地道美语听力播客678：培养一个兴趣（双语）

Eric: Who were you talking to on the phone?

艾瑞克：你与谁打电话呢?

Melissa: My mother. I was commiserating with her about Dad’s retirement.

梅丽莎：我妈妈，关于我爸爸退休的事，我向她表示同情。

Eric: Your father retired two months ago. That was a good thing, right?

艾瑞克：你爸爸两个月前退休了，这是件好事，不是吗?

Melissa: Well, it’s good that he doesn’t have to work anymore, but he’s driving my mother up the wall. He putters around the house and gets in her way. She retired last year, so she’s had a year to establish her new routine. He’s still kind of lost.

梅丽莎：嗯，他不用再工作了当然很好，但他快把我妈妈逼疯了。他在家里闲逛，妨碍我妈妈。她去年退休了，用了一年的时间才重新确定新的日常生活模式。但我爸爸还是有点失落。

Eric: Why doesn’t he take up a hobby? That would give him something interesting to occupy his time.

艾瑞克：他为什么不培养一些兴趣爱好呢?那样做一些有意思的事就会占用他的时间。

Melissa: Believe me, my mother has tried to interest him in gardening, woodworking, and even scrapbooking, but nothing has worked.

梅丽莎：相信我，我妈妈试着让激发对园艺、木工活甚至剪贴报的兴趣，但是都没有用。

Eric: Those sound too sedentary for somebody as active as your father. How about encouraging him to take up bird watching or golf?

艾瑞克：这种运动量少的活动不适合你爸爸那种活跃的人，鼓励他观察野鸟或者打高尔夫怎么样?

Melissa: He wouldn’t be interested in those hobbies. I think he needs something more challenging, maybe playing chess or doing genealogy. Maybe he could even learn to play a musical instrument.

梅丽莎：他不会对这些活动但兴趣的，我想他需要一些更具挑战性的活动，也许玩象棋或者研究家谱。也许他可以学习一门乐器。

Eric: Maybe your Dad just needs time to find his footing again. Given time, he’ll figure out what he wants to do with his newfound free time.

艾瑞克：或者你爸爸需要时间找到自己的兴趣点，给他点时间，他会找到他想做的事来打发空闲的时间。

Melissa: Maybe. But what does my mother do in the meantime?

梅丽莎：也许吧，但是这期间，我妈应该做些什么呢?

Eric: She can take up a new hobby, too – out of the house!

艾瑞克：她也可以培养一些走出家门的兴趣。