UNIT 7 Enjoy Your Hobby
第七單元 享受你的愛(ài)好
Lesson 53: What's Paul's Hobby?
第53課： 保羅的愛(ài)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.
這支火箭大約一米高。
I also have a rocket that's 1.8 metres tall!
我還有一支一米八高的火箭。
My name's Paul. Do you know my hobby is?
我叫保羅。 你知道我的愛(ài)好是什么嗎？
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.
其中有一個(gè)是我自己制作的。
It's made of wood and cardboard.
它是由木頭和紙板做的。
I glued it together, then I painted it.
我把它粘在一起，然后給它涂色。
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.
我發(fā)射它們！ 兩周前我丟了一架。
It went too high: 499 metres.
它飛了499米，飛得太高了。
I launched it in a field, but it landed in some trees.
我是在田野發(fā)射的，但是它卻降落在了樹(shù)上。
My dad and I tried to find it for three days.
我和爸爸找了三天試圖來(lái)找到它。
I hate to lose a rocket.
我討厭我丟掉了一架火箭模型。
I've been launching rockets for two years.
我發(fā)射火箭模型已經(jīng)有兩年了。
I like my hobby because it's exciting and easy.
我喜歡我的愛(ài)好是因?yàn)樗芰钊伺d奮，也簡(jiǎn)單。
Rockets are fun to build and really fun to launch.
制作火箭很有趣，發(fā)射也非常好玩。
This year, I joined a rocket club in my city.
今年，我加入了我們市的一個(gè)火箭俱樂(lè)部。
It has about forty members.
它大約有40個(gè)會(huì)員。
Some of the members are young like me,
有些會(huì)員和我一樣小，
but most members are adults.
但是有些會(huì)員是成年人。
We meet every month. Sometimes we compete.
我們每月都見(jiàn)面。 有時(shí)我們比賽。
If your rocket goes the highest, you win.
如果你的火箭模型飛得最高，你就贏了。
We also give prizes for the best-built rocket.
我們還為制作最好的火箭模型頒獎(jiǎng)。
I launch most of my rockets seven to ten times.
我的很多模型發(fā)射過(guò)七到十次。
Then I either lose or break them.
之后模型或者被我丟了或者被弄壞了。
I keep my broken rockets.
我還保存著我的弄壞了的火箭模型。
I have a collection of them in my bedroom!
我把它們收藏在我的臥室里！
When a rocket launches, it goes up.
當(dāng)一個(gè)火箭被發(fā)射后，它升起來(lái)。
It goes very fast and very high.
它飛得非常快非常高。
Wouldn't that be fun to watch?
觀看那些不是很有趣嗎？
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?