You’ve been learning words since you were a tiny baby. At first, you learned them only by hearing other people talk. Now that you’re a reader, you have another way to learn words. What should you do when you come to a word and you think you don’t know what it means? 【小题1】

●Say it.

First, sound it out. Then say it to yourself. It might sound like a word you know. 【小题2】 But you don’t know what it looks like in print. So if you match up what you know and what you read—you have the word!

●Use context(上下文).

【小题3】 Look at the context—the other words and sentences around it. Read this sentence: When it rained, the dog looked for shelter in the doorway. If the word “shelter” doesn’t look familiar, look at the words around it. “Rain” and “in the doorway” might give you helpful information.

●【小题4】

If the context doesn’t help, look at the parts of the word. Does it have any parts you know? These can help you understand what it means.

●Look it up.

If the three steps above don’t work, you can look it up. 【小题5】 Nobody knows the meaning of every word, but good readers know how to understand words they don’t know.

To fight against COVID-19, many families have prepared 75% alcohol to kill the virus (酒精消毒). 75% alcohol is dangerous. Everyone should use and store alcohol correctly.

Keep the room ventilated and power off.

When using alcohol, you need to keep the windows open and stay away from heat source and open fire. If you need to clean the electrical objects, turn them off and wipe them after they're cool.

Wipe but not spray (喷）

When you use alcohol to kill the virus at home, use a piece of clean cloth with alcohol to wipe the door, the table and other things. If you spray alcohol, a bad explosion (爆炸) may happen when there a fire source.

Avoid using and storing too much alcohol.

It isn't the more, the better when using alcohol. Making the cloth wet is enough. Remember not to store too much alcohol at home. Storing alcohol in small and sealed (密封的) bottles and protecting it from light and heat are also necessary.

It's better to hide.

Find a safe place to store alcohol. Don't put it close to something hot and electrical objects. Don't put it on a tea table or other easy-to-reach places for little kids in case it is drunk by them. For older children, parents can explain the use of alcohol to them and teach them not to play with it.