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18 Hobbies, Free Time and Lifestyle
18 Hobbies, Free Time and Lifestyle
a) The ways of spending free time
- What are the most usual free time activities of small children/school kids/secondary students/university students/young adults/middle aged people/elder people?
- Why do free time activities vary according to the seasons?
- What do you do in your free time?
- How do you spend your free time during holidays in comparison to school days?
- How much of your free time do you spend watching TV or surfing the Net?
- Which leisure time activities do you consider the most useful? Why? Explain.
b) Organized free time (after-school activities, part-time jobs)
- What institutions/organizations run after-school activities?
- What after-school activities are popular among school children?
- What activities can help one’s future life/develop one’s talent?
- Have you ever had a part-time job? If so, what was it like? Why did you work in your free time instead of having fun with your friends?
c) Individual hobbies (arts, culture, music, books, sports, housework, nature)
- What are the most typical types of hobbies?
- What objects can be collected? Have you ever colleted anything?
- Have you ever thought of taking up a new hobby?
- How much time do you spend on your hobby? Do you share your hobby with a friend or a member of your family? Does it help your relationship?
Writing suggestion:
Essay (180 - 220 words)
Write an essay in answer the following statement: Television is becoming one of the most popular free time activities and thus increases crime and violence among children
Vocabulary:
Entertainment, practise one’s hobby, collector’s clubs, keep pets, a weekend cottage, leisure time activities – play a musical instrument, amateur groups, folk dancing, modern dancing, sport activities – playing ball games, hiking, cycling, rowing, jogging, swimming, roller-skating, skate-boarding, wind-surfing, wave-gliding, skiing, camping, gathering mushrooms, At home: watching TV, listening to music, playing computer games, reading, get a video, get a takeaway. When you go to the cinema, a restaurant, a club: go out, go out to dinner/lunch/for a meal, go to the cinema/movies, go to the concert, go clubbing/to the club, go to a café/a bar, the pub, to the theatre, go shopping. When you go outdoors: go to the beach, to the park, have a picnic, go for a walk/for a run, walk the dog, take the dog for a walk, go sailing/climbing, skiing/camping. When you spend time with your friends go over to somebody’s house, have a party/a barbecue, meet up with somebody, go out with your boyfriend/girlfriend