Chinese and American Hobbies
中國人的愛好和美國人的愛好
David:I noticed that your hobbies do not include book reading, painting, poetry, or collecting stamps. Do you think this generation of China is not so interested in traditional hobbies? I find many students in the Internet cafe playing games or chatting online.我注意到你在談?wù)搨€(gè)人愛好時(shí)沒有說到讀書,畫畫,詩歌或者集郵。你是不是覺得現(xiàn)在的年輕人對(duì)這些傳統(tǒng)東西不再感興趣了?我看到很多學(xué)生在網(wǎng)吧玩游戲,聊天。
You:Yes, but people should not get addicted to the computer. For some people it's too late, they are already lost in cyberspace. 人們不應(yīng)該沉溺于電腦??蓪?duì)一些人來說已經(jīng)太晚了,他們已經(jīng)迷失在虛擬世界里了。
David:I think many students used to read books as a hobby before. Do you think this generation is not reading as many books? 我以前以為很多學(xué)生都把讀書當(dāng)作個(gè)人愛好。你有沒有覺得現(xiàn)在的人不再讀那么多書了?
You:Do you think reading books or collecting stamps are sedentary hobbies? 你是不是覺得喜愛讀書和集郵的人不太愛運(yùn)動(dòng)?
David:They are not active hobbies. They are passive. But playing computer game is also sedentary. 那樣的愛好就要求人們靜下來呀,電腦游戲也屬于這種。
You:玩電腦游戲的時(shí)候,你的身體是靜止的,但你的思維很活躍。
David:Well, what do you know about American hobbies?你了解美國人有什么愛好嗎?
You:我知道有棒球,籃球……美國人喜歡旅行。I know about baseball and basketball … Americans like to travel.
David:Yes. There are many hobbies in the United States.是的,在美國人們有很多愛好。
You:我聽說美國孩子喜歡滑雪。I have heard that American children like to ski.
David:Among the younger people in America, sports are still a very popular hobby. Other popular hobbies include reading books, watching TV, and some other traditional kinds of hobbies. 美國的年輕人中還是有很多人把運(yùn)動(dòng)作為一項(xiàng)愛好的。其他的愛好還有讀書,看電視和其他一些傳統(tǒng)愛好?!?/p>