It was a Sunday afternoon. My younger brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my younger brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding 一 Dong! My younger brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the1quickly.

    A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell

books and he2politely, "Are your parents at home?"

    Without thinking, my younger brother said, "No." Then the man asked, "Would you like to3some books?" I told him we didn't want to buy any books. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed (推) the door very heavily and came into our house. He took out a4and ordered me to tie (绑) up my younger brother's hands with a rope (绳子). I tied up his hands in a special way so that my younger brother could untie5easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked6of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to7money. I taught my younger brother to untie the rope on his hands. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,8the line was dead. The doors were all locked. It was lucky that the man9to lock the kitchen window. So we got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the10pay phone to call the police.

    Soon the police came to our house and the police11the man later. By that time, my parents had come home, We told them the whole story. My parents were happy that we were not hurt. They told us that we shouldn't12the door to strangers. We learnt a lesson on safety.

    Tim was a little boy of nine years old. He was busy last Saturday morning, because he went to the park with his friends to paint.

    He returned home at about half past twelve, but nobody was in. He found that there was a note on the table. It read:

    Tim,

    We've gone to your grandparents'. Please cook lunch for yourself. If you are free this afternoon, you may come to join us.

    Love,

    Father &. Mother

    Tim didn't want to follow his parents everywhere. He felt so good that he could be a real big boy and look after himself.

    Thinking there was nothing important out there, he cooked some noodles for himself and also helped himself to some apple juice.

    Then he started to do some housework. He was really a good helper to his mother. When his mother was away, he would always find some housework to do, like sweeping the floor and washing the dishes. He felt it quite right for him to do some housework at weekends.

    In the late afternoon, his parents came back. He asked them what happened.

    "Why? You forget? It's Grandmother's birthday today."

    "Uh,gee! I simply forgot! I must telephone Grandmother."

    He picked up the phone.

    "I'm terribly sorry, Grandma, that I forgot about your birthday. Anyway, anyone will forget one thing or another. So I won't get worried if you forget my birthday next Tuesday."

一 ___________________, and it's world-famous for Mount Tai.

, he had tried his best.

    Young children don't have the skills or knowledge to stay safe in heavy traffic. The following tips will be 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 lights when you cross the road together with them. This helps them understand when it's safe to cross. Make sure that you walk 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 an adult present at rush hours.

    The most important thing you can do is 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 to keep themselves away from danger,