二、李明的爱好是集邮，他和大家分享了自己与邮票的故事，一起来看看吧！
Today, I'm going to talk about my hobby. Some people play sports and others build models, but my hobby is collecting stamps. I love stamps because I think they are very
beautiful
. They can also teach me about the history and
culture
of different countries.
I developed this hobby thanks to my grandpa. He is a stamp collector and he owns thousands of stamps. Some of them are valuable(珍贵的), so he always handles them with great
care
. He even wears white gloves to
protect
his stamps! Every Sunday, my grandpa adds new ones to his collection, and I sometimes help him take
old
stamps off envelopes and postcards. He likes to tell me interesting stories about the different stamps. It is almost like a history
lesson
.
Let me show you a very wonderful stamp of the Palace Museum. It is my favourite because it is my first one. My grandpa
bought
it for me. “People built these buildings hundreds of years ago. It may seem impossible, but they built them without using a single nail!” he explained. My grandpa also shared many other interesting pieces of
history
about the old palace. Thanks to this stamp, I became interested in
traditional
Chinese buildings, and I started to collect similar stamps. Now I have over a hundred of them, and I am learning more and more about Chinese history and culture.
Finally, I hope more people can enjoy the
beauty
of stamps and learn something from them.
(
B
)1. A. boring B. beautiful C. expensive D. casual
(
B
)2. A. art B. culture C. science D. sport
(
A
)3. A. care B. joy C. surprise D. hope
(
C
)4. A. make B. cut C. protect D. mix
(
B
)5. A. new B. old C. small D. big
(
B
)6. A. club B. lesson C. party D. game
(
A
)7. A. bought B. saved C. drew D. built
(
B
)8. A. geography B. history C. maths D. English
(
D
)9. A. important B. expensive C. modern D. traditional
(
C
)10. A. sizes B. colours C. beauty D. materials
