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　　In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc．in almost every family．These are their pets．People love these pets and have them as their good friends．Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射)so that they won’t carry disease．They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store．Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food．When you visit people’s houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them．You will also find that almost every family has a feeding place for birds in their garden．All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal．They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada．They have a law against killing wild animals．If you killed an animal, you would be punished．If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it．

　　People in Canada have many reasons to like animals．One of them might be that their family ties are not as close as ours．When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life．Then the old will feel lonely, but pets can solve this problem．They can be good friends and never leave them alone．

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In traditional(传统的)education, the teacher may feel that the students are not very grown up．Usually, teachers are older than students, and teachers feel that students are young and do not know much about the world．The teachers feel that they must tell the students what to do most of the time, and that they must also make the students study specific(特定的)things．In open education, the teacher’s methods are very different．These teachers feel that the students are human beings first, and students second．They expect the students to be responsible for the things that they do, just as adults(成年人)are．A student’s ideas and feelings are just as important as the teacher’s．The teacher allows the students to decide what they want to do, and does not make them study what they do not want to．The teacher lets them decide what to study and how much to study．It’s very important for the teacher to show how he or she feels about the students．

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　　From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax(放松)and enjoy themselves．Some watch TV or go to the movies; others take part in sports．It depends on individual interests．There are many different ways to spend our spare time．

　　Almost everyone has some kinds of hobbies．It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes．Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don’t cost anything at all．Some collections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners．

　　I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars．A short time ago he bought a rare(稀有的)fifty-cent piece worth ＄250!He was very happy about his buying and thought the price was reasonable(合理的)．On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes．He has almost 600 of them but I doubt(怀疑)if they are worth any money．However, to my brother they are very valuable．Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection．

　　That’s what a hobby means, I guess．It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun of it．The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is．

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　　Japanese students work very hard but many are very unhappy．They feel great pressure from their parents to do well in school and in college．Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have successful future．Although this may be good advice for those students who are very bright, it can have very bad results for many students who are not very bright enough at learning．Unfortunately, a number of students actually kill themselves．Others are after comfort in using drugs．Some students, however, do bad things with groups of bad people and turn to crime．Many of them have tried very hard at school nut, in spite of their tries, have failed in certain examinations and have disappointed their parents．Such students feel that they are less important than everyone else they meet and leave school before they have finished their study．

　　It is surprising that although most Japanese parents are anxious for their children to do well at school, they don’t help them in any way．Many parents feel that they are unable to help their children with their lessons and that it is their teachers’ job to help their children．

　　To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to special schools called juku－cram schools．These schools are open during the evening and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams．They don’t try to educate students in any real sense of the world．It thus comes as a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior high school population attend these cram schools．

　　Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the length of students’ hair to their clothes and things in their school bags．Child psychologists(心理学家)now think that such strict rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society．They regard the rules as being harmful to the development of each student．They believe that no sense of moral values is developed and that such students are not given guidance nor training in becoming good citizens．

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