In recent years, more and more farmers in China have moved to cities to work. Many of them leave behind their children in villages. These children are called left- behind ones. In China, there are more than 60 million left-behind children. It is about a third of the children in the countryside and almost a quarter of the whole country's children. 40% of them are under age 5.

Left-behind children often face more problems than others. Safety is a big problem. Their personal safety is poor. Many children are too young to look after themselves. It is even sadder that some left- behind children die from drowning(溺水) or traffic accidents.

Another problem is about psychological(心理的) health. Left- behind children are hungry for love. A report says that more than 16% of them think parents don't love them and over 80% feel insecure. They are usually oversensitive (过度敏感的), and don't get along with others.

Their education is also serious. According to a survey, about 20% of the left-behind children think they are not as good as others. Many are not interested in studying at school. They often don't do the homework and go to school late. Some children

even take part in criminal(犯罪的)activities.

To make left-behind children live a. happy and healthy life, our government as well as many, people has done a lot. Every one of us should give a hand to them.

My First Experience of Being Home Alone

As teenagers, we all had an experience of being home alone. But life isn't always as  as we think. Here I'd like to my first experience of being home alone.

When I was 12, my parents went to another town to look after my sick grandfather. I had to be home all by for 24 hours. At first, I was a little .

But soon I forgot about it because I threw myself into an interesting book. I the whole morning reading it. At noon, I took the food out of the fridge and heated it. Mum had cooked a lot of food she left. In order to prove that I could myself, I washed my clothes in the afternoon. In the evening, I finished my homework. At night, after watching a movie on TV, I went to bed at 10: 30.

Being home alone was not as difficult as I thought. I felt of myself. My first experience of being home alone has made a big difference to me. I have become more and more confident and independent.