Hi, my name is Li Kexin. I live (生活) in Taiyuan, Shanxi and I’m a middle school student. I always get up (起床) at 6:30 and have breakfast at 7:00. For breakfast, I have some bread, an egg and a cup of milk. My mom says they are good for me.

I have lunch with my friends at 12:30. I always have rice, vegetables, some meat and fruit. I like apples, but I don’t like pears. My friend Zhang Ting likes having hamburgers and ice-cream for lunch. She doesn’t like vegetables or fruit. Her eating habits are not healthy. So she is a little fat.

I always have dinner at 6:00 at home. I often have some soup (汤). But the dinner on Friday is different (不同的). I can have chicken on Friday. It is my favourite food!

What is your favourite food?

Do you know, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Everyone wants to be healthy, but not all of us have healthy eating habits. What’s your favorite food? I like eating hamburgers and ice-cream very much. But eating too much of it may make me sick (生病). I like cola, too. But cola is bad for our health.

Cola is sweet, because it has sugar (糖) in it. Too much sugar can let you get fat. Drinking one glass of cola each day can make you get fifteen pounds (磅) each year. And because the sugar in cola can make you feel full, you can’t eat much healthy food, such as fruit, vegetables and rice. And cola is bad for your teeth and bones (骨头).

Drink water, please. Water is very important to our body. It helps us to keep healthy. We can get water from drink and food, especially (特别是) from fruit and vegetables. But it’s better to drink water. If you don’t like plain (清淡的) water, you can put a little 100% fruit juice into it.

Her doctor, Dr. Perls, said another reason for Ray’s long life is her genes (基因). She got them from her parents. He said, “These genes can keep you in good health and let you live longer. People can usually live to about 80 years old. Those with the right genes can live to more than 100 years. They also pass those genes to their children. So if a person’s parents live long, he or she will probably live long, too.” Dr. Perls also said, “You may not have those genes. But if you don’t smoke, don’t drink too much, and do exercise or do other things to relax, you still can live long.”