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2.1
Here are the results of a recent survey about the most popular leisure activities
in Britain. Try to guess whether the percentages for 16 – to 24-year-olds is higher (+)
or lower (-) than for the population as a whole.
What people do - % participation – at least once a week
Activity % of people % of 16- to 24-year-olds+or-?
Watching TV
96
Reading books
60
Listening to CDs/tapes/records
58
Watchin
g
videos (recorded
programmes)
47
Cooking
37
Visiting a pub in the evening
36
Gardening
42
2.2
Look up the percentages for young people in the Answer Key. How similar is
your list to the most popular activities in the survey?
R
R
E
E
A
A
D
D
I
I
N
N
G
G
3
Read the profiles about leisure activity options and the arts in Britain and answer
the questions below.
What leisure activity options do most British people prefer?
Does the government in Britain subsidize the arts and encourage artistic
endeavor in schools and elsewhere?
Are the arts of interest to a vast majority of British people?
What areas of the arts seem to be particularly appreciated and valued in
Britain and which seem to be ignored or undervalued?
In what ways does the appreciation of the different aspects of the arts vary
in your country?
The fact remains that most British people prefer their sport, their television
and videos, and their other free-time activities to anything ‘cultural’. 
2.1     Here are the results of a recent survey about the most popular leisure activities
in Britain. Try to guess whether the percentages for 16 – to 24-year-olds is higher (+)
or lower (-) than for the population as a whole.
What people do - % participation – at least once a week

              Activity                 % of people % of 16- to 24-year-olds+or-?
 Watching TV                                96

 Reading books                              60

 Listening to CDs/tapes/records             58

 Watching  videos         (recorded         47
 programmes)
 Cooking                                    37

 Visiting a pub in the evening              36

 Gardening                                  42


2.2     Look up the percentages for young people in the Answer Key. How similar is
your list to the most popular activities in the survey?



                                    READING
3     Read the profiles about leisure activity options and the arts in Britain and answer
the questions below.
      ƒ What leisure activity options do most British people prefer?
      ƒ Does the government in Britain subsidize the arts and encourage artistic
         endeavor in schools and elsewhere?
      ƒ Are the arts of interest to a vast majority of British people?
      ƒ What areas of the arts seem to be particularly appreciated and valued in
         Britain and which seem to be ignored or undervalued?
      ƒ In what ways does the appreciation of the different aspects of the arts vary
         in your country?
      The fact remains that most British people prefer their sport, their television
and videos, and their other free-time activities to anything ‘cultural’.
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