【推荐1】March 25 is called the National Day of Education on the Safety of Elementary and Middle School Students(NDESEMSS全国中小学生安全教育日). The theme of the day this year is to give students more knowledge about safety and make sure that their lives are safe.

A survey done by the China Youth and Children Research Center showed that school accidents kill more elementary and middle school students than anything else. The main accidents come from stampedes(踩踏), earthquakes, fires and sports injuries(伤害).

What can we do to keep ourselves safe? Staying calm is the first and most important rule when facing accidents. But different incidents have different self-protection advice.

A stampede is possible anywhere. The larger a human crowd gets, the more likely stampedes become. When students around you begin to push, stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner until the crowd leaves. If you fall down in a moving crowd, cover your head with both hands.

Earthquakes are common natural disasters(灾害). When you feel the ground shake, drop down, take cover under a desk and hold on. You should stay indoors until the shaking stops. If you are outdoors, don’t stay near buildings, trees or power lines.

When there’s a fire, follow the teachers’ instructions, leave the classroom quickly and use a piece of wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don’t breathe in smoke.

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Family meals: Easy fish pie      By Caroline Hire        A simple fish pie that’s quick to prepare! Cook a big dish for the whole family within one hour! Just follow me and have a try! Ingredients 1kg potatoes, peeled and halved 25g flour 25g butter 400ml milk    4 spring onions, finely sliced 1 tsp mustard fish pie mix (weight around 320g-400g depending on pack size) Method 1. Preheat the oven to 200Cor180 fan. Put the potatoes in a pan and pour enough water to cover them. Boil the potatoes. When cooked, add milk and some butter. 2. At the same time, put the butter, flour and spring onions in another pan and heat gently until the butter has melted, keep stirring regularly. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Gradually add the milk. Bring to the boil, stirring to avoid any lumps and sticking at the bottom of the pan. Cook for 3 – 4 minutes until it gets thick. 3. Take off the heat and stir in the cheese, fish, mustard, sweet-corn and peas. Spoon them into a plate 4. Spoon the potato on top and add cheese. Pop in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes until golden and bubbling at the edges.

【推荐2】It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy. Because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy mother’s Day. And her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs（丁香）in the garden.

Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said. “I know where we can find all that you want. Get the children and come on.” So they went, driving down the country roads. There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs. The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers. Carefully, she picked a few here and a few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face. When they were passing a nursing home（养老院）, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. She had no children with her. They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny thanked her again and again. She smiled happily, too.

When the young mother came back to her car, her children asked her, “Who is that old granny? Why did you give flowers to her?” “I don’t know her.” Their mother said, “But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children. I have all of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flowers meant to her.”