【英语口语练习册】娱乐活动

阮和玛丽在讨论他们喜欢的娱乐活动，他们在空闲时间都喜欢做什么呢

 Ron: Hi, I'm Ron from Hawaii. I'm here with Mari from Japan. Today we're going to be talking about entertainment, and how often we do these things. So Mari, how often do you watch TV?

 

Mari: I watch the news in the morning and when I come home at night I sometimes watch TV.

 

Ron: Do you have a favorite TV show?

 

Mari: I don't have a favorite TV show.

 

Ron: OK. How often do you go to the movies?

 

Mari: I really like going to the movies. I think I go maybe once a month or maybe once every two months.

 

Ron: And other than that do you rent movies?

 

Mari: No, I don't rent movies but sometimes I download movies. I like to watch comedies - romantic¹ comedies - and a little bit of drama².

 

Ron: What is your favorite movie you've watch recently?

 

Mari: My favorite movie... I don't know if it was my favorite movie, but a movie that I watched recently is called "27 Dresses". It is about a girl, or a woman, who is a bridesmaid twenty-seven times.

 

Ron: And that's a romantic comedy?

 

Mari: It is.

 

Ron: Interesting. What about reading? Do you like to read books?

 

Mari: I do like to read books. Right now, I'm really busy with work so I don't have a lot of time to read but when I'm on vacation or whenever I have free time, I like to read books.

 

Ron: What kind of books?

 

Mari: I like to read non-fiction³ usually. Biographies⁴ of people, and I also like to read about like teaching⁵ practices so that I can become a better teacher and a little bit of fiction.

 

Ron: And what about concerts? Do you enjoy going to concerts?

 

Mari: I don't go to music concerts. I don't think I've ever been to one actually but I like to go see musicals and I also like to go to sporting events.

 

Ron: Nice talking with you Mari.

1 romantic   

adj.浪漫的，风流的，传奇性的，夸大的，想象的，浪漫派的

参考例句：

• She thinks it will be romantic to be an actress.她认为当个女演员会很浪漫。
• Her husband is very romantic.她丈夫非常浪漫。

2 drama   

n.戏剧；戏剧艺术

参考例句：

• He acted his part very well in the French drama.他在这出法国戏剧中演得很成功。
• The college published a drama review.学院出版了一份戏剧评论刊物。

3 non-fiction   

n.(纪实性的)散文文学

参考例句：

• I prefer non-fiction to fiction.我喜欢散文类的作品，不喜欢小说类的。
• Another difference in the old readers is their greater use of serious non-fiction.老读本的另一不同之处是更多地使用了严肃的非故事性文章。

4 biographies   

n.传记( biography的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There are plenty of biographies for him to browse over. 有大量传记供他浏览。 来自辞典例句
• He likes to read biographies of great men to promote himself. 他喜欢读伟人传记来提高自己。 来自互联网

5 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。