When you have a cold, your friends can’t visit you because they don’t want to get a cold. When you are part of a family, if one of you gets a cold, often all of you get it. 【小题1】 Below are four ways to help stop a cold spreading and to feel better again.

●Wash your hands. Washing your hands is the most important way to stop the spread of colds. Cold germs(病菌)are spread by touch. The germs get onto your hands and from there into your eyes, nose and mouth. Wash your hands carefully using soap and hot water. 【小题2】, they will be much less likely to get the cold.

●Cover your nose and mouth. There is a saying that “coughs and sneezes spread illness.” 【小题3】 Because when you are coughing, germs can easily spread to the things you touch, such as doorknobs(门把手), tap handles or cups and plates.

●【小题4】 Cold germs are spread very easily. You can use a disinfectant(消毒的) cleaner to clean doorknobs, taps, toilet handles. Be sure to use only your own towel, toothbrush and cup.

●Take care of yourself. 【小题5】 Eat healthy simple foods such as soup or rice. Get enough rest and sleep. Stay in bed, read a book. Do your schoolwork and practice your English!   

Remember that a common cold only lasts a few days. You will feel better soon.

Do you often send text messages to your friends or family with mobile phones? If you keep sending text messages over and over again, there may be something wrong with your fingers. Everybody using the mobile phones should be careful. 【小题1】 Text messaging or texting is becoming popular. But scientists have found out that texting can give us problems with fingers. 【小题2】 When we press small buttons over and over again, we may have a disease called RSI(重复性力损伤).

Harriet Wilson is a doctor. She has many patients with RSI. 【小题3】 If we spend more than 10 to 15 minutes every day, we could have such problems in the future.

【小题4】 And the buttons are getting closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. 【小题5】 If you use a computer keyboard and play video games for long, you have the same problem. More and more people can find themselves with RSI.

My mother says my head is too expensive, because all my operations have cost millions of dollars.

I am sick with hydrocephalus. That means “water in the head”. Water runs through the body like a river, but sometimes it won’t leave my head. That water gives me bad headaches and lots of other problems. So, doctors put a small tube in me to take away that water from my head.

I stay in the hospital most of the time. Sometimes the doctors let me go out to play. But sometimes, if I play too much, my tube has problems. I have to go back to the hospital.

My doctor, Dr.Beck, is the greatest. He takes good care of me, too. My illness is hard to understand, but Dr.Beck always takes time to teach me about it by drawing pictures or telling stories. I draw cartoons for him, to make him laugh when he gets tired.

When I grow up, I dream of becoming a doctor so that I can take care of kids like me. I have been in the hospital a lot, and my mum is a nurse, so I have learned a lot by watching and asking questions.

When I’m a doctor, I’ll tell sick kids my story to make them feel better when they’re afraid.