Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку для студентов 1 курса по специальностям
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Hobbies Hobby is a favorite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. Different people like doing different things. So different people have different hobbies. I’ve read that there are 1019 personal interests and ways to spend one’s free time. You are lucky if you have chosen a hobby according to your character and taste, because you have made your life more interesting and varied. Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes, they are: doing things, making things, collecting things and learning things. It cannot be denied that the most popular of all hobbies is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to traveling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest of man’s hobbies, especially in countries, for example Great Britain. It’s a well-known fact that the English are very of hardening and growing flowers. Playing computer games is a relatively new hobby, but it is becoming more and more popular. Both grown-ups and children are fond of it. I think that it is very exciting hobby. Certainly, it is interesting who will be the winner. Some people are fond of virtual reality; they like to go to the Internet. Many people go in for sports. It is their hobby. Sport is as old as the humanity itself. Sport helps us to become strong and stay in good shape, it makes us more organized and disciplined in our daily activities. It makes for a healthy mind in a healthy body. People play football, volleyball, hockey, go jogging, swimming, skiing, skating, train in clubs and different sections. Millions of people all over the world spend their holidays and spare time traveling. They travel to see other countries, modern cities and the ruins of ancient towns, they travel to enjoy picturesque places, or just for a change of scene. Some people are fond of shopping. Of course it is a part of our daily life. Some people hate it and find it boring. Others consider it very exciting and believe it is a kind of entertainment. Some prefer cinema or theatre, others like watching TV. Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, knitting, handicrafts, writing books, music or playing different musical instruments. Collecting things is one of the most popular kind of hobbies. Almost everyone collects something at some period of his life, for example stamps, coins, matchboxes, cigarette lighters, books, records, postcards, toys, figures of animals, watches so on and so forth. Learning things is one of the kinds of hobbies and one of the aspects of all hobbies. Learning things can includes reading, learning foreign languages and so on. Learning things can also be by reading about the things a person is interested in, so he adds it to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspects of a hobby. жүктеу/скачать 159,86 Kb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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