Beginner Level/初级 chūjí   
Lily: 迈克，你喜欢爬山吗？   
        Màike, nǐ xǐhuan páshān ma?
        Mike, do you like climbing mountains?
Mike: 那当然了，我的爱好就是爬山。   
          Nà dāngrán le, wǒ de àihào jiùshì páshān.
          Of course, my hobby is mountain climbing.

生词(shēngcí) Vocabulary:   
业余爱好(yèyúàihào): n hobby   
爬山(páshān): v to climb a mountain   
Intermediate Level/中级 zhōngjí   
Lily: 迈克,你闲时都喜欢干些什么呢？  
        Màike, nǐ xiánshí dōu xǐhuan gān xiē shénme ne?
        Mike, what do you like to do during your spare time?
Mike: 我啊，我的兴趣爱好很多哦，在没有课的时候，我喜欢看书、听歌、跳舞、还有很多体育活
          动。
         Wǒ a, wǒ de xìngqù àihào hěnduō o, zài méiyǒu kè de shíhou, wǒ xǐhuan kànshū, tīnggē,
         tiàowǔ, háiyǒu hěnduō tǐyù huódòng.
         Me, I have a lot of hobbies. I like reading, listening to songs, dancing and many physical
         activities.
Lily: 那你最喜欢的是什么呢？  
        Nà nǐ zuì xǐhuan de shì shénme ne?
        Then what's your favorite?
Mike: 我最喜欢的就是爬山了，那是我最大的爱好。  
          Wǒ zuì xǐhuan de jiù shì páshān le, nà shì wǒ zuìdà de àihào.
          My favorite is mountain climbing. That's my biggest hobby.
Lily: 为什么呢？ 
        Wèishénme ne?
        Why is that?
Mike: 因为爬山可以使我的身体得到锻炼，并且完全地放松心情。  
          Yīnwèi páshān kéyǐ shǐ wǒ de shēntǐ dédào duànliàn, bìngqiě wánquán de fàngsōng
          xīnqíng.
          Because mountain climbing is a good workout for my body, and it also helps me de-stress.

生词(shēngcí) Vocabulary:  
看书(kànshū): v read  
跳舞(tiàowǔ): v dance  
体育活动(tǐyù huódòng): n physical training, sports, activities  
锻炼(duànliàn): v do physical training, take exercise, exercise  
放松(fàngsōng): v de-dress, relax  

High level/高级 gāojí  
Lily: 嗨，迈克！ 
        Hài, Màike!
        Hi, Mike!
Mike: 你好啊，莉莉。  
           Nǐ hǎo a, Lìlì.
           Hello, Lily.
Lily: 你假期过的怎么样啊，都干什么了啊？  
        Nǐ jiàqī guò de zěnme yàng a, dōu gān shénme le a?
        How was your holiday? What did you do?
Mike: 我跟爸爸妈妈去爬华山了，很有意思。  
           Wǒ gēn bàba māma qù pá Huà Shān le, hěn yǒu yìsi.
           I climbed Hua Mountain with my parents. It was very interesting.
Lily: 爬华山？一定很累吧？  
        Pá Huà Shān? Yídìng hěn lèi ba?
        Climbed Hua Mountain? You must be so tired, right?
Mike: 嗯，是很累，但是很锻炼人的意志，更何况爬山是我跟爸爸的共同爱好，所以我们都玩地很开
          心，那你呢？  
          En, shì hěn lèi, dànshì hěn duànliàn rén de yìzhì, gèng hékuàng páshān shì wǒ gēn bàba de
          gòngtóng àihào,suóyǐ wǒmen dōu wán de hěn kāixīn. Nà nǐ ne?
           Yes, it was very exhausting, but mountain climbing is helpful to exercise one's will.
           Moreover, mountain climbing is a hobby my dad and I both have in common, so we had a
           really good time. What about you?
Lily: 我嘛，继续学习小提琴，那也是我最喜欢干的事情。每当我一拉起小提琴，我就会忘记一切，觉
        得自己是最幸福的人，讲讲你们爬山途中有趣的经历吧！  
        Wǒ ma, jìxù xuéxí xiǎotíqín, nà yě shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan gān de shìqíng. Měidāng wǒ yì lā qǐ
        xiǎotíqín, wǒ jiù huì wàngjì yìqiè, juédé zìjǐ shì zuì xìngfú de rén. Jiǎngjiǎng nǐmen páshān
        túzhōng yǒuqù de jīnglì ba!
        I continued to learn to play the violin, which is my favorite thing to do. Whenever I play the
        violin, I forget everything around me and feel like the happiest person in the world. Please tell
        me about your interesting experience on the way to the peak of Hua Mountain.
Mike: 好啊，爬山的过程中，我看到了好多挑山工，挑着几十公斤重的东西，一步步从山脚爬上山
          顶，相当辛苦，而且每趟就只能赚得那仅有的一点点钱。 
          Hǎo a , páshān de guòchéng zhōng, wǒ kàndào le hǎoduō tiāoshāngōng, tiāo zhe jǐshí
          gōngjīn zhòng de dōngxi, yí bù bù cóng shānjiǎo pá shàng shāndǐng, xiāngdāng xīnkǔ, érqiě
          měitàng jiù zhǐnéng zhuàn dé nà jǐnyǒu de yì diǎndiǎn qián.
          Ok, I saw many mount-carriers who carried several dozen kilograms of goods on the way up
          to the peak of Hua Mountain. It looked like rough work step by step all the way from the foot of
          the mountain to the peak. What's more, those mount-carriers only earn a little money each
          time.
Lily: 是吗？那你没有和他们交谈吗？  
        Shì ma? Nà nǐ méiyǒu hé tāmen jiāotán ma?
        Really? Did you talk to them?
Mike: 当然聊了啊，从那时起，我懂得了任何一件事情的成功就是贵在坚持啊！
         
          Dāngrán liáo le a, cóng nàshi qǐ, wǒ dǒngdé le rènhé yíjiàn shìqíng de chénggōng jiùshì guì
          zài jiānchí a!
          Of course I talked to them. From then on, I learned that the most important part to
          succeeding in anything is perseverance.

生词(shēngcí) Vocabulary:  
很有意思(hěn yǒu yìsi): adj very amusing/fun/interesting  
意志(yìzhì): n will  
共同的(gòngtóng de): adj common  
坚持(jiānchí): v to drink until one is drunk  
挑山工(tiāoshāngōng): n mount-carriers workers who carry several dozen kilograms of goods
                                             from the foot of the mountain to the peak .
                                            
相当(xiāngdāng): adv pretty, quite  
贵(guì): adj expensive literally, but here it means the most important thing or the key
                    point.