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Chapter 9 Social Life (9)
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constipation ["k? nsti" pei? ? n] n. [Medical] constipation, restricted
kidney ["kidni] n. kidney, personality

portion["p?:??n,"p? u-] n. part, fate;
vt. Assign, to... dowry

Practice
Which snack should we avoid and which should we eat more?

Translation
Snacks are foods that people eat between main meals, and they play a variety of roles in our daily diet.For example, healthy and nutritious snacks can help people with small meals, poor appetites or underweight supplement the lack of main meals, thereby increasing nutritional intake.For healthy people, try to choose healthy snacks with appropriate portions, so as not to affect the appetite of the next staple meal and minimize the possibility of weight gain.

Tips for choosing a snack:

1. Avoid high-fat snacks

Because high-fat snacks are easy to cause obesity, and the large amount of saturated fat contained in them, such as coconut oil, butter and animal oil, will increase the cholesterol content in the blood, so it is best not to eat high-fat snacks.Snacks with high saturated fat content include cookies, wafer biscuits, cakes, egg tarts, etc.; there are also fried snacks, such as fried chicken wings and French fries.

2. Eat less high-sugar snacks

Sugar adds calories to food.Choosing low-sugar snacks will reduce your calorie intake and help you manage your weight.High-sugar snacks include sweet porridge, cakes, chocolate, soft drinks, sweetened fruit juices, and canned fruit.

3. Avoid high-sodium snacks

Long-term consumption of high-sodium foods can easily cause high blood pressure, so you should choose more low-sodium snacks, and try to eat less snacks with salty seasonings and bacon.High-sodium snacks include salt and pepper chicken wings, sausage, bacon, luncheon meat, salted nuts, and preserved plums.

4. Choose more high-fiber snacks
Dietary fiber plays a variety of roles in our body.It is good for overweight people, because it can make people feel full, prompting people to reduce food intake.Dietary fiber is also good for people with excess blood cholesterol because it can reduce the fat content in the body.In addition, fiber can help relieve constipation and reduce the incidence of certain intestinal diseases.

Fiber-rich snacks include a variety of fruits, such as apples, bananas, oranges, cherries, tomatoes, etc., as well as oatmeal, whole wheat bread, whole wheat crackers, and beans such as red beans and green beans.

5. Choose the right snack size and time

The amount of snacks should be appropriate and not easy to exceed.The time to eat snacks should be arranged between two staple meals, so as not to affect appetite.It is best not to snack before going to bed, or it may cause indigestion and weight gain.

Exercise
Which snacks should we eat less and which ones should we eat more of?
We should avoid high fat snacks, high sugar content snacks, high sodium snacks, and choose more often high fiber snacks.

11Eyes Can Speak Eyes Can Speak

Much meaning can be conveyed, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward other's stare with you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to avert his gaze, his intentions are obvious , that is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.
However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive.
If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to dominate you, you will feel dismissed. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes in the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication. Quite the contrary.
In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that words cannot express.
Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation.
Much meaning can be conveyed, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at stranger, but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward other's stare with you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to avert his gaze, his intentions are obvious , that is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.
However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive.
If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to dominate you, you will feel dismissed. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes in the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication. Quite the contrary.
In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that words cannot express.
Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation.
Vocabulary
rude [ru: d] adj. rude, disrespectful, violent, uncivilized
aggressive [? "ɡresiv] adj. Aggressive, aggressive, aggressive
admiring [? d"mai? ri?] adj. admired, envied

Dominate ["d? mineit] vt. dominate, control, dominate;
vi. to be dominant, dominant
Tenderly ["tend? li] adv. Gentlely, considerately, softly

Practice
Write the answer in the blank using the correct word.
1. Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and ．

2. A man glances at a woman for more than 10 seconds means that he is her.

3. If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, you will feel.

4. Continuous eye contact is confined to only.

Translation
Our eyes can accurately convey some information, so it is often said that the eyes can speak.

Have you ever had a similar experience?On the bus, you might watch a stranger, but not for very long.Also, if he could feel someone staring at him, he would feel uncomfortable.The same is true in daily life.If people keep staring at you, you can't help but look at yourself to see if something is wrong.If everything is normal, you will be very angry at this kind of stalking.Eyes really do talk, don't they?

Staring at someone for too long can come off as rude and aggressive, but stares between the opposite sex are different.If a guy stares at a woman for more than 10 seconds and doesn't want to look away, it's very obvious that he wants her attention and wants her to know that he adores her.

Under normal circumstances, when two people are talking, eye contact can convey the meaning that the speaker occasionally looks at the listener to confirm that the listener is listening carefully.For the listener, he will always look at the speaker to tell him that he is listening attentively.

If the person you're talking to looks straight at you, as if trying to overwhelm you, you'll feel intimidated.In general, liars tend to look at others for too long, which makes people suspicious.Because they thought looking someone in the eye was a sign of honest communication, but it turned out to be the opposite.

In fact, long-term mutual staring is only suitable for lovers. They like to look at each other tenderly and use their eyes to convey the love that words cannot express.

Obviously, eye contact should be based on the relationship and the specific occasion.

Exercise
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:
1.Staring at someone for too long can be rude and offensive.

2.A guy staring at a woman for more than 10 seconds means he's her.

3.If the person you're talking to is looking straight at you, you'll feel it.

4.Prolonged mutual stares are just fine.

1. aggressive 2． admiring 3． disconcerted 4． lovers
12How to Love the Winter
Temperatures have plummeted across the northern hemisphere in recent weeks, and icy conditions, everywhere have forced people to take extra care. But they've also provided some chances for cold-weather fun.
And since cultural trends often spill across geographic borders, there's a rich mix of things that people eat, drink, wear and do around the globe when the mercury falls.
Drinks
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