Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.

    Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1, 646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2, 159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.

    Why do people work so many hours？Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.

    Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull(迟钝的) boy. "If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.

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When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things was a shoebox. I filled it up with pieces of paper, envelopes and posters that I had collected. I called the box my "Post Office". 1 I was free, I would take it out and pour my "letters" on the floor. I grouped the "letters" and then put them back into the box. 

This led me to 2 a new hobby — writing letters to children I had never met. It was 3 to send my written pages to people far away. And I loved this feeling. My best penfriends were Svetlana in Belarus and Alastair in central England. 

I first 4 spoke out my dream of being a songwriter to Alastair. Actually, I had never written a single song and I had no idea how to do so. But I decided to realize this dream— well, I should never let my best friends 5 . I started to discover my favorite 6 and thought about how I should write a song. 

As I grew older, I had more people to write to, for example, kids I had met on school trips. The freedom I found to 7 myself in letters is one of my greatest memories of childhood. 

On my journey into adulthood, my love for writing letters never left me. As I now create music, I always remember my childhood 8 . Releasing（发行） new songs is similar to sending out handwritten letters. My "Post Office" is where I got started.

My name is Gina. I'm 14. Today is Friday. I'm busy.

I go to school at 7:20 in the morning. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (one) class is maths and it is at 7:40. Maths is difficult, but it's very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (use). Then I have English at 8:30. Our English teacher is Mrs Wang. She's about thirty {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (year) old. Next I have history at 9:30. I don't like history. It's hard for me to listen {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (careful). Then at 10:20 I have music. It's {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (I) favourite subject. I have lunch at school.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} lunch，I always eat rice and chicken. In the afternoon, I have PE and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} geography test. I like geography {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it's interesting. After school, I usually go {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (play) basketball with my friends Tony and Lucy. 

Next day is Saturday, so I needn't go to school. I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (watch) a movie with my parents.