五、 Farms And Factories 农场和工厂
811. This area is noted for its rich soil. 这个地区以土壤肥沃著称。
812. The place is too stony for farming. 这地方太多石块，不适合耕种。
813. In the flat country, people grow wheat and raise cattle.
在这平坦的乡间，人们种指小麦，饲养牲畜。
814. He has bought 10 tractors for the village. 他为村里买了10台拖拉机。
815. What\'s the typical farm product in this region? 这个地区典型的农产品是
什么？
816. At this time of the year farmers begin to plow their fields.
每年这个时候，农民们开始犁地。
817. Have you milked the cows? 你已经挤过奶了吗？
818. Pile the hay in the corner. 把干草堆到边上。
819. What\'s the average yearly output of cars in your factory?
你们厂平均年产汽车多少台？
820. The meat packing industry is developing fast. 肉类加工业发展迅速。
821. Car manufacturers are having a bad time. 汽车制造商的日子不好过。
822. State-owned enterprises are getting out of difficulty. 国有企业开始走上
坡路。
823. How many workshops are there in your factory? 你们厂有多少车间？
824. The computer industry is booming. 计算机业繁荣起来。
825. The information industry helps boost the global economy.
信息业推进全球经济发展。
六、 About Hobbies 关于爱好
826. Do you have any hobbies? 你有什么爱好吗？
827. What are you interested in? 你对什么比较感兴趣？
828. What are your interests? 你的爱好是什么？
829. What do you do in your spare time? 空闲时间你干什么？
830. How do you spend your evenings? 夜生活你都是怎么过的？
831. Lots of people like stamp collecting. 许多人喜欢集邮。
832. I am a Michael Jordan fan. 我是迈克尔·乔丹迷。
833. Does his film appeal to you? 你喜欢他的电影吗？
834. Do you go on picnics? 你常去郊游吗？
835. I particularly like English literature. 我对英国文学情有独钟。
836. What\'s so interesting about football? We girls don\'t like it.
足球有什么意思？我们女生不喜欢它。
837. She has a particular interest in painting. 她特别爱好绘画。
838. I often take my mind off my work by reading an interesting novel.
通常我通过阅读小说使我的注意力从工作上转移过来。
839. He plays violin just for enjoyment. 他拉小提琴只是为了自娱自乐。
840. Photography is an expensive hobby. 摄影是门花费很多的爱好。
七、 Recreational Activities 文体活动
841. What\'s your favorite sport? 你最喜欢什么活动？
842. I like football. 我最喜欢足球。
843. What position do you play? 你踢什么位置？
844. I\'m a catcher. 我是个接球员（垒球运动中）。
845. Our team beat their team yesterday. 昨天，我们队打败了他们队。
846. We are sure to defeat them. 我们一定会打败他们。
847. How many years have you been playing pingpong? 你打乒乓球多少年了？
848. My favorite winter sport is skiing. 我最喜欢的动机运动是滑雪。
849. The basketball championship is exciting. 那次篮球冠军赛真激动人心。
850. I was on the track team 10 years ago. 十年前，我在田径队。
851. I prefer fishing to swimming. 比起游泳，我更喜欢钓鱼。
852. She is a member of the ski club. 她是滑雪俱乐部的成员。
853. The hardest thing to learn is to be a good loser. 最难学的一点是做一个
输的起的人。
854. My class went camping last summer. 去年夏天我们班去露营了。
855. He\'s good at lifting weights. 他善于举重。
八、 About Newspapers And Magazines 关于报纸杂志
856. I subscribed to a lot of periodicals last year. 去年我订了许多期刊。
857. Tom reads newspapers in the afternoon. 汤姆下午读报。
858. What kind of newspapers do you read? 你读什么样的报纸？
859. Newspapers and periodicals keep me updated on current affairs.
报纸和期刊让我了解时事。
860. What column do you like best? 你最喜欢哪个栏目？
861. Which do you like better, the news or the editorial? 新闻和评论你最喜欢看哪个？
862. Do you read advertisements too? 你也看广告吗？
863. I recommend to you Time and Newsweek. They are excellent.
我向你推荐《时代》和《新闻周刊》，它们很棒。
864. Fashion is a very popular magazine in America. 《时尚》是美国很流行的杂志。
865. What\'s the circulation of this magazine? 这杂志发行量怎么样？
866. Why don\'t you put an advertisement in the paper to sell that old car?
为什么不在报上登广告卖旧车呢？
867. I once took a part-time job delivering the Evening Post. 我曾干过送晚报
的兼职。
868. Have you read the article about the rescue of the hostage?
你看了关于营救人质的文章了吗？
869. There was much news in the morning paper today. 今天的晨报上有许多新闻。
870. My friend Tom is a reporter for the New York Times. 我朋友汤姆是《纽约时报》的记者。