Medicines

Medicines cannot help us grow taller. They cannot always help us when we are sick, but everyone needs medicines sometimes.

A long time ago people did not have good medicines. Many people died when they were young. Today medicines are very good. They can help people to live longer.

In 1928 Alexander Fleming made a medicine called penicillin.

Penicillin has saved many people.

Today medicines are good but they are expensive. Poor countries, like some countries in Africa, do not have enough of them, so many sick people die.

Nobody wants to be sick and to need medicines. There are some things we should do or should not do if we want good health.

To have better health, we should eat lots of vegetables and fruit. We should not eat too much food. Also we should not eat food with too much sugar because sugar rots our teeth. We should also exercise regularly and go to bed early

Puzzles

1. Find these words in the word square.

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1. Read these sentences. Write True or False.

   1. Basketball players must have good balance.

   2. You need long legs to run fast.

   3. Alexander Fleming made penicillin.

   4. Today young people are always shorter than their parents.

   5. To have good health we should eat lots of food.