busy weekdays, most people in the US like to eat cereal with milk, bread and fruit for breakfast. Some people also drink coffee.

    Canada

    Canada is the largest producer of maple syrup. People usually have pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast. Canadian bacon is a popular dish for breakfast as well. Canadian bacon is quite unlike the crispy bacon of the United States. It tastes more like ham and is served in thin round slices.

    Britain

    The British breakfast is similar to the American breakfast. A basic British breakfast consists of fried eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms, baked (烘) beans, and tomatoes. These foods are popular among young people in Britain. Usually, British people have coffee, tea or milk to drink. Some people also like to drink orange juice.

    Japan

    Most people in Japan these days – at least in big cities – eat a quick Western-style breakfast like eggs, toast, juice and coffee. Those who prefer more traditional foods are likely to have tea and miso soup with rice. Steamed rice is necessary for a Japanese-style breakfast. People also add nori seaweed or a little raw egg to their rice.

    Former Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz grew up in a poor family in New York City. As a child, he could hardly dream about starting an international business. In 1961, the whole family was left with no income because his father broke an ankle working as a truck driver. Watching his father lying on the bed, Schultz decided to do something different in life. Schultz played football in high school and managed to get an athletic scholarship to Northern Michigan University. He became the first graduate from university in his family.

    Schultz's first job after finishing school was in sales at Xerox, where he sold word processors. Then he took another job in sales at Hammarplast, a housewares (家居用品) business. However, he grew impatient with these two jobs soon. Schultz first came across Starbucks while still working for Hammarplast. He was struck by the passion (热情) and courage of the founders Gerald Baldwin and Gordon Bowker. It took a whole year for Schultz to persuade Baldwin and Bowker to hire him as the head of marketing. The new position meant that Schultz was going to travel around the world and represent Starbucks.

    His life changed when the company sent him to an international house wares exhibition in Milan. A new idea occurred to Schultz when he saw the Italian strong coffee tradition. The people in Italy had a personal relationship with coffee. After Schultz came back to America, he wanted to replicate the Italian tradition in Starbucks. The founders felt differently. He then decided to leave Starbucks to start his own coffee company. The new company caught on quickly. Eventually, it managed to buy Starbucks. Schultz became the CEO of Starbucks. Corporation and he is one of the wealthiest people on the planet.

    Travelers to the Arctic islands of Svalbard would find a rough, ice-hardened land, sheltering polar bears in its frozen landscapes. This group of Norwegian islands is the land of the "midnight sun" with almost 24 hours of sunlight during the winter months. It is also home to one of the most important storage facilities in world farming — the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

    The seed vault was opened in 2008 in an effort to safeguard the world's food supply for future generations. Svalbard is the perfect frozen environment to house seed samples, set inside an Arctic mountain at 130 meters above sea level, so it is unlikely to be flooded. Low humidity, geological stability, and the surrounding permafrost can keep seed-keeping places cool, dry, and usable for centuries.

    Seed gene banks from around the world have sent food crops seeds for safety in case a natural disaster or environmental damage destroys existing supplies. Worldwide there are more than 1.700 seed gene banks that store seeds locally and many choose to send back-up samples to facilities like the Svalbard's vault.

    There is space in the global vault for 4.5 million different crop varieties with each variety storing on average 500 seeds, meaning it can house 2.5 billon seeds. There are around one million seed samples from 80 institutes in the vault at present so there is a lot of spare capacity for the vegetables, grains, peas and beans that are banked annually. On the top of that, there are rare flowers from the Myanmar rain forests.

    The largest numbers of samples in the vault are varieties of rice and wheat. The seed vault has been listed as one of the most influential projects of the past 50 years for its efforts. Seeds themselves are not kept for farmers or gardeners to grow produce. Their true value is as a genetic resource in plant upbringing to create new crop varieties.

    Dog owners walked about 23minues longer each day than non-dog owners In a new study, dog owners took 2,760 additional seps—compared to people who didn't have a dog at home. Bu here's the real good news: That extra exercise was done at a moderate (适度 ) pace, which means it could help adults meet their recommended weekly totals for physical activity.

    The research, published in BMC Public Health, focused on adults 65 and older, who tend to be less active than younger people. The study included 43 dog owners and 43 non-dog owners, all of whom were monitored continuously for three week-long periods. When they compared the two groups, the researchers found that dog ownership was associated with a large, potentially health-improving effect.

    Dog owners walked about 23 minutes longer each day than non-dog owners, 119 minutes versus 96 minutes on average. They also took an additional 2,760 steps, and had eight fewer continuous periods of sitting down. Most of that extra walking was done at moderate pace, defined as 100 or more steps a minute. Dog owners walked at this pace for 32 minutes a day, versus just 11 minutes a day for non-dog owners.

    The World Health Organization（WHO）recommends that adults get at least 150 minutes of physical activity a week. This increased walking time alone could just about satisfy that requirement, say the researchers—so it makes total sense that 87 percent of dog owners in the study met these guidelines, versus just 47 percent of non-dog owners.

    Co-author Nancy Gee says that pet ownership may help older adults get more activity or maintain their current activity level for a longer period of time. "This could improve their chances of a better quality of life, improved or maintained cognition (认知), and perhaps, even overall longevity (寿命),"she said.

    Here at Health, we'll add that caring for pets has been shown to have plenty of other physical and mental health benefits, as well. As animal lovers ourselves, we're happy to add one more to the list.

    Leading health experts from the CDC and the WHO have made it clear that reducing the effects of coronavirus (新冠病毒) means staying hone as long as possible. They give some ideas as follows：

    Don't let the news control your rest.

    The coronavirns situation seems to change by the hour, resulting in a number of people feeling necessary to constantly check their phones for news. That can not only be stressful at any time, but also it can affect your ability to relax if you surf news before going to sleep. Dr. Rosmarin says, "It's not a good time to watch the news."

    Don't argue with people who seem unconcerned about the crisis.

    You might face pressure from friends or family to attend gatherings when you aren't comfortable being in groups. You may be upset because they aren't following the instructions: staying at home. So you'd better avoid the meaningless argument.

    Do laundry on Sundays? Keep doing it on Sunday. Not going to work? Get dressed anyway. Maintaining a regular routine will go a long way toward helping you avoid feelings of disorganization.

    Don't hesitate to seek help if you need it.

    For people already struggling with anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, or depression, fears over coronavirus can be especially disruptive. Always seek professional help if depression, you feel overwhelmed.

A. Arguing about it isn't productive.

B. Don't ignore your regular routine.

C. You cannot solve the mental problems all by yourself.

D. Don't forget to remind your family to respect your boundary.

E. What can you do to make your staying home beer than before?

F. But how to deal with the mental tension, such as being upset and nervous?

G. Sleep is important to a healthy system, and giving yourself an opportunity to relax is important.

    Last year I decided to tell my family that I didn't want or need anything for my1, but I wanted them to think of a way to share a2in their world-for me. My husband and two adult children all did something3and wonderful.

    The week of my birthday my husband went to a local cafe and told a waitress that he wanted to4pay for the breakfast of a family. The waitress was5and said it was her last day at work there and this had never 6. When the family7eating，the waitress told them their bill had been paid. The mom and dad stood up, trying to8who might have done it, but my husband was outside watching the whole thing. He told me he had such a 9feeling in his heart and he would like to10it a few more times.

    My son bought gift cards at another local coffee cafe and11them to his 4-year-old daughter. He asked her to12some people and tell them that she wanted to13them a cup of coffee because it was her grandmother's birthday. One dad said he would14have thought to include his little girls in something like this and that he was going straight home to tell them about it so they could make a(n)15plan with all his daughters 16. My daughter was on a tight budget so she spent the week smiling more at people, being17, and letting someone go before her at the market. She just took the time during my birthday week to slow down and be kind to a(n)18and her co-workers.

    When we finally all got together for Mother's Day and my birthday, everyone was in tears as each person 19what they had done. As you can see, it was the20birthday ever!

    Jingzhe(惊蛰) , or the “awakening of the insects” is one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, were used in ancient China (keep) track of agricultural cycles.

    The beginning of March brings some unusual weather, as temperatures rise and rainfall comes thunderstorms. According to classic Chinese writings, this thunder would awaken insects that had been hibernating(冬眠) .They would rise up from the earth and many other animals would also make their first (appear) of the year.

    Chinese farmers place great importance on Jingzhe, since it marks start of spring plowing(春耕) , one of the (busy) times for farmers. With insects buzzing, it is time to protect crops from pests(害虫) and protect poultry(家禽) and livestock(家禽) from (disease) .

    Spring (consider) to be the most precious time of the year for agriculture. At the beginning of the year, farmers plow the soil, (give) crops the best possible environment and more nutrition.

    Another Jingzhe tradition is eating pears. It is thought to be (health) to do so when the weather is changing. Besides taking a bite of the fresh, crisp fruit, people have various ways of preparing pears, such as making juice, baking, steaming or boiling.

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    Last Monday, we were having our Chinese class while the teacher suddenly slipped and fall. We were all worried about her. One of the boy carried her on the back, under the help of some others, to the clinic immediately. It turned out that her right leg was breaking and she had to stay in hospital. The following day, we went to visit her with flowers. Seeing her lying in bed with leg wrapped in bandages, we felt sorry for her and hoped that she would recover soon. Lucky, this Thursday she returned back to the class in a wheelchair to give us lessons. We were both deeply moved and proud of have such a responsible teacher.

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