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bandit 強盜

garage 車庫

comic book 漫畫書

pack away 打包

seed  種子

pastime 娛樂

teenager 青少年

play video games 打電動

computer screen 電腦螢幕

hiking 健行

keep fit 保持身材

collect 蒐集v.

collector 蒐集者n.

collection 蒐集n.

painting 圖畫

tiny 小小的

museum 博物館

college 大學

prize 獎項

competition 比賽

watercolor 水彩

oil 油畫

create 創造

retired 退休的adj.

outdoors 戶外

play golf 打高爾夫球

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Context:

People are talking about the hobbies they used to do and the ones they are doing now.

Do you have new hobbies when time passes by?

What are your old and new hobbies?

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Transcripts:

1.

I used to play the piano a lot when I was younger, but I don’t play much anymore. Now I enjoy playing in a band. We call ourselves The Bandits. We’ve been practicing for a few months in my garage, and pretty soon we’re going to start playing at parties. Maybe we’ll become famous! We all have a great time. I like doing things with other people—that’s what I like best about it.

2.

I’ve always collected things, even when I was young. I used to collect everything—comic books, baseball cards, you name it. But they’re all packed away in boxes now. Now my favorite pastime is gardening. I spend all weekend outside with my flowers. I love seeing them change. That’s what I like best about it, I guess. They’re these little seeds at first, and then one day, they’re big, beautiful flowers.

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When I was a teenager, all I did was sit around playing video games. But I can’t stand them anymore. I work in an office now, so I sit in front of a boring computer screen all day. Now I like being outdoors. I belong to a hiking group and we go someplace different every weekend. I keep fit and healthy this way. The best thing is that I can make some really great friends.

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I like collecting things. I collected baseball cards when I was a kid, but I don’t anymore. These days, baseball card collectors are only interested in the money. I wanted to collect things that are really beautiful, so that’s why I started collecting stamps. Some of the stamps I have are really, really beautiful. I think they’re like paintings. What I like best is looking at my collection. It’s like walking through a tiny museum full of wonderful paintings.

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I always loved reading as a kid, so for a long time I wanted to write children’s books. I tried to do it for a few years, after college, but it was really hard to come up with good stories. I guess I’ not very good with words. Now, I’m happy just painting. I’ve won a few prizes, too—in art competitions, for my watercolors and oils. The pictures are important to me, though, not the prizes. What I enjoy most is creating pictures. It makes me so happy

6.

Well, I’m retired now, and I have a lot of free time. I worked for the same company for over thirty years, mostly in the same little office. I worked long hours, and when I came home from work, I was too tired to do anything but read the newspaper. Now it’s different. I spend almost all my free time outdoors playing golf. I guess what I love best is looking at the beautiful blue sky