今天说玩物之趣：放风筝”。中国古人把风筝叫做“纸鸢”，郊外放风鸢，日暮方归，是春夏之乐。西方人发明了运动风筝，三角形滑翔翼形，玻璃钢骨架，鲜艳结实，空中玩出变幻特技形态，引人入胜。马克也是风筝迷，微风拂面夏日偶尔忆起儿时逐风放非之乐，说走就走去海边，Go Fly a kite ！

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, it's such a fine afternoon for-------------k. Thanks for ---------me here.

Mark: Mypleasure. There was a lot of------------- near my apartment again. So, I was glad to ------------- for an hour or so.

Jingjing: Dothey work for just-----------, or is it-----------------?

Mark: They're pretty good: just a ------------- every morning------------. I haven't heard them-i------------. That's a lot better -----------------,when my --------------- was a construction----------------------!

Jingjing: You told me about that. And, I remember, you had a --------------------------.

Mark: Yup. ---- that this year—not yet, anyway. Wow, this ---------- is nice.

Jingjing: It's pretty cool still. This has been---------------so far.

Mark: Yeah,great wea-ther for -----------. I'd like to ------------- in the air.

Jingjing: Inever ------------------------------ for a kite guy.

Mark: I wasas ----------. -----------to Cape Cod every year. And I-----------them to buy me a-------. I still have the one they bought me ---------------------.

Jingjing: Wow. What kind is it?

Mark: It'skind of a----------, with a-------------. It flies pretty well in---------------------like we have today.

Jingjing: You'll have to--------- next time.

Mark: Imight. It's kind of ------------ though. If Idecide to---------- instead of flying it, -----------------------------------------------------

Jingjing: That's a good thing to have ----------------------, though.

Mark: It is. But last time I brought a kite ------, they wouldn't let me-------------there!

Jingjing: Aww, what a ===!

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, what's that? I thought you said you didn't-------------

Mark: Oh,this? It's a parafoil kite. So, it doesn't--------------. See, these pockets just ------------ with air when---------, so the--------actslike ------------------.

Jingjing: That's pretty---------. Are you going to try ------------?

Mark: Ifigured I'd ----------- for a few minutes. We don't want to be--------------with that thing---------------—not when the ----------------------------comes,anyway.

Jingjing: Can I help?

Mark: Sure. How about you go---------------------------------------------

Jingjing: How should I------------------------?

Mark: Justmake sure the---------- pointing --------. And hold the ------------------. Let the wind ------------------------

Jingjing: That sounds-- easy.

Mark: OK. That's---------------enough, Jingjing. Hold it for a second. ------------------------

Jingjing: Wow, that -------------------------- quickly.

Mark: Thiskind of----------------------—----------------------------

Jingjing: Have you ever tried one of -------------- two lines and can do-------------figure-----------------------?

Mark: A ----------- kite? I---------- have one. I ------really got ---------------- flying it. Then I lost a--------------.

Jingjing: That's a-----------------.

Mark Let'sstay here for ---------- and then go get ------------------, OK?

Jingjing: Sure.

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

a stroll:

a sandwich:

had someone peggedfor a kind of person:

bulky:

bummer:

bummed out：

from dialogue 2

parafoil:

spars:

a no-brainer:

a stunt kite: