A new hobby for a new year新年培养新爱好

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A new hobby for a new year新年培养新爱好

  从古老的洞穴绘画到现代的舞蹈、编织,再到邮票收藏,兴趣爱好一直是人类生活的一部分。有些喜欢做手工的人从自己的兴趣爱好中找到了商机,把爱好变成了生意。还有人喜欢通过扔斧头之类的休闲运动来解压。在新的一年里,你打算培养什么新的兴趣爱好?
  词汇:hobbies爱好
  It's the end of one year and the start of another. You've probably been considering New Year's resolutions and you may have decided1 to take up something new for the year ahead. Perhaps, like Debbie Gustig, you could start ballet classes. At the age of 53, Debbie stepped into the dance studio, where, for a while, it feels like 'the outside world is on pause'.
  Hobbies are a way for us to keep busy and take our minds off the realities of work and life. People crave2 time to pursue interests that are valuable and satisfying. Humans have indulged in pastimes since the beginning of time, from drawing on cave walls to playing video games. Some hobbies involve collecting things. That means acquiring, possibly cataloguing, and then displaying or storing something precious, whether that be stamps, antiques or comic books.
  Linda de Ruiter turned her hobby into a job. She is a yarn3 maker4 and now the owner of a small business. After helping5 out a friend with a stand at a craft market, she realised she wanted a stand for herself. She told the BBC she always thought yarn making would just be 'a glorified6 hobby' for her, but she's glad to have been proven wrong and says she is "having a ball".
  People often pursue hobbies as a way of de-stressing. In Canada, axe7 throwing is on the rise. In fact, there is even an axe-throwing league with branches across the country and more than 1,500 members. League founder8 Matt Wilson told the BBC that it's "a zen sort of experience because it's really not about power, but there is definitely something cathartic9 about the activity".
  So, ballet, collecting stamps, yarn making, axe throwing? What will you pursue in the new year?
  词汇表
  resolution 决心
  take up 开始(工作,活动)
  ballet 芭蕾舞
  take someone's mind off 转移某人的注意力,让某人暂时忘记忧虑之事pursue 追求
  indulge in 沉溺于
  pastime 休闲娱乐,消遣
  collect 收集,收藏
  acquire 购得,获取
  catalogue 记录,分类
  display 展示,陈列
  store 储存,储藏
  yarn maker 纺纱人
  stand (零售)摊位
  a glorified hobby 一个被美化的爱好,一个听起来比实际上更有意思的爱好have a ball 极为享受,非常尽兴
  de-stress 解压
  axe throwing (休闲运动)扔斧头
  zen 令人放松的
  cathartic 宣泄情绪的
 

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1 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 crave fowzI     
vt.渴望得到,迫切需要,恳求,请求
参考例句:
  • Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
  • You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。
3 yarn LMpzM     
n.纱,纱线,纺线;奇闻漫谈,旅行轶事
参考例句:
  • I stopped to have a yarn with him.我停下来跟他聊天。
  • The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
4 maker DALxN     
n.制造者,制造商
参考例句:
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
5 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
6 glorified 74d607c2a7eb7a7ef55bda91627eda5a     
美其名的,变荣耀的
参考例句:
  • The restaurant was no more than a glorified fast-food cafe. 这地方美其名曰餐馆,其实只不过是个快餐店而已。
  • The author glorified the life of the peasants. 那个作者赞美了农民的生活。
7 axe 2oVyI     
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减
参考例句:
  • Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利,你要当心。
  • The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。
8 Founder wigxF     
n.创始者,缔造者
参考例句:
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
9 cathartic sOmzt     
adj.宣泄情绪的;n.泻剂
参考例句:
  • His laughter was cathartic,an animal yelp that brought tears to his eyes.他哈哈大笑以宣泄情绪,声音如野兽般尖厉,眼泪都笑出来了。
  • The drug had a cathartic effect.这药有导泻的作用。

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