4. Read the quotations below. Try to explain them in your own words.

“We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.” – Bill Bryson

“Defining and analyzing humour is a pastime of humourless people.” – Robert Benchley

“The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it”. – Orson Welles

“A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.” – Edmond and Jules De Goncourt

VI. Writing

1. Find information about any extreme and adventure sport and write a short article.

2. Write an essay on one of the topics below. Use your active vocabulary.

“Every man to his taste”

“Theatre vs Cinema”

“The most unusual and challenging hobby”