Hobbies. Leisure Time. Бекерова Е.А - 24 стр.

                                    Orienteering has become extremely         1.4. Post-reading discussion.
                                    popular. Why? There are several
                                                                              Compare your definitions with those given in the dictionary.
                                    reasons. It's interesting and healthy.
                                                                                     Leisure – 1) freedom from the demands of work or duty; 2) time
                                    You get the chance to enjoy the
                                                                              free from the demands of work or duty, when one can rest, enjoy
                                    outdoors. Best of all, it taxes both
                                                                              hobbies or sports, etc.
                                    your physical strength and your
                                                                                     Hobby pastime –- something that serves to make time pass
                                    mental acumen.
                                                                              agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport
                                            Then there's letterboxing, a
                                                                                     Socializing - associating or mingling sociably with others
                                    hobby that is like a combination of
                                                                                     Roller coasting – spending time at a small gravity railroad, esp.
                                    orienteering and treasure hunting. It
                                                                              in an amusement park, having a train with open cars that moves along a
                                    began in England in 1854, when an
                                                                              high, sharply winding trestle built with steep inclines that produce
                                    English gentleman put his calling
                                                                              sudden, speedy plunges for thrill-seeking passengers.
                                    card (a little like today's business
                                                                                     Orienteering – a competitive sport, originating in Sweden, that
                                    card) into a bottle and left it on the
                                                                              tests the skills of map reading and cross-country running, in which
                                    bank of a pond. Someone else found
                                                                              competitors race through an unknown area to find various checkpoints
it and contacted him, and from this the hobby sprang up. What happens
                                                                              by using only a compass and topographical map, the winner being the
is this: People put a notebook and a rubber stamp in a bottle (the
                                                                              finisher with the lowest elapsed time.
letterbox) and they provide special clues for finding the bottle.
                                                                                     Letterboxing – a combination of orienteering and treasure
Participants have to follow the clues by hiking in certain sections of the
                                                                              hunting.
English countryside until they finally locate the letterbox and stamp
their notebook. For some aficionados, letterboxing is so enjoyable that
                                                                              Answer the following questions:
it's become a way of life.
                                                                                  - What are the top 5 leisure activities among Americans?
        These are just three examples of captivating pastimes. Why are
                                                                                    What do Robinson and Godbey say?
they all so popular? One principal reason is that they're basically active,
                                                                                    #1 on the list is … at 15.0 hours a week
not passive. Aficionados of these hobbies
                                                                                    #2 on the list … 6.7 hours a week
get out and act rather than passively sitting
                                                                                    #3 on the list … 4.4 hours weekly
in front of the TV screen. Suppose that at
                                                                                    #4 on the list … at 2.8 hours a week
some future time we start engraving, on
                                                                                    #5 on the list … at 2.7 hours a week
our tombstones, not only the names and
                                                                                  - What are 3 of the more unusual and interesting popular
the dates of people's births and deaths but
                                                                                     hobbies?
also their hobbies and accomplishments.
                                                                                  - Why are they all so popular?
Which would look better on a gravestone:
                                                                                    What does the article run?
JOHN L DOE, COUCH POTATO, or
                                                                                    Continue:
JOHN L. DOE, ORIENTEER?
                                                                                  - one principle reason is that they’re basically active, not passive
                                                                                  - …
                                                                                  - …

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