英语口语900句 11.04.对话.1.爱读书

Do you have any hobbies?

Yes, reading is my hobby.

What kind of books do you like to read most?

Many kinds of books. When I was a child in elementary school, I enjoyed reading fables¹ and science fiction. When I became a teenager at middle school, I was interested in detective and mystery stories. Now I like reading romance² stories.

Are you in love?

Why?

People say only those that are in love like to read romance stories.

Well, maybe.

1 fables   

n.寓言( fable的名词复数 )；神话，传说

参考例句：

• Some of Aesop's Fables are satires. 《伊索寓言》中有一些是讽刺作品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Little Mexican boys also breathe the American fables. 墨西哥族的小孩子对美国神话也都耳濡目染。 来自辞典例句

2 romance   

n.恋爱关系，浪漫气氛，爱情小说，传奇

参考例句：

• She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事。
• They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.他们试图重燃爱火。