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Lesson 46-3 Hobbies业余爱好

It is no use offering the manual laborer, tired out with a hard week's sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon. It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or business man, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend.

As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire----for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation. In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.

It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful human beings are divided into two classes:

/ˈlɛsən/ 46-2 /ˈhɑbiz/业余爱好

/ðə/ /groʊθ/ /əv/ /ɔlˈtɜrnətɪv/ /ˈmɛntəl/ /ˈɪntrəsts/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /lɔŋ/ /ˈprɑˌsɛs/. /ðə/ /sidz/ /məst/ /bi/ /ˈkɛrfəli/ /ˈʧoʊzən/; /ðeɪ/ /məst/ /fɔl/ /ɑn/ /gʊd/ /graʊnd/; /ðeɪ/ /məst/ /bi/ sedulously /ˈtɛndəd/, /ɪf/ /ðə/ vivifying /fruts/ /ər/ /tə/ /bi/ /ət/ /hænd/ /wɛn/ /ˈnidəd/.

/tə/ /bi/ /ˈrɪli/ /ˈhæpi/ /ənd/ /ˈrɪli/ /seɪf/, /wʌn/ /ɔt/ /tə/ /həv/ /ət/ /list/ /tu/ /ɔr/ /θri/ /ˈhɑbiz/, /ənd/ /ðeɪ/ /məst/ /ɔl/ /bi/ /riəl/. /ɪt/ /əz/ /noʊ/ /juz/ /ˈstɑrtɪŋ/ /leɪt/ /ɪn/ /laɪf/ /tə/ /seɪ/: /aɪ/ /wɪl/ /teɪk/ /ən/ /ˈɪntrəst/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /ɔr/ /ðæt/.’ /sʌʧ/ /ən/ /əˈtɛmpt/ /ˈoʊnli/ /ˈægrəˌveɪts/ /ðə/ /streɪn/ /əv/ /ˈmɛntəl/ /ˈɛfərt/. /ə/ /mæn/ /meɪ/ /əˈkwaɪər/ /greɪt/ /ˈnɑləʤ/ /əv/ /ˈtɑpɪks/ /ˌʌnkəˈnɛktɪd/ /wɪð/ /ɪz/ /ˈdeɪli/ /wɜrk/, /ənd/ /jɛt/ /gɛt/ /ˈhɑrdli/ /ˈɛni/ /ˈbɛnəfɪt/ /ɔr/ /rɪˈlif/. /ɪt/ /əz/ /noʊ/ /juz/ /ˈduɪŋ/ /wʌt/ /jʊ/ /laɪk/; /jʊ/ /həv/ /gɑt/ /tə/ /laɪk/ /wʌt/ /jʊ/ /du/. /ˈbrɔdli/ /ˈspikɪŋ/, /ˈhjumən/ /ˈbiɪŋz/ /meɪ/ /bi/ /dɪˈvaɪdəd/ /ˈɪntə/ /θri/ /ˈklæsəz/: /ðoʊz/ /hu/ /ər/ /tɔɪld/ /tə/ /dɛθ/, /ðoʊz/ /hu/ /ər/ /ˈwɜrid/ /tə/ /dɛθ/, /ənd/ /ðoʊz/ /hu/ /ər/ /bɔrd/ /tə/ /dɛθ/.