Lesson 40 What's Paul's Hobby

My name is Paul.

我的名字叫保罗。

What's my hobby?

我的爱好是什么？

It's model rockets!

是模型火箭！

I have ten rockets.

我有十个模型火箭。

I built one of them myself.

有一个是我自己做的。

It's made of wood and cardboard.

它是用木头和纸板做成的。

I glued it together,

我把它粘好，

and then I painted it.

然后画上涂料。

What do I do with my rockets?

我用我的火箭做什么呢？

I launch them!

我发射火箭！

I began to launch rockets two years ago.

我两年之前开始发射火箭。

Last year, I joined a rocket club in my city.

去年，我加入了一个我们城市的火箭俱乐部。

It has about forty members.

俱乐部里大约有四十个成员。

Some of the members are young like me, but most of the members are adults.

一些成员像我一样比较年轻， 但是大多数的成员是成年人。

We meet every month.

我们每个月见面，

Sometimes, we have competitions.

有时候，我们会有比赛。

Everyone launches their rockets.

每个人都发射各自的火箭。

The highest rocket wins.

最高的火箭就赢了。

We also give prizes for the best-built rockets.

我们也会给最佳制作的火箭颁奖。

I launch most of my rockets seven to ten times.

我的大多数火箭我都发射了七到十次。

Then I lose or break them.

然后我会丢失或者弄坏它们。

I lost one of my rockets two weeks ago.

两星期前我丢失了我的一个火箭。

It went too high: 499metres.

它飞得太高了：499米。

I launched it in a field, but it landed in some trees.

我在一片田野里发射它， 但是它降落在了一片树林里。

My dad and I looked for it for three days.

我爸爸和我找了三天。

I hate to lose a rocket!

我讨厌丢失火箭！

I keep my broken rockets.

我保存着坏了的火箭。

I have a collection of them in my bedroom.

我在我的卧室里收藏它们。

I like my hobby because it's exciting and challenging.

我喜欢我的爱好，因为它很令人兴奋也具有挑战性。

It is a lot of fun to build and launch rockets.

建造并发射火箭非常有意思。