但是越来越多的儿童教育者和研究者提出的一个问题或许会让很多父母吃惊：小孩真的拥有一个真正的朋友吗？

But increasingly, some educators and other professionals who work with children are asking a question that might surprise their parents: Should a child really have a best friend?

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研究称，在欧洲地区，几乎只有英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士的儿童于五岁开始接受义务教育，在北爱尔兰则为四岁。

The study says England, Scotland and Wales stand almost alone in Europe in having a compulsory starting age of five. In Northern Ireland, it is four.

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此项研究，由联邦教育部资助，跟踪调查了佛罗里达17所低收入学校的1300多位儿童的阅读习惯和训练库。

The study, financed by the federal Department of Education, tracked the reading habits and test stores of more than 1,300 Florida children from 17 low-income schools.

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