23 L3-Free Time Around the World

Oxford Read and Discover level 3 Free Time Around the World by Julie Penn

牛津阅读和发现三级自由时间环游世界的朱莉佩恩

Introduction Free time is very important. It's good for you to do something different after school or work. It's also fun! Many of our favorite free-time activities are popular all around the world. Which activities can you see here? What do you do in your free time? What activities are popular in your country? Discover! Now read and discover more about free-time activities around the world!

自由时间是非常重要的。 放学或下班后做点不同的事情对你有好处。 它也很有趣!许多我们喜欢的业余活动在世界各地都很受欢迎。 你能在这里看到哪些活动? 你在空闲时间都做些什么? 你们国家流行什么活动? 发现!现在阅读和发现更多关于世界各地的业余活动!

Chapter 1 Goal! Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and it's a big part of life in Brazil. People here love to watch and play soccer in their free time. In Brazil you don't need a pitch or expensive boots to play soccer. People play soccer in the street and on the beach. Children often play with no boots. Some people think that Brazilians are good at soccer because they learn a special way to play when they are children. They learn to play a type of soccer called futsal. There are five players in each team. The ball is small, but it's full of sand so it's very heavy. Futsal started in South America, but now it's popular in many other countries.

第一章进球!足球是世界上最受欢迎的运动，也是巴西生活的重要组成部分。 这里的人们喜欢在空闲时间观看和踢足球。 在巴西，踢足球不需要球场或昂贵的球鞋。 人们在街上和海滩上踢足球。 孩子们经常不穿靴子玩耍。 有些人认为巴西人擅长足球是因为他们小时候学会了一种特殊的踢球方式。 他们学习踢一种叫做五人制足球的足球。 每队有五名队员。 球很小，但里面装满了沙子，所以很重。 五人制足球起源于南美洲，但现在在许多其他国家都很流行。

Chapter 2 Snow Sports In Nunavut in the north of Canada, winter is from September to June. So there's a lot of time for snow sports. Skiing and tobogganing are very popular. Dog sledding is another exciting snow sport. The driver sits in the sled and the dogs pull it over the snow. Every year there is a big dog sled race. Discover! There aren't many roads in Nunavut. In winter most people travel by snowmobile or plane. In Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the summer is very hot. It's even warm in winter, but it's still a good place for snow sports! Dubai has the biggest snow dome in the world. People come here for skiing, snowboarding, and tobogganing. It's very, very cold in the snow dome, but it's much hotter outside. The snow dome is in the desert!

在加拿大北部的努纳武特，冬季从9月持续到6月。 所以有很多时间进行雪上运动。 滑雪和雪橇很受欢迎。 狗拉雪橇是另一项令人兴奋的雪上运动。 司机坐在雪橇上，狗拉着雪橇在雪地上滑行。 每年都有大型狗拉雪橇比赛。 发现!努纳武特没有很多路。 在冬天，大多数人乘雪地摩托或飞机旅行。 在阿拉伯联合酋长国的迪拜，夏天很热。 冬天甚至很暖和，但它仍然是进行雪上运动的好地方!迪拜拥有世界上最大的雪穹顶。 人们来这里滑雪、单板滑雪和滑雪橇。 雪穹顶里非常非常冷，但外面要热得多。 雪穹顶在沙漠里!

Chapter 3 Let's Dance! In India there are many different types of dance. Bollywood dance is very popular, and many people are learning it in their free time. This type of dance is fast and colorful. Bollywood is the name of India's most famous movie industry. In Bollywood movies there is always singing and dancing. Discover! Bollywood is the biggest movie industry in the world. It makes about 1,000 movies every year. Bollywood dancers wear colorful clothes. They also wear jewelry like earrings, necklaces, and lots of bangles. Between their eyebrows, they have a mark or jewel called a bindi. Bollywood dance started in India, but now it's popular all around the world. You can watch a Bollywood movie or go to Bollywood dance lessons in lots of countries.

第三章让我们跳舞吧!在印度有许多不同类型的舞蹈。 宝莱坞舞蹈非常受欢迎，许多人在空闲时间学习它。 这种舞蹈节奏快，色彩丰富。 宝莱坞是印度最著名的电影产业。 在宝莱坞电影中总是有唱歌和跳舞。 发现!宝莱坞是世界上最大的电影工业。 它每年制作大约1000部电影。 宝莱坞舞者穿着五颜六色的衣服。 他们还戴耳环、项链和很多手镯之类的首饰。 在他们的眉毛之间，他们有一个标记或宝石，叫做bindi。 宝莱坞舞蹈起源于印度，但现在它在全世界都很流行。 你可以在很多国家看宝莱坞电影或上宝莱坞舞蹈课。