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First, look at the title of the passage. Answer "yes" or "no".
首先，看文章的標題。回答“是”或者“不是”。
Find out how many in your group agree with you.
找出你們小組有多少人同意你的看法。
Then read the passage. Does your answer change?
然后讀文章。你改變你的答案了嗎？
Should I Be Allowed to Make My Own Decisions?
能允許我自己做決定嗎？
Many teenagers have hobbies.
許多青少年有愛好。
But sometimes these can get in the way of their schoolwork,
但是有時這些愛好能妨礙學校作業，
and parents might worry about their success at school.
而且父母可能為他們的孩子在學校的出色與否擔憂。
Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want.
青少年時常認為他們應該被允許盡可能多的練習他們的愛好。
Do you agree?
你贊同嗎？
Liu Yu, a fifteen-year-old boy from Shandong, is a running star.
劉宇，來自山東的 15 歲跑步明星，
He is on his school team and has always wanted to be a professional runner when he grows up.
他是學校賽跑隊中的一員，而且總是想要當一位專業的運動員。
However, his parents won't allow him to train so much.
然而，他的父母卻不同意讓他訓練那么多。
"Of course we want to see him achieve his dreams," says Mr. Liu.
劉先生說：當然我們希望他能實現自己的夢想。
"And we know how much he loves running.
我們也知道他有多么熱愛跑步。
My wife and I have supported every one of his races.
而且我和我太太觀看了他每一次的比賽。
We have nothing against running!
我們絲毫沒有反對他賽跑。
But we think our son needs to think about other possible jobs.
但是我們認為我們的兒子需要考慮其他可能的工作。
He's getting older now,
他現在長大了，
so he needs to think about what will happen if he doesn't end up as a professional runner."
所以他需要考慮如果最后他成為不了一個專業運動員怎么辦？
Liu Yu doesn't really agree.
劉宇并不這么認為。
"Well, I think I should be allowed to decide for myself," he says.
他說：我認為我應該被允許自己做決定，
"My parents have always taught me how important it is to work hard at school and enter university.
我父母總是教導我在學校和進入大學努力學習的重要性。
I understand this, but I'm serious about running.
我理解他們，但是我很認真地對待賽跑。
It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do."
這是我唯一想要做的事情。”
His parents believe that Liu Yu should study hard in the evenings so they don't allow him to practice running at night.
劉先生夫婦認為劉宇晚上應該努力學習，所以他們不允許他晚上練習賽跑。
"Maybe he thinks it's too strict or unfair," says Mrs. Liu.
劉太太說：“或許他認為這對他太嚴格或不公平
"But we think we're doing the right thing.
但是我們認為我們在做正確的事。
He needs to spend more time on his homework because it is difficult to become a professional sports star."
他需要花費更多的時間做他的家庭作業，因為成為一名專業的運動明星太難了。”
But Liu Yu still disagrees.
但是劉宇仍然不同意。
"I know my parents care about me.
“我知道我的父母關系我。
They always talk about what will happen if I don't succeed.
他們總是談論如果我沒有成功會發生什么事情。
But I will! I'm a quick runner!
但是我會成功的！我擅長快跑！
I think I should be allowed to make this choice myself.
我認為我應該被允許自己做決定。
Only then will I have a chance to achieve my dream."
只有這樣我才有機會實現自己的夢想。
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