Hobbies. Leisure Time. Бекерова Е.А - 11 стр.

                               Reading                                              Hobbies today include a vast range of activities. The definition
                                                                             that best covers all these activities is probably constructive leisure-time
                              I. Hobbies                                     activities.
                                                                                    Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according
                          1. What is a hobby?                                to your character and taste you are lucky because your life becomes
1.1. Pre-reading focus.                                                      more interesting.
      What is a hobby? What hobbies do you know?                                    Hobbies are divided into four large classes: doing things, making
      - Work in two or three groups                                          things, collecting things, and learning things.
      - Brainstorm your ideas                                                       The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes
      - Write down the definition of the word “hobby”                        a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and
      - Make out a list of hobbies                                           from chess to volleyball.
      - Exchange your ideas                                                         Sport has always been popular in our country. There are different
                                                                             sporting societies and clubs in Russia. Many of them take part in
1.2. Pre-reading task.                                                       different international tournaments and are known all over the world.
                                                                             Our sportsmen take part in the Olympic Games and always win a lot of
       Now read the text “Hobbies”.                                          gold, silver and bronze medals.
       - Learn about the origin of the word “hobby”                                 Millions of people watch figure skating competitions, hockey
       - Compare your group’s definition of the word “hobby’ with the        and football matches, car races, tennis tournaments and other sports
definition given in the text                                                 events. Certainly watching sports events and going in for sports are two
       - Classify hobbies. Write down examples of hobbies. Compare           different things. Now everybody knows that sport can be a profession
your group’s list of hobbies with the classification given in the text       and a business. But sport can be fun as well. Besides, it helps to stay in
                                                                             good shape, to keep fit and to be healthy. Doing sports is becoming
1.3. Reading.                                                                more and more popular. Some people do it occasionally - swimming in
                                Hobbies                                      summer, skiing or skating in winter - but many people go in for sports
What is a hobby?                                                             on a more regular basis. They try to find time to go to a swimming pool
       In the 16th century a favorite toy for children of all ages was the   or a gym at least once a week for aerobics or yoga classes, body
hobbyhorse. In appearance a hobbyhorse could be as simple as a stick,        building or just work-out on a treadmill.
or it could have a decorated wooden framework with an imitation                     Gardening is one of the oldest of man's hobbies. It's a well-
horse's head attached. Whether simple or elaborate, children used them       known fact that the English are very fond of gardening and growing
for the games of the time involving war and knighthood, much as              flowers, especially roses.
children in the early part of the 20th century played cowboys and                   Millions of people all over the world spend their holidays
Indians. In time the popularity of the hobbyhorse declined, but the          travelling, they travel to enjoy picturesque places, or just for a change
pleasure of doing something outside the routine activities of daily life     of scene. It's always interesting to discover new things, different ways
had brought a new word into the language, the word hobby which is a          of life, to meet different people, to try different food, to listen to
shortened form of hobbyhorse.                                                different musical rhythms.



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