口语参考答案：Hobbies and Leisure Time 爱好与余暇

口语参考答案：Hobbies and Leisure Time 爱好与余暇

Do you think having a hobby is good for people’s social life? In what way? 你认为拥有爱好是否对人的社交生活有好处？哪方面？

Yes, I do. The way I see it, a hobby can help people enhance their friendship with others. People who share a common interest would be willing to interact with you more, and those who don’t would also be attracted by your hobby. You know, no one would resist the temptation of appreciating a good piano play or a beautiful oil painting done by you as your pastimes.

是的，在我看来，爱好能够帮助人们促进与他人的友谊。有相同兴趣的人们会更愿意与你互动，对于那些与你没有共同兴趣的人也能够被你的爱好所吸引。消遣的时候，你弹出的漂亮钢琴曲亦或是一副精美的油画，恐怕没有人能够抵挡住诱惑不去欣赏一下。

Are there any negative effects of a person spending too much time on their hobby? What are they? 人们在爱好上花费太多时间有什么不好的影响吗？有哪些不好的影响？

I think there are. The biggest consequence that I can think of is that it would affect their working or studying efficiency. This article is from Laokaoya website. If they put too much time into their hobby such as playing computer games or reading novels, chances are that the time left for their work or studies would be greatly shrunk, and thus it would be quite difficult for them to finish their main tasks on time.

有的。最大的后果就是这可能影响到他们的工作或者学习效率。如果他们花费太多时间在诸如打游戏、看小说等爱好上面，那很有可能留给他们工作或者学习的时间就会极大缩短，因此很难按时完成他们的任务。

Why do you think people need to have an interest or hobby? 你觉得人为什么得有兴趣或者爱好？

Well, I think the main reason is that a hobby or something can help reduce their pressure from work/studies. You know, people need something to help them divert their attention from those headaches brought by their main job. And, hobbies like singing or playing basketball are ideal to solve that problem.

我认为最主要的原因就是兴趣爱好可以帮助他们降低来自工作或者学习上的压力。他们的主职工作会留给他们一些头疼的事情，所以人们需要一些东西来分散他们在这方面的注意力，而诸如打篮球等兴趣爱好就可以很好地解决这个问题。

Leisure time

In your country, how much time do people spend on work and how much time on leisure? Is this a good balance, do you think? 在你的国家，人们花费在工作和休闲方面的时间有多少？你觉得这个时间的分配均衡吗？

As far as I know, people in my country are commonly busy with their work. So, there is probably at least 80% of their time is spent on work, and only 20% or less is allocated to recreational or resting. I don’t think this is a good balance as too much energy spent on work would increase their risks of mental and physical illness, which is not healthy at all.

据我说知，我们国家担任普遍都忙于他们的工作。所以，大概人们至少有八成的时间花在了工作方面，而只有20%乃至更低的时间被分配在了消遣或者休息方面。我不认为这是一个很好的平衡。因为，花费太多精力在工作上会增加患心理或者身体疾病的危险，这完全不健康。

Would you say the amount of free time has changed much in the last fifty years? 在近五十年来，你觉得空闲时间量有很大变化吗？

Yes. I was told by my grandparents that several decades ago, people had a lot of free time to be with their family members after work. Nowadays, it’s quite common that people work 9 hours a day and even have only one day off per week. So, they barely have free time to have fun with others.

我爷爷奶奶曾经告诉我，几十年前的人们在下班之后有很多时间和家人待在一起。如今，人们一天工作九个小时特别常见，有的甚至一周只休息一天。所以，他们几乎没有业余时间与别人一起娱乐。

Do you think people will have more or less free time in the future? Why? 你认为未来人们的空闲时间会越来越多还是越来越少？为什么？

Well, it’s true that technology has helped make industries to be more productive. However, I still think people will have less free time in the future. The main reason is that there’s more financial pressure on them due to various factors such as the economic downturn, and inflation. So, people have to work more to support their own lives and their families.

虽然科技帮助各个行业提升了产能。但是，我依然认为人们在未来所拥有的空闲时间会越来越少。这主要的原因就在于诸如经济下滑、通货膨胀等各类因素所对他们产生的经济压力。所以，人们不得不花费更多时间在工作上面才能够养家糊口。