Pigs Teach Us About Life China and Western countries may have different cultural beliefs（信仰） about animals，but when it comes to pigs，there are almost no different ideas for us and we all have the（1）

same

same

ideas and opinions.We all think that pigs are ugly，lay and silly.
   Let's look at the idioms （習語） and phrases in our languages.In Chinese，people often say "Boiling a dead pig"，and "A pig looking in the mirror is still a pig".And in English，there are also expressions such（2）

as

as

"eating like a pig" and "to teach a pig to play on a flute（笛子）".All these idioms and phrases have nothing to do with admiration（欽佩） or praise.
   However，that is not true.As a matter of（3）

fact

fact

，pigs have some fine qualities （品質(zhì)） especially when the Year of the Pig comes at the Chinese Spring Festival.
   First of all，a research report shows that pigs are not（4）

silly

silly

at all but very clever.They like to play.They can remember things for a long time.And they know the differences（5）

between

between

good people and bad people.
   There are also lovely pig characters in cartoons.Peppa Pig，for example，a TV play has now become（6）

one

one

of the most popular cartoons in 180 countries.The four members in the cartoon's pig family （7）

tell

tell

all the children about love，friendship，and the value of family.
   And another example is McDul（麥兜）.The creator（創(chuàng)作者） of McDull said， "People are paying too much attention to high speed and quick results，but McDull（麥兜） is slow and patient.No matter how difficult the road to success is，he always keeps on（8）

working

working

hard for his dreams even though he keeps failing.He has a heart of gold."