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How often one hears children wishing they were grownups,and old people wishing young again.Each
age has 1.________pleasures and pains,and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age
gives him without wasting his time in 2.________(use) regrets.
Childhood is a time 3.________there are few responsibilities to make life difficult.If a child has good
parents,he is fed,looked 4.________and loved,whatever he may do.It is impossible that he will ever again
in his life be 5.________(give) so much without having to do anything in return.But a child has his pains,he
is not so free to do what he wishes to; he is 6.________(repeat) being told not to do something,or being
punished for what he has done.
When a young man starts to make his own living,he can no longer expect others 7.________pay for
his food,his clothes,and his room,but has to work hard if he wants to live comfortably.If he spends most
of his time 8.________(play) about in the way that he used to as a child,he will go hungry.And if he breaks
the laws of society 9.________he used to break the laws of his parents,he may go to prison.If,however,
he works hard,keeps out of troubles and has good health,he can have the great happiness of building up
10.________himself his own position in society.
