Lesson 18．About Hobbies 关于业余爱好

Key sentences

287. What do you do in your spare time?

你在业余时间如何消遣？

288. What are your hobbies?

你的个人爱好是什么？

289. I enjoy sports, music, films and books.

我喜欢体育运动、听音乐、看电影、读书。

290. I have many hobbies. I like almost all kinds of sports and I also like to listen to classical music.

我有很多爱好。我喜欢几乎各类运动，也喜欢听古典音乐。

291. What kind of sports do you like?

你喜欢哪种体育活动？

292. What is your favorite sport?

你喜欢的运动项目是什么？

293. I like playing football.

我喜欢踢足球。

294. Football is a very exciting game because it keeps you alert and I also enjoy the team spirit of football.

足球是一项极刺激的运动，它会使你保持灵敏，我也喜欢足球活动中的团队精神。

295. What do you like to read?

你喜欢读什么书？

296. What kinds of the books do you like?

你喜欢读哪类书？

297. I read everything I can get my hands on but I like love stories best.

我拿到什么书看什么书，但最喜欢看言情小说。

398. I enjoy reading biographies.

我喜欢读名人传记。

399. Who are your favorite authors?

你最喜欢哪些作家？

300. Lu Xun and Lu Yao are my favorite authors.

我最喜欢鲁迅和路遥。

301. I like reading Lu Xun.

我喜欢读鲁迅的作品。

302. Are you a smoker?

你抽烟吗？

303. No, I am not.

不，我不抽烟。

304. Do you drink?

你喝酒吗？

305. Yes, but just during social occasions.

喝，但仅仅是为了应酬。

Dialogue A

(I=Interviewer A=Applicant)

I: What do you do in your spare time?

A: I have many hobbies. I like almost all kinds of sports and I also like to listen to classical music.

I: What kinds of sports do you like?

A: I Like playing football. Football is a very exciting game because it keeps you alert and I also enjoy the team spirit of football.

I: What kinds of books do you like?

A: I enjoy reading biographies, especially those of well-known statesmen, militarists, scientists and artists. I can learn a lot from their life histories.

I: Who are your favorite authors?

A: I like the novels of Dickens very much. I've read almost all of them in Chinese translation. I wish I could read them in the original---I hear they're even better then.

I: Are you a music lover?

A: Yes, I like listening to Beethovens works.

I: What kinds of film do you enjoy?

A: I like all kinds as long as they are exciting.

Dialogue B

I: What are your hobbies?

A: I enjoy sports, music, films and books.

I: What is your favorite sport?

A: I like playing basketball. Whenever I am free in the afternoon, I will have basketball matches with my friends.

I: What do you like to read?

A: I read everything I can get my hands on but I like love stories best.

I: Who are your favorite authors?

A: Lu Xun and Lu Yao are my favorite authors. I enjoy reading the novels of them very much.

I: Do you drink?

A: Yes, a little.

I: Are you a smoker?

A: No, I am not.

Notes注释

1. I enjoy reading biographies, especially those of well-known statesmen, militarists, scientists and artists. I can learn a lot from their life histories.

我喜欢读传记，尤其是那些著名政治家、军事家、科学家和艺术家的传记，他们的生平使我受益良多。

2. I like the novels of Dickens very much, I've read almost all of them in Chinese translation.

我很喜欢狄更斯的小说，他小说的中译本我几乎全读过。

3. I wish I could read them in the original---I hear they're even better then.

我希望能读他的原著--听说那会更好。

4. Are you a music lover?

你喜欢音乐吗？

Words and Expressions

spare a．空闲的，空的

hobby n．爱好，嗜好

classical music n．爱好，嗜好

alert a．警觉的，机敏的

biography n．传记，个人经历

militarist n．军事家

original a．原文的，原本的