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Step Back in Time

Do you know that we live a lot longer now thanthe people who were born before us? One hundred years ago the average woman1ived to be 45.But now，she Can live until at least 80.

One of the main reasons for people livinglonger is that we know how to look after ourselves better.We know which foodsare good for US and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all thehealthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to getbetter again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep ourhearts 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，athough many babies didn’t livelong.Children suffered from lots of diseases，especiallyrickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病)，which are both caused by bad diets.This is because many familieswere very poor and not able to feed their children well.

Really poor families who lived in crowdedcities like London and Manchester often slept standing up, bending over a pieceof string，because there was no room for them to liedown.

People didn’t havefridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills(窗台板)，blocks of ice，oreven burying it in the garden.

Some children had to start work at the age ofseven or eight lo earn money for their parents.If you had lived 100 years ago，you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(ajob done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

16 On average women lived longer than men 1 00years ago.