Hobbies
兴趣爱好
A lot of people have hobbies.
很多人都有爱好。
Hobbies are interesting things that people like to do in their spare time.
业余爱好是人们在业余时间喜欢做得有趣的事情。
My father has a hobby.
我父亲有一个爱好。
He has a model railroad set that he put together.
他有一个模型铁路设置，他把它们放在一起。
A tiny electric train runs through make-believe villages and travels through tunnels and over mountains.
一列小型电动火车穿过虚构的村庄，穿过隧道和高山。
My father also enjoys sailing.
我父亲也喜欢航海。
He has a real sailboat that he takes us out on.
他有一艘真正的帆船，他带我们出去游玩。
He is teaching me how to sail.
他教我如何航海。
I like to collect things.
我喜欢收集东西。
I collect comic books, stamps and coins.
我收集漫画书、邮票和硬币。
I trade comic books with some of my friends, and sometimes I buy comic books at stores.
我和一些朋友交换漫画书，有时我在商店买漫画书。
Some of the very old comic books are worth a lot of money.
一些非常古老的漫画书很值钱。
I have stamps from all over the world.
我有来自世界各地的邮票。
Whenever any of my friends get a letter from a faraway place, they save the stamps for me.
每当我的朋友收到一封来自远方的信，他们都会把邮票留给我。
I have stamps from England, Japan, Australia and even Russia.
我有英国、日本、澳大利亚甚至俄罗斯的邮票。
I use a magnifying glass to look at the stamps, and I keep them in a special album.
我用放大镜看邮票，并把它们放在一本特别的相册里。
I don’t have too many coins yet, but I have a very old dime from Canada, and I have a coin with a hole in it from Africa.
我还没有太多的硬币，但我有一枚来自加拿大的很旧的一角硬币，还有一枚非洲的有洞的硬币。
My mother used to collect dolls when she was a little girl.
我妈妈小时候经常收集洋娃娃。
The dolls wore costumes from different countries.
娃娃们穿着来自不同国家的服装。
My friend John’s hobby is painting.
我朋友约翰的爱好是绘画。
He does oil painting.
他画油画。
He has even sold some of his paintings.
他甚至卖掉了一些画。
He is a good artist.
他是个好艺术家。
My friend Linda sews.
我的朋友琳达会缝纫。
She has made clothes for herself and some of her friends.
她为自己和一些朋友做了衣服。
Maybe Linda will be a fashion designer when she gets older.
也许琳达长大后会成为一名时装设计师。
Sometimes people’s hobbies lead them into their careers.
有时候人们的爱好会引导他们进入职业生涯。
