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　　If you want to live a better life, stop and smell the roses. Well, not exactly. This common saying means we should slow down and enjoy small moments, but when it comes to health, it means what it says—take a moment to breathe. Breathing comes so naturally to us that we are hardly aware that we are constantly doing it. However, each breath is vitally important to our survival. _(1)_ Regular breaths do this job well enough, but getting into the habit of breathing deeply increases your health substantially. Deep breathing stimulates yourlymphatic system, prevents premature aging, clears your mind, and much more. _(2)_ A basic deep breathing exercise begins by sitting up straight and inhalingfirst to fill your lower abdomen, then middle, and then chest. _(3)_ After practicing these exercises regularly, you will come to a point where you will feel moreenergized and alert throughout the day.
　　Another benefit of deep breathing is revealed during stressful situations. _(4)_ A simple example of this is when a mother is frustrated with a naughty child. _(5)_ In extreme cases, deep breathing can be life saving, such as when it is used during panic attacks. Those who make deep breathing a practice are better at getting through the attack than those who don't. Remember if you want an easy way to improve your health, give your lungs an extra workout today.

(A) To get these benefits, set aside a few minutes several times a day for breathing exercises.
(B) The purpose of breathing in medication is to calm the mind and develop inner peace. 
(C) Not only does it bring oxygen into our bodies, but it also expels toxins.
(D) In these stressful situations, deep breaths calm people down quickly by expelling built-up carbon dioxide and giving them something to focus on instead of stress.
(E) When exhaling, start by pushing the air out of the lower abdomen, then middle, and then chest as if you were making waves.
(F) Taking a moment to breathe deeply allows her to calm herself down and betterhandle the situation in a positive and teaching way.

活力呼吸
　　有時你視為理所當然的東西可能會對你的人生有很大的影響。
如果你想要過更好的生活，那就停下腳步，聞一聞玫瑰花香吧。嗯，其實也不完全是這個意思。這慣用的說法表示我們應該要放慢腳步，且好好享受這些片段的時刻，而說到健康，這句話要表示的正如同字面上的意思，要我們『花一點時間來呼吸』。呼吸對我們而言是如此自然，自然到我們幾乎很難察覺到我們一直在持續地進行著這個動作。然而，每一口呼吸對我們的生存來說都極為重要。它不但可以將氧氣帶入我們的身體，同時也可以排毒。規律的呼吸足以讓這個功能正常運作，不過養成深呼吸的習慣會大大地增進你的健康。深呼吸會刺激淋巴系統、預防提早老化、讓頭腦清醒且還有更多功能。要得到這些好處，一天撥出一些時間來做幾次呼吸的練習。基本的深呼吸運動由端身正坐開始，首先，吸氣灌入下腹部，然後中間部位，接著胸腔部位。呼氣時，由推擠下腹部的空氣開始，然後中間部位，接著胸腔部位，就好比製造波浪一樣。定期地練習這些運動後，你會到達某種境界，讓你整天都會感到更有能量且更靈活。
　　另一項顯露出深呼吸的好處即是處於充滿壓力的狀態下。在有壓力的情況下，深呼吸可藉由排出囤積的二氧化碳讓人快速冷靜下來，同時讓人把重點放在某件事情上而非壓力上。這種情形的簡單例子就像媽媽對頑皮的孩子感到挫折一樣。花片刻時間做深呼吸能讓她自己冷靜下來，並用一種正面教導的方式把情況處理得更好。在極端情況下，深呼吸可以救命，好比恐慌症發作的時候進行深呼吸就有此功效。養成深呼吸習慣的人比起一般人更有助於度過這些疾病。請記住，如果你想要用一種簡單的方法來改善健康，今天就給予肺部額外的鍛鍊吧!

答案：1. C　2. A　3. E　4. D　5. F