一种特殊的爱好。A Special Hobby,

许多学生都有爱好，比如读书、画画、在花园里种菜和照看动物。Many students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables in their gardens, and looking after animals,

有些爱好是放松的，有些则是创造性的。 Some hobbies are relaxing and others are creative,

爱好可以让你成长为一个人，培养你的兴趣，帮助你学习新技能。 Hobbies can make you grow as a person, develop your interests and help you learn new skills,

大卫·史密斯是一名学生，他的爱好是写作。 David Smith is a student, and his hobby is writing,

2000年夏天，他参加了为期四周的夏令营。 During the summer of two thousand, he spent four weeks on a summer camp,

除了帆船、登山和山地自行车等日常活动外，还有一个由专业作家参加的写作研讨会。 As well as the usual activities, such as sailing, climbing and mountain biking, there was a writing workshop with a professional writer,

她让我们想象我们在一个故事中。 She asked us to imagine that we were in a story,

然后我们写下了我们在营地的经历。 Then we wrote about our experiences at the camp,

在高中时，大卫写了一个关于青少年生活的故事，并于2003年出版成书。 In senior high school David wrote a story about teenage life, and it came out as a book in 2003,

许多青少年喜欢他的书，因此，大卫成了一名成功的年轻作家。 Many teenagers love his book, and as a result, David has become a successful young writer,

大卫很幸运，因为他的爱好给他带来了乐趣和成功，但他也对许多其他事情感兴趣。 David has been very lucky because his hobby has brought him enjoyment and success, but he is also interested in many other things,

“我也喜欢打排球，”大卫说。 "I like playing volleyball, too," says David,

我把业余时间花在为校队打排球上，也许将来我会写更多的书，但我不确定。 I spend some of my free time playing volleyball for my school team, Maybe I'll write more books in the future, but I'm not sure,

有时很难记住我们不应该把所有的时间都花在我们最喜欢的爱好上。 It's sometimes difficult to remember that we shouldn't spend all our time on our favourite hobby,

生活中还有很多其他有趣的事情要做，我们应该尝试做一些新的或不同的事情。 There are many other interesting things to do in life, and we should try to do something new or different,