Proverbs and sayings

So many people, so many hobbies.	Сколько людей, столько и увлечений.
Feast and fast tomorrow.	Сегодня банкет, а завтра пост.
Work done, have your fun.	Кончил дело – гуляй смело.
The busiest man finds the most leisure.	Самый занятой человек находит больше всего досуга.

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HOBBIES [12]

A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.

Today people have more time for leisure activities than they did in the past, mainly due to shorter working hours. People also have higher incomes and more paid holidays, so they are now able to follow a wider range of interests and activities in their spare time.

As a result, the leisure industry has become very commercialized and caters to a wide range of tastes. Mass entertainment, including spectator sports, television, music, computer games and the cinema, the travel industry and “do-it-yourself” industry are now very big businesses.

Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.

The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.

No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.

Among young people extreme sports become more widespread. Parachuting and mountaineering have been popular with people looking for thrills and adventure. It is a chance to express their individuality, it is also an alternative to traditional sports. Such hobbies are rather dangerous, but very attractive

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

mainly due to	главным образом, благодаря…
higher income	более высокий доход
paid holiday	оплаченный отпуск
a wide range	широкий круг
spare time	свободное время
leisure [’leʒə] activities	досуг, занятие в свободное время
a favourite pastime	любимое времяпрепровождение
to ne’s liking	по чьему-либо вкусу
numerous	бесчисленные
to be subdivided into	подразделяться на
to in clude smth.	включать что-либо (в состав)
a wide variety of activities	широкий круг занятий
a computer game	компьютерная игра
to make sculpture	заниматься скульптурой
to design a costume	разработать модель костюма
handicrafts	рукоделие, ручная работа
a hobbyist	человек, имеющий хобби
a hobby painter	художник-любитель
to have no real value	не иметь реальной ценности
valuable	ценный
to be housed in museums and galleries	размещаться в музеях и галереях
a world-famous collection	всемирно известная коллекция
to start in a small way	начинать с малого
an item	предмет, пункт
to collect paintings	собирать картины
a rare book	редкая книга
an art object	предмет искусства
a private collection	частная коллекция
to take pleasure in doing smth.	получать удовольствие от занятий
to have the opportunity of doingsmth.	иметь возможность сделать что-либо
to be interestedin…	интересоваться чем-либо
to add to smth.	прибавлять, увеличивать
the most exciting aspect of smth.	наиболее увлекательная сторона
mass entertainment	массовые развлекательные программы
to become widespread	становиться широко распространенным
mountaineering	скалолазание
leisure industry	индустрия отдыха
to cater	обслуживать
spectator sports	зрелищные виды спорта
amateur [’æmətə]	любитель, т.е. не профи

Answer the questions.

1. Why do people have more time for leisure activities now?

2. What is a hobby?

3. What classes can hobbies be divided into?

4. What activities does doing things include?

5. What do hobbyists who prefer making things do?

6. What do hobbyists who prefer collecting things do?

7. What do people collect?

8. How do people learn from his or her hobby?

9. What plays the most important role in choosing leisure activities?

10. What is your hobby?

Exercise 1. Choose the necessary words from the box and put them in the sentences below:

pastime, stamps, adding, doing, world-famous, painters, especially, matchboxes, higher incomes, relatively, collecting, handicrafts.

1. Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and ….

2. Many … collections started in a small way with one or two items.

3. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, … is some countries.

4. Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: … things, making things, … things and learning things.

5. Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: …, coins, …, books, records, postcards, toys, watches.

6. A … new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.

7. By reading about the things he or she is interested in, he or she is … to what hobby.

8. Two of the most famous hobby … were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.

9. A hobby is a favourite … of a person.

10. Paid holidays and … are allowed to follow wide range of activities.

Exercise 2. Are the following sentences true or false? Give your arguments.

1. Less popular of all hobby groups is doing things.

2. Collectors prefer to collect only brands.

3. Leisure time is the time for relaxation.

4. A relatively old hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.

5. Mass entertainments are now very big businesses.

Exercise 3. Translate the following sentences and put special questions to them.

1. City dwellers usually like to spend their holidays in the country.

2. Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large parts: doing things, making things, collecting things and learning things.

3. Mass entertainment, including spectator sports, television, the travel industry are now very big business.

4. Nowadays a lot of new hobbies have appeared.

5. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items.

6. Leisure industry has become very commercialized.

Exercise 4. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Хобби – это время препровождение, которое человек выбирает по своему вкусу.

2. Четыре класса, на которые подразделяют хобби – это делать что-либо, создавать что-либо, собирать что-либо и узнавать что-либо новое.

3. Люди, имеющие хобби создавать что-либо, рисуют, создают скульптуру, костюмы и т.д.

4. Коллекции могут не иметь реальной ценности.

5. Коллекции картин, редких книг и других предметов искусства могут быть настолько ценными, что их размещают в музеях и художественных галереях.

6. Люди получают радость, осматривая коллекции, переданные в музеи.

7. Индустрия отдыха стала предлагать и обслуживать разные виды отдыха, которые уже стали хобби.

8. Некоторые виды искусства, такие как составление икебаны, стали популярными хобби во всем мире.

9. Хобби моей подруги – украшение своей квартиры. Ее дом, как музей.

10. Британцы, считают, что спорт это хобби. Вы можете быть фанатом футбольной команды, посвящая много времени и средств своему хобби.

11. Возможность узнавать новое – это самая увлекательная сторона хобби.

Exercise 5. Give the English equivalents for:

· заниматься украшением своего дома	· индустрия отдыха предлагает
· некоторые виды искусства стали популярными хобби	· экстремальный спорт, как альтернатива традиционному спорту
· хобби делятся на: создание чего-то, само коллекционирование или осуществление какой-либо деятельности	· садоводство очень популярное хобби в Великобритании · быть фанатом футбола – это грандиозное хобби
· хранится в музеях и галереях	· не иметь реальной ценности
· широкое разнообразие интересов и деятельности	· экстремальный спорт может быть очень опасным

Exercise 6. Discuss the following problems in the group.

1. Party animals. Hobby or real addict?

2. Football fans emotions. Aggression or passion?

3. Free of charge museum nights week in St. Petersburg. What for?

Exercise 7. Speak on the topic “Hobbies”.

Exercise 8. Learn the following words and word combinations and learn them in your dialogues.

Leisure	Отдых
to spend time outdoors	проводить время на свежем воздухе
to have a pleasant rest	приятно отдыхать
to enjoy oneself	хорошо проводить время
in the open air	на свежем воздухе
holidaymaker / vacationer	отдыхающий
to let off steam	расслабиться (отдохнуть)
to play chess on computer	играть в шахматы на компьютере
to go karaoke singing	петь караоке
to go out	выйти из дома (в гости, погулять)
It must be interesting pastime.	Это, наверное, интересное развлечение.
What is your favourite pastime?	Какое ваше любимое развлечение?
How do you usually spend your evening?	Как вы обычно проводите вечера?
It’s lovely day!	Чудесный день!
It’s a shame not to take advantage of such lovely weather.	Стыдно не воспользоваться такой замечательной погодой.
Why don’t go for a walk?	Почему бы не пойти на прогулку?
Hobby	Хобби
common hobby	обычное хобби
What is your hobby?	Какое у вас хобби?
to collect hand-made dolls	коллекционировать куклы ручной работы
It’s the process of collecting itself that matters (that interests me).	Собственно сам процесс коллекционирования имеет значение.
a curio [k’juriəoʊ]	шкаф-витрина
I can’t say with certainty.	Я не могу сказать определенно.

Exercise9. Read, translate and dramatize the dialogues.

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