W: When I’ m 60, I will retire from my position.
M: Oh, there are three years to go.
W: When I’ m 60, I will retire from my position.
M: Oh, there are three years to go.
Well, I got this as a present from my father when I was 14. And I like it very much. But my family thought I might lose my interest soon, and then I went off the idea. Mum doesn’t believe there will be any money in it, but Dad is quite interested because besides football it’s the only thing I can talk to him about at the moment. If you’re not going to make the effort to practice it, no one is ever going to be interested in you. I think one of the reasons you see few people playing in concerts is that they are not willing to do all that work.
What is the father interested in （ ）
When my interest shifted from space to the sea, I never expected it would cause such confusion among my friends, yet I can understand their feelings. As I have been writing and talking about space flight for the best part of 20 years, a sudden switch of interest to the depth of the sea doer seem peculiar. To explain, I’d like to share my reasons behind this unusual change of mind. The first excuse I give is an economic one. Underwater exploration is so much cheaper than space flight. The first round-trip ticket to the moon is going to cost at least 10 billion dollars if you include research and development. By the end of this century, the cost will be down to a few million. On the other hand, the diving suit and a set of basic tools needed for skin-diving can be bought for 20 dollars. My second argument is more philosophical. The ocean, surprisingly enough, has many things in common with space. In their different ways, both sea and space are equally hostile. If we wish to s
A. Explain the reason of the shift of interest.
B. Tell us something about the sea.
C. Tell us something about the space.
D. Encourage people to investigate the sea.
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