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Someone often asks me, “What’s your hobby? Do you like collecting stamps?”
In fact, I’m fond of fishing, collecting stamps, and playing basketball。 But I spend most of my spare time collecting foreign coins。 Maybe collecting foreign coins is my real hobby。
IstillremembermyfirstforeigncoinisaDutchguilder【荷兰盾】。Iwasfascinated【入迷的】bythestrangecointhatIhadneverseen。Fromthenon,Ilostmyselfincollectingforeigncoins。Ihavesomenicecoins,mostofwhichhavetheheadofafamouspersonononeside。Ontheothersidetheremaybeafamousemblematic【象征性的】buildingofthecountryorthedateandthevalueofthecoin。
Mostforeigncoinsarecircular【圆形的】,butsomehavedifferentshapes。Forexample,thecoinsofHongKongaredifferentfromthoseofothercountries。TheyarejustlikebeautifulChineseredbud【紫荆花】。WhenIfirstsawthem,Ieventhoughtmaybethey’resouvenircoins【纪念币】,butwhenIwatchedthemcarefully,Ifoundthattheyarecoins。
Coinscanbemadeofdifferentkindsofmetal。Somearemadeofnickel【镍】,andsomearemadeofdifferentmetalmixture。
NowIhavealotofcoinsfromdifferentcountries:U。S。dollar,Germanmark,Singaporedollar,Thaibaht【泰铢】andsoon。IthinkIwillgooncollectingforeigncoins,becauseitmakesmehappyeveryday。 |
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