CollectingStampsIsMyHobby
Everybodyhashishobby,suchassinging,dancing,photo-taking,drawing,readingorguitarplaying.Myhobbyiscollectingstamps.Why?Becausemyfavouritehobbygivesmealotofpleasure,andIcanlearnalotaboutgeographyandhistoryfromstamps.
Ihavealreadycollectedabout800stampssinceIwasinGradeTwo.YesterdaymyunclesentmeabeautifulCanadianstampfromMontreal.Iwastooexcitedtosleeplastnight.
译文：
集邮是我的.爱好。
每人都有自己的爱好，例如：唱歌、跳舞、摄影、绘画、阅读或弹吉他。我的爱好是集邮。为什么？因为我的这个爱好给我许多乐趣，我从中学到许多地理、历史方面的知识。
从我二年级起，我已经收集了约800枚邮票。昨天我叔叔从蒙特利尔给我寄来一张漂亮的加拿大邮票，我兴奋得一夜未能入眠。
词义解析：
1.hobby:爱好
2.guitar:吉他
3.collect:收集
4.stamp:邮票
5.favourite:最喜欢的
6.pleasure:快乐
7.geography:地理
8.history:历史
9.since:自从
10.Canadian:加拿大的
11.Montreal:蒙特利尔
12.excited:兴奋的
FromMondayuntilFridaymostpeoplearebusyworkingorstudying，butintheeveningsandoffweekendstheyarefreetorelaxandenjoythemselves。Somewatchtelevisionorgotothemovies;othersparticipateinsports。Itdependsonindividualinterests。Therearemanydifferentwaystospendoursparetime。
Almosteveryonehassomekindofhobby。ItmaybeanythingfromcollectingstampstoXXXmodelairplanes。Somehobbiesareworthalotofmoney;othersarevaluableonlytotheirowners。
IknowamanWhohasacoincollectionworthseveralthousandyuan。Ashorttimeagoheboughtarareten-yuanpieceworth250yuan。Hewasveryhappyaboutthepurchaseandthoughtthepricewasreasonable，ontheotherhand，mysoncollectsmatchboxes。Hehasalmost600ofthembutIdoubtiftheyarewortfianymoney。However，tomysontheyareextremelyvaluable。Nothingmakeshimhappierthantofindanewmatch-boxforhiscollection。
That＇swhatahobbymeans，iguess。Itissomethingweliketodoinoursparetimesimplyforthefunof。it。Thevalueinmoneyisnotimportant，butthepleasureitgivesusis。
Todaymanycollegestudentshavetheirownhobbies.Forexample,someofthemlikesinging;someofthemenjoyplayingtheguitar;someofthemarekeenonpainting;someofthemarecrazyabouttakingphotos,andsoon.
如今很多的大学生们都有着自己的爱好。比如说，他们有些人喜爱唱歌，有些人喜爱弹吉他，有些人喜爱绘画，有些人则痴迷摄影等等。
Ithinkit’smeaningforcollegestudentstohavehobbies,becausehobbiescanbenefitthemalot.Ononehand,afteralong-timestudy,hobbiescanmakethemfeelrelaxed.Ontheotherhand,whentheyfeeldepressed,hobbiescanbringthemhappiness.Furthermore,hobbiescanmouldtheirtemperamentaswellasshowtheircharacteristics.
我认为大学生拥有自己的爱好很有意义，因为爱好会让他们受益匪浅。一方面，经过一段长时间学习，业余爱好可以让他们得到放松。另一方面，当他们觉得沮丧时，爱好还可以给他们带来欢乐。此外，爱好可以陶冶情操又可以展现他们的风采。
However,somestudentsaresoaddictedtotheirhobbiesthattheyspendlesstimeonstudy.Howfoolishofthemtodoso!Inmyview,ifwefocustoomuchononething,eitherourstudiesorhobbieswillbebadlyaffected.Thus,wearesupposedtobalancetheminaproperway.
然而，有一些学生却荒废他们的学业，沉溺于爱好之中。他们这样做是多么的愚蠢!在我看来，如果我们过于专注于一事，我们的学业或是业余爱好都会受到不好的影响。因此，我们应该找到平衡两者的方法。
Nowadays,after-classactivitiesarebecomingmoreandmorepopularinschools.Wealsohavemanykindsofafter-classactivitiesinourschool,suchasEnglishcorner,playingbasketballandswimming.IaminterestedintheEnglishcorner,becauseitcanhelpmemakesomenewfriendsthere.
Ifyoualsowanttotakepartinafter-classactivities,Ihavesomesuggestions.Youhadbetterchoosetheactivitieswhicharegoodforyou;youhadbetterchoosewhatyoulike.
Dearfriends,pleasetakepartinafter-classactivities.I’msureyouwilllearnalotandyouwillfinditveryinterestingatthesametime.Yourschoollifewillbecolorful.