E. Call the bus company and ask for the better service.

    The well-known children's character "Big Head Son" will have a new sister in the new book Little Biscuit and Apron Mom, which is coming out next month.

    Zheng Chunhua, the author of the book Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, has announced the news in Xiamen. The new book series has 10 volumes (册).

    The book Big Head was a bestseller among children's books, and when the book came out in 1995, it was a big hit. Almost every child at the time watched the program and could sing the theme song.

    Big Head Son and Small Head Dad was inspired by the author's own family. "My son really has a big head," Zheng Chunhua said. "When my son was little, I never bought T-shirts or hats for him, as they always didn't fit him."

    Zheng has two children, her son is almost 30 years old now, and her little daughter, who is a teenager. "My daughter has been jealous（嫉妒）of her brother for many years, as I have written many stories about him, but none about her yet," Zheng said, and this is the reason leading to her creation of the new book.

    This book is so popular with the readers and one of them said, "The book is not only interesting but also I have learnt a lot from it."

    You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong.But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are some steps toward a smarter brain.

Limit your TV viewing

    ① Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it needs very little brain activities.Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do.If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.

Travel

    Travelling to another country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain.

    Learn a new language

    Learning a new language involves different learning methods.Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory problems that you may meet in later years.

Read often

    As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren't familiar.Reading makes your vocabulary much larger if you always search for words and definitions that you don't know.Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it.Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.

Calculate （计算）when you shop

    As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head.See how close you get to the actual total.

    Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）hand

    If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed.Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain create new neural （神经）networks.

Wechat（微信）

    ② Read messages from various people.They have different interests.And some say that learning to express yourself in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.

    Have a try and do these every day.Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!

    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. Children learn about road safety by watching others. 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 when you cross the road together with them. This helps them understand when it's safe to cross. Make sure that you walk between your children and traffic, and hold their hands all the time.

    When your children are a little older, you can start to tell them the importance of traffic knowledge. Let them start to understand the reasons why they need to be so careful. Talk with them about road signs and traffic rules.

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

    The most important thing you can do is to keep your children from getting hurt, so parents encourage them to follow traffic rules. After knowing about traffic rules, they'll volunteer to obey them. In this way, they'll be careful enough to keep themselves away from danger.

    Australia is almost as large as China (China is about 9, 600, 000 km 'while Australia is 7, 682, 300 km）, but Australia has a much smaller population(just over 19.5 million), Most people live in cities along the coast of Australia, and huge areas of the rest of Australia are uninhabited(无人居住的), In some areas, families live a long way away from one another and from towns and cities. Australians call this part of the country" the Outback(内陆)"or" the Bush". Most people who live in the outback work on huge sheep or cattle stations(农场), Some of these properties are as large as 3, 000~5, 000 km² and their nearest neighbours may be 100 km or more away.

    Many children in the outback are too far from town to travel to school. Instead, they attend one of the sixteen Schools of the Air. The schools are located in towns and teachers use high frequency radio to talk to their classes. They also post work to the students who post it back for their teacher to mark. Students also use the Internet, fax and phone to communicate with their teacher and with other students. Sometimes students are sent a video or audiotape to help them with their lessons.

    Tim Benton's brother George is the manager of a large cattle station in the Northern Territory. When they were in primary school, George's children. Rebecca and Oliver, attended the Alice Spring School of the Air. Their mother and father took it in turns to help them with their lessons. After they finished primary school. Rebecca and Oliver went to a high school in Alice Springs. They lived with their Aunt Mary during the school term and returned home during the school holidays. At first, high school was difficult because they weren't used to being in a class with other students. In some subjects, they did not know as much as the children from the town. However, they soon caught up because they had very good study skills, thanks to the School of the Air.