DIYisverypopularinChinanow.YangChenworksforacomputerbusinessinBeijing.Thoughheenjoyshisworkitishardforhimtorelax(放松)afterwork.“ForalongtimeIhadnochoice(选择)exceptgoingtoabarforadrinkandkaraok
DIYisverypopularinChinanow.YangChenworksforacomputerbusinessinBeijing.Thoughheenjoyshisworkitishardforhimtorelax(放松)afterwork.
“ForalongtimeIhadnochoice(选择)exceptgoingtoabarforadrinkandkaraoketorelaxmyself”hesaid.
Onedaywhenhesawmanytoydogsinatoyshophehadanidea.“Whynotdosomekindsofthingsandrelaxmyself？”Thenhebegantomakemodelplanesmodelshipsandsomethingelse.Thethingsthathehadmadebyhimselfdidn’tlookasprofessionally(专业地)madeasthoseintheshopsbuthelikeddoingit.“Itisnotasmuchfuntoplaywiththingswhichareboughtexpensivelyfromtheshops”hesaid.Nowhisbookshelvesarefullofmanykindsofthingshehasmade.Theyareverybeautifulandhisfamilyandfriendslikethemverymuch.
MoreandmoreyoungpeoplearelikeYangmakingorcreating(创造)thingsontheirown.Theyliketodothemthemselves.
ThoughmakingthingswithourownhandsmaytakemuchtimesomepeoplenowknownasDIYers—do-it-yourselfersenjoydoingthemverymuch.Theycanmakeallkindsofthingstheylike.DIYisbecomingmoreandmorepopularinChina.Itmaybenewtotheyoungyetmanypeoplerememberwhenitwasawayoflife.
Duringthe1960sand1970swhentherewerenotenoughlivingthingsforpeopletoliveontheyhadtousetheirownhandstodomanythings.Whitewashingthewallormakingclotheswasapartoflifebecausetherewasnootherchoice.Ifyouwantedsomethingdoneyouhadtodoityourself;andifyouneededsomethingyoumadeityourself.
1.YangChen inhisfreetimeinthepast.
A.playedcomputers B.wenttoabarforadrinkandkaraoke
C.enjoyedhiswork D.madesomethingbyhimself
2.ThingsthatYangChenmade .
A.lookasprofessionallymadeasthoseintheshops B.areonlymodelplanesandships
C.aremuchmoreexpensivethanthoseintheshops D.arepopularwithhisfamilyandfriends
3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？
A.DIYisbecomingmoreandmorepopularinChina.
B.Moreandmorepeoplebegintomakemodelplanes.
C.Betweenthe1960sand1970speoplelikedmakingthingsthemselves.
D