Do
you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?
One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45. But now, she can live
until at least 80. One of the main reasons for people living
longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better. We know which foods
are good for U. S. and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the
healthy things they need. We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get
better again. And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our
hearts beating healthily. But in order that we don't slip back
into bad habits, let's have a look at what life was like 100 years
ago. Families had between 15 and 20 children, although many
babies didn't live long. Children suffered from lots of diseases, especially
rickets (佝偻病) and scurvy (坏血病), which are both caused by bad diets. This is
because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children
well. Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like
London and Manchester often slept standing up, bending over a piece of string,
because there was no room for them to lie down. People didn't have fridges until
the 1920s. They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills (窗台板), blocks
of ice, or even burying it in the garden. Some children had to
start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their parents. If you
had lived 100 years ago, you might well be selling matchsticks (火柴杆) (a job done
by many children)or working with your dad by now.
单选题
On average women lived longer than men 100 years ago.