Many teenagers feel lonely. You are not alone. In fact, it is very     1     for teenagers to feel lonely. This feeling is considered as growing pains — the difficulties that teenagers face while growing up.

As teenagers     2    , it becomes harder for them to deal with the changes both inside and outside. They experience great physical (身体的) changes. They grow     3     and their voices get deeper, among many other developments.

Along with these outside changes, there come many     4     changes. Many boys always want to take risks, but may not have the ability to make right     5    . When girls try to deal with their strong feelings, they often     6     someone to talk to.

In the social world, as teenagers get older, they try to depend     7     themselves. They may also need love badly at the same time. This will     8     trouble. They often question     9     they are and what they should do.

The good     10     is that these kinds of growing pains do not last long. In the end, everything will be OK — the teenager becomes a healthy adult. This period helps teenagers to become better.

When naming a child, the culture is not the same in different places.

In many European countries, children are named after the names of relatives within their families. For example, in Italy, children are     1    named after their grandparents. Naturally, the parents     2    use the father’s family names, then they will use the mother’s family names,     3    in big family.

In China, some names are connected with the     4    of the date and the time of the children. It is thought that a name can     5    a child. If a boy is given the first name “坤”, maybe, he is short of earth according to his birth. The Chinese character “坤” is made up of two parts. The     6    part means earth in English. Parents believe that the boy with a name of earth will not be short of earth any longer in his life.

In an African country called Ghana’s Akan, the time when they were born     7    his or her name. But there are some     8    between boys and girls. For example, a boy born on Friday is named Kofi,     9    a girl born on the same day is named Afua.

No matter where the name comes from, a name is the first gift to a child in life. For that reason, all names are     10    .