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    Do you have any hobbies? If students don't have any interest e{#blank#}1{#/blank#} school work, they may become boring people. And that can influence their studies.

    Studying without relaxing isn't good for health. We can't get good g{#blank#}2{#/blank#} if we have bad health. We should do something we like. Some people like singing, taking photos and drawing p{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Other people prefer collecting stamps, reading or shopping. I have a few hobbies, but my f{#blank#}4{#/blank#} is collecting stamps. I like it best because I can learn a lot from stamps.

    Some people collect stamps because they can m{#blank#}5{#/blank#} money from the stamps. But I am just i{#blank#}6{#/blank#} in collecting them and enjoy looking at them when I am free.

    Stamp collecting is becoming more and more p{#blank#}7{#/blank#} all over the world. I know an Australian boy and a French girl through the Internet. They both like collecting stamps. We show stamps to each other o{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. That is cool.