①Tomatoes taste great. With a lot of vitamins, they are good for you, too! People all over the world enjoy this amazing fruit.

②Not all tomatoes are red. They can be yellow, orange, pink, or white. All tomatoes are green before they are ready to be picked. Then the tomatoes turn their true color. That’s when they’re ready to eat!

③Tomatoes first grew in the Americas. The Incas (印加人) grew them over 1,000 years ago. They were brought to Europe (欧洲) in the early 16th century. The people in Spain and Italy seem to be the first Europeans to accept them as food. In France, people grew tomatoes in the garden just to enjoy their beauty. Many people there thought tomatoes would make them sick. It was years before some of them would eat tomatoes.

④Tomatoes are fruits. They grow from seeds. They won’t grow in cold weather. But with water, sunlight and warmth, tomatoes grow fast. They can grow in pots or in the ground. As the plant grows taller, people may tie it to a stick. Then the flowers come out and turn into fruit. Some kinds of tomatoes can be picked in about six more weeks. Some tomatoes are large. One kind of tomato can weigh as much as two pounds.

⑤You can eat raw (生的) tomatoes. First, wash them. Then, cut them up for salads or sandwiches. Tomatoes can be cooked, too. They can be boiled or even fried. Do you use ketchup (番茄酱)? It is made from tomatoes. Tomatoes don’t have a smell. But they taste great in foods. Many dishes around the world use tomatoes.

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Do you shop online with websites like Taobao? When you make an order on Taobao, the money you pay doesn’t go directly to the sellers. 【小题1】 After you receive your goods and click the “confirm receipt(确认收货)” button, Alipay then gives the money to the sellers. This process is called “third party online payment”. There is a transfer station(中转站), or a third account(账户), between sellers and buyers to make online shopping safe. 【小题2】 Sellers can also avoid receiving no money after sending out goods. These transfer stations are usually set up by payment service companies such as Alipay, Tenpay and Yeepay.

【小题3】 That is because companies like Alipay are fighting over money with the banks. Users can invest(投资) in financial products through Alipay and make money. Thus lots of people choose to put money in Alipay rather than in banks.

But We Chat payment is not the same. We Chat doesn’t have its own account. When paying through WeChat, the buyers’ money goes directly to the sellers. 【小题4】

In a word, companies like Alipay or WeChat are all trying to attract more users and make online shopping easier. 【小题5】

It can be really awkward (尴尬的) if someone sees you talking to yourself. But don’t feel bad about it! Talking to yourself is actually good for you.

You probably know that thinking is good for the mind. It helps us do things like making plans and controlling our feelings. Speaking out loud is like showing what is in your mind. It can help us do better in different areas like school, sports and work.

When nice words come from oneself, they help to believe in him or her more. In 2009, a study invited 72 tennis players to take part in some matches. Researchers put the players into two groups: one group that said nothing while playing, and the other that talked to themselves while playing. They found that the self-talkers played better than those who said nothing.

Talking to yourself can also help us control bad feelings. “Imagining yourself in the third person (人称) can lead people to think about themselves more similar to how they think about others,” said Jason Moser, a teacher from Michigan State University, US. This can help us see things from a different point of view. It also works well when we’re feeling sad or angry.

Self-talk also helps improve memory. Researchers tested four different ways to remember things: reading quietly, reading aloud, listening to someone else read and listening to a recording of oneself reading. Those who read out loud remembered the information the best, researchers said in their study. It’s because the information may become a long-term memory if said out loud.