Hobbies

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Hobbies are a great British and American tradition. A hobby is a special interest or activity that you do in your time off.

Some people have animals as hobbies. They keep rabbits or go fishing, they train dogs to do tricks or keep pigeons to race and carry messages.

Some are crazzy about plants. They try to grow cacti or rare tropical flowers in their kitchens and sitting rooms.

Others are mad about their carscar or their motobike. They spend their saturdays and sundays washing them, painting them or but new bits and pieces to make them go even faster.

Children and teenagers are great collectors. They collect stamps, or postcards, or match boxesmatchboxes, or pictures of a favorite footballer or pop star. Many people make things as a hobby.

Some teach themselves at home but a lot of people go to evening classes at their local collage. Just look under letter B in a list of London or New York evening classes, and you'll find ballet, batik, bengali dance, body buliding, bread making, and Byzantine history.

Not everyone goes to evening classes to learn about his or her special interest. These people can read books or just learn on their own.

• trick： 把戏，诀窍，戏法
• pigeons：鸽子
• cacti：仙人掌
• rare：罕见的，稀有的
• tropical：热带的，炎热的
• batik：蜡染

2018.1.4
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