Michael: Hi, Maria! What are you carrying?
Maria: It’s my stamp collection [1]collection: US: [kəˈlekʃ(ə)n] UK: [kə’lekʃ(ə)n] n. 聚集；募集；（常指同类的）收集物；一批物品. Would you like to see it?
Michael: Wow! What beautiful stamps! [2]What beautiful stamps! 多漂亮的邮票啊！ 这是一个感叹句。 Are they all from China?
Maria: Not all. I collected some of them from Cuba. But now I also have a lot of [3]a lot of: 许多，大量 beautiful stamps from China.
Michael: It must be great fun.
Maria: It certainly is. We can learn a lot about history and people from stamps [4]learn (a lot) about A from B: 从B那里学到（很多）关于A（的事情）. What hobbies did you use to [5]used to do sth.: 过去常做某事 | 一般疑问句前面加助动词did，used变成原形use；否定句形式为 didn’t use to have?
Michael: I used to collect baseball cards. But now I’m interested in basketball.
(Here comes Kangkang. [6]倒装句)
Kangkang: Hi, Maria! Hi, Michael! What are you looking at?
Michael: Hi, Kangkang! We are looking at Maria’s stamp collection. Where are you going?
Kangkang: I’m going swimming. It’s my favorite hobby.
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A: I used to enjoy pop music, but now I don’t like it. I love playing sports.
B: I didn’t use to go shopping, but now I like it.
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