Hobby and Free Time

Lead-in

What is a hobby?

What is your hobby?

Fill in the spidergram with the words associated with your hobby.

Explain your associations.

Vocabulary

1) to differ	- отличать
2) to include	- включать
3) gardening	- садоводство
4) travelling	- путешествие
5) stamps	- марки
6) postcards	- открытки
7) to be fond of	- любить
8) to contain	- содержать
9) twice a week	- два раза в неделю
10) to keep fit	- быть в форме
11) pool	- бассейн
12) skating-rink	- каток
13) to collect	- cобирать, коллекционировать
14) variety	- разнообразие, многообразие
15) activity	- деятельность
16) useful	- полезный
17) healthy	- здоровый, полезный для здоровья

1. Read the following words and remember their pronunciation.

[i] differ, activity, swimming, winter, disk

[i:] skiing, week, feel

[ai] wide, like, twice, organized

[ei] taste, favourite, skating

2. Pay attention to the stress in the following words. Pronounce them.

col´lect	´exercise	in´clude
´organized	va´riety	ac´tivity

3. Read the text and fulfil the exercises. Hobby and Free Time

Hobbies differ like tastes. They include a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, books, toys, and postcards. My friend collects compact discs. He is fond of listening to music and his collection contains many interesting discs of his favorite jazz singers. Some of my friends like reading, others prefer going to the clubs and parties.

As for me, I’m fond of sport. I go to the gym twice a week. The exercises help me to keep fit. Once a week I go swimming to the pool. I think it’s very useful for my health. I also like winter sports like skiing and ice skating, because it’s quite cold in our region. So, when I’m free I often go to the skating -rink and it makes me feel great. I think sport helps people to be healthy and makes them to be more organized.

4. Complete the sentences. Use information from the text above.

1. Hobbies include _______________________ .

2. Some people collect ____________________ .

3. My friend is fond of ____________________ .

4. Young people prefer ____________________ .

5. The exercises in the gym help me __________ .

6. Swimming in the pool is _________________ .

7. In winter I like _________________________ .

8. Sport helps people to be__________________ .

5. Fill in the gaps with the necessary word given in the box.

useful	activity	contains	keep fit	twice a week
differ	healthy	variety	fond of	collects

1. This collection of stamps _______ a hundred of items.

2. There are different people and their tastes ______.

3. I have got a ______ of postcards.

4. What _____ do you prefer? - I prefer gardening and travelling.

5. My sister is ______ playing different computer games.

6. The exercises in the gym are ______ for health.

7. My father _______ interesting discs of his favorite jazz singers.

8. When people want to ________, they go to the gym.

9. Watching TV all day long is not _______.

10. My friend goes to the skating -ring _________.