Kitty is from England. Now she lives in China. She is fourteen. She is at a girls' school in Beijing. She gets up at seven. Then she has a wash and has breakfast at eight o'clock. After that, she goes to school by bus. She has four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. At school, she studies Chinese, Maths, History and so on. She studies very well. She has lunch at school, but she comes home for supper. After supper, she does the homework. She goes to bed at nine. On Saturdays and Sundays, she usually gets up later and she doesn't do any homework. She usually plays games with her friends. Sometimes she watches TV with her parents. She is a lovely girl.

Reading is a good habit, but the problem is that there's too much to read, and too little time to read every word of it. So ①we need to find good ways to read faster. There are hundreds of skills (技巧) to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good.

Preview (预看) —if it's long and hard. This skill is especially useful for ideas of heavy reading like long magazine articles (文章) and business reports (报告).

    Here's how the preview goes.

●Read the first two paragraphs (段落) and the last two paragraphs carefully.

●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.

    This skill doesn't give you all the details (细节, 详情). It stops you spending time on things you don't really want or need to read.

    Skim (略读)—if it's short and simple (简单的). Skimming is a good way to get ideas of light reading like popular magazines or sports and entertainment (娱乐) papers.

    Here's how to skim.

    ●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep across each line.

    ●Pick up only a few ②key words in each line.

    Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we'll get a similar (相似的) idea of what it's mainly about.

    A good book can teach you things beyond(超出) your class. It can open your eyes and clear your minds. If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it.

    Plan your time

    You should give yourself at least thirty minutes in all for reading every day. When time is set, nothing can change it. For example, make it a habit to read during breakfast or lunch time.

    Always carry a book

    Wherever you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, make sure that you always carry a good book as well as your school things. Remember that a book always stays with you.

    Find a quiet place

    Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. When you read a book, no one will trouble you. There should be no televisions, computers, music or even noisy family members around you.

    Have a library day

    Have a library card, and you can read as many good books as possible in the library. Make it a weekly trip to the library. You can save a lot of money.

    Blog it

    One of the best ways to develop a good reading habit is to put it on your blog (博客) . If you don't have one, create one. It's free. Ask your friends and family to go there to share your ideas and give you some advice.

    At school lots of students get injured when they are doing sports or playing with each other. Here are the tips you can do at once after an injury.

    Young children don't have the skills or knowledge to stay safe in heavy traffic. The following tips (忠告) will be helpful for you to keep your children safe in heavy traffic. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} As parents, make sure that you always set good examples. Your children will follow you and think it's OK to do like you. Teach your children to pay attention to traffic lights {#blank#}2{#/blank#} This helps them understand when it's safe to cross. Make sure that you walk between your children and the traffic, and hold their hands all the time.

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    Ask your children to play in a safe place. Never let them ride bikes on the road without an adult present at rush hour.

    The most important thing you can do is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} so parents encourage them to follow traffic rules. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} they'll volunteer to obey them. In this way, they'll be careful enough to keep themselves away from danger.