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　　Many students in China are learning English．Some of these students are small children　Others are teenagers(青少年)．Many are adults(成年人)．Some learn at school, others study by themselves．A few learn English language over the radio, on television or in films．One must work hard to learn another language．

　　Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question．Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects．They study their own(自己的)language, Maths and English．Some people learn English because it is useful(有用的)for their work．Many people often learn English for their further studies, because at college or university(大学)some of their books are in English．Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines in English

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　　Many students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables in their gardens, and looking after animals．some hobbies are relaxing and 　　1　　 are creative．Hobbies can develop your interests and help you learn new skills．

　　David Smith is a student, and his hobby is writing．　　2　　 the summer of 2000, he spent four weeks on a summer camp．As well as the usual activities, such as sailing, climbing and mountain biking, there was a writing workshop with a professional 　　3　　 “She asked us to imagine that we were in a story．Then we wrote about our 　　4　　 at the camp．

　　In senior high school David wrote a story about teenage life, and it 　　5　　 as a book in 2003．Many teenagers love his book, and as a result, David has become a 　　6　　 young writer．

　　David has been very lucky 　　7　　 his hobby has brought him enjoyment and success, but he is 　　8　　 interested in many other things．“I like playing volleyball, too,” says David．“I spend some of my free time playing volleyball for my school team．　　9　　 I’ll write more books in the future, but I’m not sure．”

　　It’s sometimes difficult 　　10　　 that we shouldn’t spend all our time on our favorite hobby．There are many other interesting things to do in life, and we should try to do something new or different．