4. Read the text again. Say if these sentences are true of false

1. Weekend is favourite Nadya’s time of the week.

2. Nadya usually wakes up at 7 a.m. at the weekend.

3. After breakfast she gets with her homework and then she is free.

4. Nadya usually does shopping on Saturdays.

5. Nadya goes to the grocery store near her house.

6. Nadya’s dacha is far from Tyumen.

7. Nadya likes to walk in the parks admiring beautiful fountains.

8. She goes to bed about eleven.

5. Answer the questions to the text

1. How do we call the days of the week when we don’t have to go to the university?

2. What does Nadya do after she wakes up in the morning?

3. Does she spend her weekend with parents or with friends?

4. Does she go out at the weekend?

5. Does Nadya like to walk in Tyumen?

6. Look at top 10 Leisure Activities and tell your group-mates about your favorite actions on weekends

1. Watching television

2. Visiting / Entertaining friends

3. Playing computer games

4. Listening to music

5. Reading books

6. Going to a cafe

7. Going to the gym

8. Surfing the Internet

9. Going for a drive

10. Going for a walk

7. Which statements do you think are true about Russian people

• Russian people spend most of their free time at home.

• Russian people go in for sport on weekends. That’s why they are fit and healthy.

• Russian people like to go to concerts or theatres on their day off.

8. Read the texts and complete the table below. Compare the answers with a partner

My idea of fun!

People around the world relax in very different ways. We look at favorite leisure activities in three continents…

1. Surfing capital of the world

Any sunny day on the coast of Australia, you can see hundreds young people going to the beach. They all share Australia’s national passion – surfing. “My friends and I usually go down to the beach before breakfast in the summer,” says 19-year-old Jim Wolfe, “and come home again for dinner!” At weekends it is quite normal to drive hundreds of kilometres to find that “perfect wave”. But in Sydney. the biggest city in Australia. you don’t have that problem – there are thirty-four close to the city centre!

2. The music of the people

The most popular dance of Brasil, samba, is often called “the music of the people”. In the 1960s and 1970s people turned to US-style pop music, but these days samba is back again. There are different versions of samba: some that people dance in their villages, others that they practise especially to dance at Carnival. In Rio thousands of people go to samba schools, typically on a Saturday night – to dance, to learn … or just to watch. Thirty-year-old Ana Rita goes every week with her husband “… just because it’s fun! Everybody loves to dance, and it’s a great way to meet people!”

3. A day in the “banya”

If you’re happy to take a bath in public, then a Russian banya or bath

house, is the place for you. Russian of all types meet there … at any time of day. They go there to relax, to talk to their friends or even to discuss business. “It doesn’t matter if you’re old or young, fat or thin. Nobody cares, nobody looks at you … it’s a wonderful place!” says 24-year-old Masha, a student from St. Petersburg. There are cold baths, as well as a hot room where the temperature can reach forty-three degrees.

	When do people do this?	What kind of people do it?	Why do they do it?
surfing
samba
the banya