My Special Hobby

我的特殊爱好

I have a special hobby．It is stamp collecting．

我有一个特殊的爱好——集邮。

My father used to collect stamps．

我父亲以前经常集邮。

He gave me his stamp albums．

他把他的集邮册给了我。

I have been collecting stamps for two years．

我已经集邮两年了。

I have many stamp albums now！

我现在有很多集邮册了！

I have stamps from many different places．

我有许多不同地方的邮票。

My mother’s cousins live in China．

我母亲的表兄弟住在中国。

They often send me beautiful stamps from that country．

他们经常从中国给我寄来精美的邮票。

My friend Tara moved to Italy last year．

我的朋友Tara去年搬到了意大利。 

She sends me stamps，too．

她也给我寄邮票。

At Christmas time，we get many cards．

圣诞节的时候，我们会收到很多卡片。

I cut the stamps off the envelopes and put them in my albums．

我把信封上的邮票剪下来，放在我的集邮册里。

Some stamps are big．Some are small．

有些邮票很大，有些很小

Some have pictures．Some have photographs．

有些有图片，有些有照片。

The stamps can be pictures of anything：people，animals，and flowers．

邮票可以是任何东西的图片：人、动物和花

I got a stamp from Hong Kong．It had different kinds of bread on it．

我从香港买了一张邮票，上面有不同种类的面包

I enjoy collecting stamps．

我喜欢集邮。

Some day I will give my collection to my own children．

将来有一天我会把我的收藏品传给我的孩子。

Word List

hobby：a favourite free-time activity爱好

envelopes：a folded paper container for putting letters in 信封