Grade 9 Unit 1 Topic 1 Section D

Changing Leisure Activities

Leisure ^[1]leisure: US: [ˈleʒər]  UK: [ˈleʒə(r)]   n. 休闲；闲暇；空闲  adj. 闲暇的 activities are the kinds of things people like to do to relax and enjoy themselves ^[2]enjoy oneself: 玩得开心；过得愉快 when they are not working or going to school. Leisure activities play an important part in ^[3]play an important part in: 在…方面起重要作用 people’s lives. In the past ^[4]in the past: 在过去, there were few leisure activities. Children often got together to play hide^[5]hide: US: [haɪd]   UK: [haɪd]   v. 藏；掩盖；躲避；遮住-and-seek^[6]hide-and-seek:捉迷藏游戏. People met to play cards ^[7]play cards:打纸牌 or chess ^[8]chess: US: [tʃes]  UK: [tʃes]  n. 【体】国际象棋； in the street. Few people had chances to travel. Watching operas and listening to the radio ^[9]radio: US: [ˈreɪdioʊ] UK: [ˈreɪdiəʊ]  n. 无线电广播；无线电广播节目；收音机；无线电传送 were the main activities in their spare ^[10]spare: US: [sper]  UK: [speə(r)]  v. 抽出；匀出；饶恕；不遗余力  adj. 不用的；闲置的；备用的；外加的 time ^[11]in one’s spare time: 在某人的空闲时间；在某人业余时间.

Since the reform and opening-up, Chinese people have had more time to spend on various kinds of leisure activities. A lot of people love both to play and to watch team sports like basketball or football. Many people stay at home having a rest, reading books and watching TV. Young people like to play games on computers or chat on the Internet. In recent ^[12]recent:US: [ˈrisənt] UK: [ˈriːs(ə)nt]  adj. 近来的；新近的 years, more and more people love to travel during vacation. They go to visit some places of interest ^[13]places of interest: 名胜古迹, and some people even make a tour abroad ^[14]abroad: US: [əˈbrɔd]   UK: [əˈbrɔːd]   adv. 国外；海外；出国；到国外 to see the world. Chinese people now have the time and chance to do more kinds of leisure activities.