buy high-energy food. On the other hand, people now pay more attention to the quality of their diet. They are seeking for the most reasonable diet structure that will do good to their health.
As a result, we can see that people’s living standard has greatly improved in the five years. We can also expect better living standard and more reasonable diet structure in the future..From 1999 to 2003, great changes had taken place in Chinese people’s diet. As is revealed in the table, during the five years, the consumption of grain decreased by 9%, while that of meat and milk increased by 6% and 4% respectively. From the figures we can draw the conclusion that grain, as the staple food in China, is playing a less important role in people’s diet, while the consumption of high-energy food, such as meat and milk, has increased steadily.
What has caused these changes? From my point of view, there are two main reasons. On the one hand, people now have more money to buy high-energy food. On the other hand, people now pay more attention to the quality of their diet. They are seeking for the most reasonable diet structure that will do good to their health.
As a result, we can see that people’s living standard has greatly improved in the five years. We can also expect better living standard and more reasonable diet structure in the future. Sample 14 Directions:在2008年北京奥运会上，中国著名运动员刘翔因腿伤退出比赛，引起人们的广泛争议，下面是新浪网站的一项调查：运动员受伤后，应该坚持还是应该退出？ 选项名称 投票数 百分比 趋势 应该退出,健康比金钱重要 222292 34.77% 上升 运动场就是战场,刘翔应该123752 19.36% 上升 坚持 请你结合上表，写一篇英语短文，谈谈自己的看法。 In the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Chinese athlete Liu Xiang dropped out of the race due to his foot injury， which led to a heated discussion among people across the country.
According to a survey conducted by Sina Website，about 34% of the people think an athlete should quit the race when injured since health is much more important than a gold medal；While nearly 20% of the netizens believe that an injured athlete should hold on to the end instead of giving up halfway. They regard the sport field as a battlefield in
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which every athlete should fight for the honor of his or her country in spite of any difficulty.
In my opinion，it's a right choice for Liu Xiang to choose to quit the race. For one thing，nothing is more important than health and sports doesn't mean sacrificing one's health for a gold medal；for another，after Liu Xiang recovers fully，he still has many chances to realize his dream.
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