哥伦布英语 第 70 课：Hobbies 业余爱好

My hobby is collecting stamps. 我的爱好是集邮。

When I began, I tried to collect the stamps of all the countries, 开始时，我设法收集所有国家的邮票，

but now I collect only Greek and Indian ones because I have friends in Greece and I live in India. 但是现在我只收集希腊和印度的，因为我有朋友在希腊，而我生活在印度。

Some of my stamps are very pretty, and they are all interesting. 我的一些邮票非常漂亮，而且都很有趣。

When you look at stamps carefully, they teach you a lot about the history of other countries. 当你仔细看邮票时，它们会教你很多其他国家的历史。

My brother's hobby is watching trains. He goes to our station and watches them there. 我兄弟的爱好是看火车。他去我们的车站，在那里看火车。

When an engine goes through the station he writes down its name and number. 当一辆车进站时，他写下车名和车号。

He likes train watching very much, but I don't. I went to the station with him one day, but it wasn't interesting. 他非常喜欢看火车，但我不喜欢。一天，我和他一起去车站，但那一点都不有趣。

My sister's hobby is sewing. She hasn't got a sewing machine, but she sews with our mother's. Sometimes she sews by hand too.我姐姐的爱好是缝纫。她没有缝纫机，但她用妈妈的。有时她也用手缝。

She makes most of her clothes, and when I tear my shirt or my trousers, I take them to her and she mends them. 她大多数的衣服是她自己做的，当我扯破衬衣或裤子时，我就把它们拿给她补。