实用英语对话:爱好
洋洋：不怎么样。
心涛：听你的口气好像很无所谓的样子。
洋洋：我已经尽力了。
心涛：这可不是我认识的洋洋，你可是个很要强的人呀。
洋洋：弹钢琴本来就不是我的爱好，弹不好拿不到名次也情有可原。
心涛：你怎么能给自己找这样没有说服力的理由。你可学了十多年的钢琴了。
洋洋：如果不是我妈妈非要我学钢琴，我也不用十几年每天都坐在那儿枯燥地练习。我特别羡慕别的同学，放学后就可以玩。
心涛：你妈妈了解你，她发现了你的音乐天赋，不想你这块好材料被埋没了。
洋洋：可是我喜欢自由自在，不想被束缚。
心涛：其实练琴和自由并不矛盾。如果你用心弹好钢琴，一个小时的练习就能达到两个小时的效果，那你练完琴不也可以和同学们玩吗?
洋洋： 哎!你说的话和我妈说的一模一样!
XT: Yang Yang, the [piano] competition is just around the corner, how's your piano practice coming along?
YY: Nothing great.
XT: From the tone of your voice, you sound very indifferent.
YY: I've already done everything I can.
XT: This is definitely not the Yang Yang I know. You're one who is very eager to excel.
YY: Playing the piano has never been my hobby so it's excusable if I don't perform well and fail to attain any position.
XT: How can you give yourself with such a lousy excuse? After all, you have been learning the piano for more than ten years now.
YY: If it wasn't because my mother insisted that I learn to play the piano, I wouldn't be sitting there everyday practicing piano for more than ten years; it's boring. I'm really envious of my other schoolmates. After school, they can go right off and have fun.
XT: Your mom understands you. She found out that you're musically gifted and didn't want your talent to be overlooked.
YY: But I like to be carefree, I don't want to be restricted.
XT: Actually, practicing piano does not conflict with your freedom. If you put effort into your piano practice, two hours of result can be attained with just one hour of practice. After your practice is over, you can still go have fun with your friends, right?
YY: Sigh, you sound exactly just like my mom!
