Topic 14
Chinese and American Hobbies
中国人的爱好和美国人的爱好
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.我注意到你在谈论个人爱好时没有说到读书，画画，诗歌或者集邮。你是不是觉得现在的年轻人对这些传统东西不再感兴趣了？我看到很多学生在网吧玩游戏，聊天。
You：人们不应该沉溺于电脑。可对一些人来说已经太晚了，他们已经迷失在虚拟世界里了。
David：I think many students used to read books as a hobby before. Do you think this generation is not reading as many books? 我以前以为很多学生都把读书当作个人爱好。你有没有觉得现在的人不再读那么多书了？
You：你是不是觉得喜爱读书和集邮的人不太爱运动？
David：They are not active hobbies. They are passive. But playing computer game is also sedentary. 那样的爱好就要求人们静下来呀，电脑游戏也属于这种。
You：玩电脑游戏的时候，你的身体是静止的，但你的思维很活跃。
David：Well, what do you know about American hobbies?你了解美国人有什么爱好吗？
You：我知道有棒球，篮球……美国人喜欢旅行。I know about baseball and basketball … Americans like to travel.
David：Yes. There are many hobbies in the United States.是的，在美国人们有很多爱好。
You：我听说美国孩子喜欢滑雪。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. 美国的年轻人中还是有很多人把运动作为一项爱好的。其他的爱好还有读书，看电视和其他一些传统爱好。
分析
人们不应该沉溺于电脑。可对一些人来说已经太晚了，他们已经迷失在虚拟世界里了。常见错误及点评（点击查看）常见错误：They should not addict to it.
not addict：此处addict是动词。Addict也可用作名词，指沉溺于某事的人，例如：
You’re not much of a TV addict, as I remember.我记得你不是怎么太迷电视的。
注意区分单词的词性，如名词，形容词和动词等等。
参考答案：Yes, but people should not get addicted to the computer. For some people it’s too late, they are already lost in cyberspace.
too late：too late通常表达一种特定的含义，表示“事情已经结束，你（或是其他人称）错过了。”例如：
You are too late, the train has already left the station.你来得太晚了，火车都已经走了。
He’ll never catch her now, it’s too late.他再也逮不到他了，太迟了。
cyberspace：cyberspace一词源于cybernetics，是人们想象中存在于电脑屏幕之外的虚拟空间，人们经常在开玩笑时用这个词。
A: I sent Ed an email, but he told me he didn’t receive it. I wonder where it went.
我给爱德华发了封电子邮件，但是他说他没收到，那封信上哪儿去了呢？
B: Well, if Ed didn’t get it, perhaps you sent it to the wrong address.
会不会是你发错地址了？
A: It’s not likely. I just pressed the “return” botton and his address is already in there.
不可能，我用的时“回复”，他的地址是自动出现在电脑上的。
B: Then it must be floating out in cyberspace somewhere. It will be like a note in a bottle floating in the sea.
你的信会不会是在“电脑空间”里漂着呢，就像大海上的漂流瓶一样。
■隐藏■
你是不是觉得喜爱读书和集邮的人不太爱运动？
常见错误及点评（点击查看）常见错误：Do you think reading book or collect stamp is a stationary hobby?
reading book or collect stamp：原文中的单数应改为复数形式——人们不会只读一本书或是收集一张邮票。此外，这里所说的是两个爱好，而不是一个。说话（尤其是涉及动词不同时态）时，始终要有单复数的概念。
stationary：这里不能用stationary来修饰hobby。stationary指书，邮票等物品，如果用其修饰hobby就会引起误解。
参考答案：Do you think reading books or collecting stamps are sedentary hobbies?
■隐藏■
翻译文中划线句子：
你的身体是静止的，但你的思维很活跃。
posted on 2007-06-15 19:22
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