People know the dangers of fires. It's good for a family to learn how to prepare for a fire. Here are some suggestions:

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Smoke from a fire causes the alarm to go off. The alarm makes a loud sound. The sound tells everyone to leave the house at once.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. They should know all the ways out of the house. If there is a fire, everyone follows the plan to get out. Part of the plan is to check all the windows to make sure they can be opened easily.

    Buy fire extinguishers (灭火器) in the house, Everyone in the family should know how to use them.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. They do fire practice because they teach children about fire safety. Everyone in the family should know the following fire rules:

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. The fire can grow more quickly if you open the door. Stay close to the floor! Smoke can be more dangerous than fire. The best air is near the floor because smoke rises.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. First, stop! Don't run! The fire burns faster because of more air. Drop! Fall to the floor. Then roll! Turning over and over will make the fire go out. Put a blanket (毯子) around you to keep air away from the fire that may still be on you.

    A wise family is ready all the time. If there is a fire, don't forget to call 119 for help.

School BBS   About life in England

①They usually go to work by bus, and they work with computers. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

②I have to help Mum wash the dishes after meals. I also have to clean my bedroom. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

③On weekends, many families go to the open market. People sell vegetables, clothes, toys, and anything else out on the street. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

④Most families have a car, a computer, a washing machine, etc. Almost everyone has a mobile phone. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

⑤Most children take a lunch box to school. There are usually things like sandwiches, fruit and a bag of French fries in it. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which said, "I am blind. Please help me."

    There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.

    Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized(认出) his footsteps and asked, "Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way."

    What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it."

    Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

    Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

    The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Man has been polluting the earth. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to an-other place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. Air pollution is still the most serious. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO, is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution. The earth is our home. We must take care of it. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.

    A teenage boy couldn't stand his parents' family rules, so he left home.

    He didn't find a job, and he had to beg (乞讨) for food on the street for a living. Years later his mother died. Though his father was old, he was still looking for his son. Everywhere he went, he put up a big photo of himself on the wall It said, "I still love you, my dearest son. Please come back home!"

    One day, the son saw one of the photos. The face on the photo was just his father's He moved closer and read the words, "I still love you. Tears ran down his face He made up his mind to go back to see his parents.

    It was an early morning when he got home. He knocked on the door. Nobody answered, but the door opened itself He rushed to his father's bedroom. "It's me! Your son is back home!" They held each other happily. "Why is the door unlocked? A thief could get in." The father answered in a soft voice, "The door has never been locked since you left. I'm always waiting for you."

    The door of parents' love for their children will never be closed.