During the cold winter, we usually catch a cold, have a fever or a cough. There are some common and great ways that you can follow to keep yourself away from these problems.

Never leave your house without warm clothes. It might be sunny in the morning or daytime but it is getting colder as the sun sets. So make sure you have a sweater or a coat for the colder night.

Don’t walk without shoes in your house. We have a habit of staying bare feet at home. The cold passes from feet to head in no time and that is why we need to wear shoes to stay away from the cold.

Drinking ginger (姜) tea helps your body get warm during the colder days. Drinking green tea keeps your body healthy and solves many health problems. Green tea is even better for those who want to get thinner.

Still if you catch a cold, do not let the cold build up in your body. It’s better to take quick action against the cold through proper exercise. Do some warm-up exercise in the morning or rub (摩擦) your hands quickly. Jogging (慢跑) or yoga also helps your body become warm to stay away from the cold and fever.

Follow these simple ways, and you’ll enjoy the winter greatly.

Some of you may play Ant Forest. It is a game on Alipay. Users collect “energy” to make their “trees” grow. When the “energy” reaches a certain (某种) level, some organizations will plant a real tree in a desert area of China. To users, it’s an easy work, but it’s extremely (极其地) difficult to plant trees in deserts. However, there are some heroes in the deserts. They have been working hard on controlling the deserts. Bai Chunlan is one of them.

Bai Chunlan is a common farmer, born in 1953. She married when she was 18 years old. She lived in a village. The village was so poor and short of water. One day in 1980, the villagers decided to plant trees to control the desert with ten other families. Early in the morning, they went into the desert to plant trees. At noon, strong sun seemed to burn everything. They didn’t have time to think about themselves, because those young trees needed protection. The next spring, a heavy sandstorm destroyed all the trees. In 1997, her husband (丈夫) died from hard work. Her eldest son died of cancer in 2008. But Bai wasn’t disheartened (灰心丧气). She continued to fight against the desert. So far, only her family has planted more than twenty thousand trees. And now more and more people follow her to take part in the sand controlling.

World Sleep Day (世界睡眠日) is on March 21st, the first day of spring. As a middle school student, we need to sleep about 8 to 10 hours every day. What should we do to have a good sleep? Go to bed before 9 o’clock each night. Don’t take phones to the bedroom. Have a good eating habit. Exercise more, but not right before bed. These can help you sleep well.

Do you like reading books? World Book Day (世界读书日) is, a day of celebrating (庆祝) the fun of reading. It’s. on April 23rd. On this day. many bookstores sell books at a low price. If you want to have fun, dress up as (装扮成) your favorite person from a book you like. If you don’t like that, just find your favorite book, and start reading!