Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted. It is important to remember that the body needs proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: One should eat right foods, get enough sleep, and exercise regularly (定期地).

Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel” (燃料). Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein (蛋白质) , like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very very important because they provide necessary vitamins (维他命) and minerals (矿物质). However, don't overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight.

Getting the proper amount (量) of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over a long period of time a little amount of sleep may even result in a change of personality (人的个性). Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong and refreshed, and your mind will be sharp.

Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your lifespan (寿命). Any kind of exercise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shapes: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on are good examples.   Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too.

If everybody, were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.

At a school soccer field in Rongjiang County, Guizhou, thousands of people, both villagers and tourists, are gathering to see a big event — the “Village Football Association (Village FA)”.

It is an exciting and fun soccer competition happening in a village. The people who live there organized it, and it has become really popular online lately. The competition takes place every Friday to Sunday from May 13th to July 29th. There are 20 teams made up of 16 different ethnic groups(民族) taking part in. The players, who come from local villages, have different jobs like butchers, farmers, and building workers. Instead of getting trophies (奖杯) as prizes, they receive things like salted meat, red eggs, and even live animals.

Yang Yajiang, the vice president of the soccer association in Rongjiang County, says, “________” Even though the players are not professionals (职业选手), they come together as a team and compete no matter what the result is.

Some of the people supporting the teams are in their 80s and don’t even know the rules of the game. But they still show up to cheer for their village teams. This spirit of unity isn’t just found in one village, but it’s seen among people from all over the country. Can you imagine a scene where after a match, suddenly 50,000 supporters from different ethnic groups come together to sing a song called “Me and My Country”?

Village FA is also a special event for the locals to show their culture. During breaks between matches, there are colorful performances by people from different ethnic groups. They sing, dance, and even have fashion shows where they wear traditional costumes.

The alarm signals us to get up in the morning but it doesn’t wake up our body. 【小题1】. In fact, this action does a lot more for our bodies than just wake us up.

It will adjust our muscles.

When we sleep, our muscles lose tone (紧实度) and gravity pulls the fluid into one place along our back.【小题2】. For just a moment, stretching will release the muscles from their resting place, so that they can work on their proper positioning. This process will help us calculate the movements we need to get up and start moving.

【小题3】.

When we stretch, we help the blood flow, which automatically decrease pressure. This is because the part of the nervous system that is responsible for our heart rate, digestion and endocrine functions gets a jump start.

It will help the brain send stronger signals to the muscles.

【小题4】. This means that as we stretch, our brain sends stronger signals to our muscles. Then the feedback received back lets the brain work on how strong the signals should be to perform different tasks.

It can help with stiffness (僵硬) and tightness.

Spending more time in a single position can affect our body and cause tightness and stiffness. When we stretch after waking up, it works out the joints and muscles,【小题5】.