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UNIT 7 Enjoy Your Hobby
第七单元 享受你的爱好
Lesson 53: What's Paul's Hobby?
第53课： 保罗的爱好是什么？
THINK ABOUT IT!Have you ever made scientific models?What are they?How many rockets has Paul built?This rocket is about one metre tall.
这支火箭大约一米高。
I also have a rocket that's 1.8 metres tall!
我还有一支一米八高的火箭。
My name's Paul. Do you know my hobby is?
我叫保罗。 你知道我的爱好是什么吗？
It's model rockets! I have ten rockets.
是火箭模型！ 我有十架火箭模型。
I built one of my rockets myself.
其中有一个是我自己制作的。
It's made of wood and cardboard.
它是由木头和纸板做的。
I glued it together, then I painted it.
我把它粘在一起，然后给它涂色。
What do I do with my rockets?
我用火箭模型做什么呢？
I launch them! I lost one of my rockets two weeks ago.
我发射它们！ 两周前我丢了一架。
It went too high: 499 metres.
它飞了499米，飞得太高了。
I launched it in a field, but it landed in some trees.
我是在田野发射的，但是它却降落在了树上。
My dad and I tried to find it for three days.
我和爸爸找了三天试图来找到它。
I hate to lose a rocket.
我讨厌我丢掉了一架火箭模型。
I've been launching rockets for two years.
我发射火箭模型已经有两年了。
I like my hobby because it's exciting and easy.
我喜欢我的爱好是因为它很令人兴奋，也简单。
Rockets are fun to build and really fun to launch.
制作火箭很有趣，发射也非常好玩。
This year, I joined a rocket club in my city.
今年，我加入了我们市的一个火箭俱乐部。
It has about forty members.
它大约有40个会员。
Some of the members are young like me,
有些会员和我一样小，
but most members are adults.
但是有些会员是成年人。
We meet every month. Sometimes we compete.
我们每月都见面。 有时我们比赛。
If your rocket goes the highest, you win.
如果你的火箭模型飞得最高，你就赢了。
We also give prizes for the best-built rocket.
我们还为制作最好的火箭模型颁奖。
I launch most of my rockets seven to ten times.
我的很多模型发射过七到十次。
Then I either lose or break them.
之后模型或者被我丢了或者被弄坏了。
I keep my broken rockets.
我还保存着我的弄坏了的火箭模型。
I have a collection of them in my bedroom!
我把它们收藏在我的卧室里！
When a rocket launches, it goes up.
当一个火箭被发射后，它升起来。
It goes very fast and very high.
它飞得非常快非常高。
Wouldn't that be fun to watch?
观看那些不是很有趣吗？
LET'S DO IT!Write a short story called "Paul's Lost Rocket."Imagine Paul has launched his rocket, but it hasn't come down.Where did Paul's rocket go?
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