小朋友们在阅读区一个一个取书的英语情景对话 Mary： What do you do in your spare time? 你业余时间干什么? Jim： I enjoy reading alone at home. How about you? 我喜欢一个在家里读书，你呢? Mary： I like swimming very much so I spend much of my spare time in swimming pools. 我特别喜欢游泳，大部分业余时间都泡在游泳池里了。 Jim： Then you must be in good health. 那你的身体肯定特棒。 Mary： Yes. I think if you are free you should take part in some sports. It will do you good. 是的，我想你如果有时间的话应该参加点体育运动，对你有好处。 Nicholas：What are you reading, Linda? Linda：I’m reading a novel The Mill on the Floss, written by the famous novelist, George Eliot。 Nicholas：What’s it about? Linda：It is mainly about the relationship about a brother and a sister, who live in a mill on river Floss. It describes their childhood and a dispute that causes them to separate. The book ends with them happily together again, but they were both killed in the flood。 Nicholas：Is it difficult to understand? Linda：Not really, I would consider it easy。 Nicholas：Besides novels, are there any other types of literary works that you indulge in? Linda：I really like short stories。 Nicholas：Have you read anything else besides literature? Linda：Certainly I have. I like to read books on various subjects, and I read everything I can get my hands on in my spare time. I don’t want to idle away and waste my time。 Nicholas：I agree. People who don’t read are no better off than people who can’t read. I also agree that “Books are like food for the mind。” Todd: Hey, Mark I saw that you're reading a book out there. 嘿，Mark，我看你在那边正在读一本书。 Mark: Yeah, that's right. 对呀。 Todd: So, do you read a lot? 那你读了很多书吗? Mark: Yeah, I read a lot. In fact I don't have a television. 是的，读了很多。事实上是因为我没有电视。 Todd: Ah, you're the man. 啊，你就是这样一个人。 Mark: Seriously, I only read. 说真的，我只能看书。 Todd: Wow, how many books do you get through a week? 哇，那你一周能看多少本书? Mark: A week! Ah, at least one a week, because I work all the time. 一周!啊，一周至少一本，因为我一直都在工作。 Todd: Oh, that's pretty good. 哦，那相当不错了。 Mark: Yeah, but I enjoy reading because television doesn't give you imagination, yeah I preferreading. 是，但我喜欢阅读是因为电视无法满足我想象的欲望，所以说我更喜欢阅读。 Todd: Yeah, I hear you. It rots your mind, I think. Ah, also, what kind of books you like toread? What kind of genres? 恩我明白了。我想阅读可以蚕食你的大脑。那么你喜欢看哪种书呢?哪一类的? Mark: Well, let's see, I've got a lot of nonfiction, a lot of comedy. 恩我想想，我看过很多非小说还有很多的喜剧片。 Todd: Cool, so actually, when you read, like where do you normally read? 太棒了，那你通常会喜欢在什么地方阅读呢? Mark: Where do I normally read? On the trains, actually. I'm always reading on the trains. Iread because I'm always traveling to work. A lot of pleasure. 在什么地方阅读?在火车上吧。我总是在火车上看书。因为我总是坐车去工作，看书会带来乐趣。 And it's funny because I meet people on the trains when I'm reading, they look over at mybook. 而且真的很有意思，因为在我看书的时候，周围的人也会凑过来看。 Todd: That's cool. I love to read on the trains. 那种感觉很棒。我很喜欢在火车上看书。 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/88d15c0d925f804d2b160b4e767f5acfa1c78369.html