1. Make a table according to the text:

   Type of hobby	Essence/ peculiarities	examples

2. Put the types of the hobbies, mentioned in the text, in the order of popularity, according to your own opinion. Prove your choice.

3. Chose one of the types from the text and make a report about this hobby. (Use not only the information from the text, but some additional sources as well).

Hobbies: List of Hobby Ideas

There is a popular saying which goes, "Lucky are those who have time after work for pursuing their hobby, but luckiest are those for whom work itself is a hobby".

Do you agree with this statement? Explain your point of view.

Let us have a look at a comprehensive hobbies list, and one which includes a diverse list of hobbies and interests for people of all ages - children, adults, elders, retired citizens, etc. Hobby Ideas For Men Presented below are different hobbies, ideas for men. Generally, the darker sex tends to prefer high intensity, energy-packed activities as hobbies and interests. Some typically masculine hobbies are as follows:

• Various types of fishing such as: bass fishing, cod fishing, trout fishing, sport fishing, ice fishing, fly fishing.

• Hiking

• Rappelling

• Rock climbing

• Billiards

• Poker

• Sports betting

• Casino games

• Mountain expeditions

• Bungee jumping

• Mountain biking

• Street racing

• Hunting

• Skateboarding

• Motorcycle racing

• Other extreme sports

• Internet betting and gambling activities such as: online poker, online bingo, online casinos, online gambling, online sports betting

• Paragliding

• Snowboarding

• Skydiving

• Soccer

• Hot air balloon rides

• Hang gliding

• Parachute jumps

• Snowmobile racing

• Body piercing

• Basketball

• Racing sports cars

• American football

• Golf

• Baseball

• Running and jogging

• Tennis

• Badminton

• Snow skiing

• Ham radios

• Speed skating

• Playing video games

• Weightlifting

• Bodybuilding

• Last but definitely not the least, checking out pretty women!

There also exists a select section of men who simply cannot do without the sun, sand and the surf. Here is a list of hobbies for all those water babies:

river rafting, diving, jet skiing, kayaking, powerboat racing, canoeing, kitesurfing, sailing, rowing, surfing, scuba diving.

However, not all men have a liking for an adrenalin rush. There are quite a few who have a liking for fine arts, history, technology and other similar hobbies as well.

Hobby Ideas For Women Women have a wider range of likes and interests when it comes to types of hobbies. There are some women who immensely enjoy outdoor activities, sports, etc. Presented below is an outdoor hobbies list for women:

shopping, event planning and organizing, wedding planning, camping, swimming, figure skating, ice skating, party planning, dog training, fitness and aerobic exercise sessions, horse riding, traveling

At the same time, quite a lot of females have a preference for indoor hobbies and interests such as:

• Cooking

• Knitting

• Jewelry making

• Making gift baskets

• Crochet

• Reiki

• Different types of painting such as: oil painting, glass painting, acrylic painting, faux painting, watercolor painting

• Quilting

• Writing

• Interior decorating and designing

• Home decorating

• Creating wall art and wall hangings

• Candle making

• Learning foreign languages

• Visiting beauty salons, clinics, and indulging in the following: spas, manicures, massages, steam saunas, tanning, acupressure, acupuncture, new hair accessories, and haircut styles and ideas

• Latest fashion trends in women's clothing

• Embroidery

• Crystal healing

• Learning tarot card reading

• Buying antiques and unique collectibles

• Becoming a collector of Italian art, Chinese art, Celtic art and culture

• Handcrafted jewelry

• Setting up a fish tank with aquarium fish

• Beading

• Spiritual healing

• Aromatherapy

• Cake decorating

• Handicrafts

• Cosmetics

• Flower arrangements

• Origami

• Sewing

• Yoga

• Coaching

• Feng shui

• Pottery

• Pursuing mosaic, stained glass and pastel art

• Home based business opportunities

• Scrapbooking

• Wood carvings and crafts Hobbies For Kids When it comes to hobbies for children, there is a variety of options available to choose from. From online hobbies to offline hobbies, indoor hobbies to outdoor hobbies, hobby ideas for kids are a dime a dozen. Here is a list of hobby ideas for young girls and boys:

• Treasure hunting

• Stamp collecting

• Coin collection

• Sudoku puzzles

• Playing board games

• Riddles

• Reading

• Paper crafts

• Martial arts

• Kite flying

• Woodworking

• Drawing

• Playing PC games

• Card games

• Comic books

• Visiting zoos, wildlife parks and animal safaris

• Collecting miniatures of cars, planes, historical monuments, etc.

• Watching famous cartoons and animated films

• Sleep-overs and slumber parties

• Coloring pages

• Participating in kids summer camps

• Engaging in kids crafts, kids art activities and craft books

• Face painting

• Kids cooking

• Magic and optical illusions

• Disney vacations

• Amusement parks and theme parks Hobby Ideas For Adults and Couples Here is a generic list of hobbies for adults, couples as well as elderly citizens. At the same time, most of the following hobbies are such that they can be pursued by teens and youngsters as well.

• Contemporary art

• Metal art

• Sand sculpting and sand crafts

• Spending vacations in new places

• Handwriting analysis

• Meditation

• Astrology

• Astronomy

• Studying about the solar system and other related things such as: comets, UFOs, spaceships

• Bird watching (in the true sense of the term!)

• Leather crafts

• Charity work

• RV camping

• Different types of photography

• Home improvement and landscaping activities such as: lawn care, patio decorating, designing ponds or water fountains, having a birdhouse

• Internet based hobbies such as: blogging, online chatting, social networking, online games, online dating , online trading, Internet home businesses

• Palmistry and numerology

• Making clay sculptures

• Pet adoption

• Boating

• Animal breeding

• Participating in animal rescue and animal welfare drives

• Starting dog shelters and pet shelters

• Different forms of dancing such as: ballet dancing, ballroom dancing, belly dancing

• Studying about world history, world culture and heritage, etc.

• Archeology

• Human evolution

• Exploring caves

• Studying about earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes and tsunamis

• Geography and geology

• Dinosaurs and fossils

• History

• Chess

• Trekking

• Studying dream interpretations

• Scale modeling

• Studying horoscopes and different zodiac sign characteristics

• Engaging in music related activities such as: learning a musical instrument such as a guitar, violin, synthesizer, saxophone, etc., taking singing lessons, studying about famous musicians and the history of music, listening to different types of music

• Researching on the latest gadgets and gizmos

• Watching DVD movies

• Staying fit through exercises and balanced diets

Phew! That was a long, long list of different types of hobbies, wasn't it?

Whatever may be your hobby, try not to look at it as a way of filling your pocket. Let it be a way of achieving inner satisfaction, peace of mind, and of experiencing happiness. That way, you will enjoy it much more and to the fullest.

Exercises:

1. Translate all unknown types of hobbies into Russian.

2. Do you agree with the following list? If not, what changes would you make?

3. Scan the text and analyze what types of hobbies are the most and the least popular in Russia according to your own opinion.

4. Put hobbies in the order of popularity.

Hobbies That Make Money

Do you think it is possible to earn money with a hobby? Can you give examples of such types of hobbies? Now read the text and compare your ideas with the given information. The most appropriate examples of hobbies and interests, that make money and relates to the IT world, can be found in the computer games testing field and in the field of computer hacking. If you take pleasure in playing PC games and finding the glitches and bugs (errors) in them, then you are the right man for something. The software companies, which create and sell computer games, hire and pay fortunes to people, who could help them improve their products. Have you ever seriously thought, that your time consuming and unproductive, computer game playing hobby could be one of the hobbies that make money? Even though you may not be a computer geek or a hacker, I am sure that you know the kind of destructive activities, the computer hackers are involved in. However, if you are an expert in penetrating the firewall programs, which protects the computer systems and the data in it, from malicious elements and know, how to move inside the cyber world, from server to server, without leaving and whenever necessary, erasing your trail or foot marks of your passage, then be its protector. The companies from all over the world hire ethical hackers to protect their sensitive data. Indoor and Outdoor Money Making Hobbies There was a time, when one could easily distinguish between the hobbies for women and hobbies for men, but not anymore. In today's free world, where muscle power is surpassed by mental muscles, everyone is free to follow his or her own hobbies and interests. One man's hobbies and interests could be other's idea of boredom and vanity. Some people like indoor activities or hobbies at home that can be carried on within the confines of their homes. On the other hand, many people like to get involved in outdoor activities. Both kinds of activities have a fair chance of developing into hobbies that make money. The following hobbies list presents activities that are already money making hobbies: Indoor Money Making Hobbies Some people don't have to go out to find a part of themselves or establish a connection with the elements. They are happy and content with the hobbies that can be followed and enjoyed at home.

• You can sell your hand made quilt, if you can reach the right kind of people, who know how to appreciate a nice piece of work.

• Scale modeling or building scale model replicas of ships, plane, spacecrafts, cars, trains, windmills etc, is not only one of the hobbies that can make you money, but it also brings you the satisfaction of creating new things. This hobby is well supplied by the hobby stores and hobby shops.

• Hobbies like stamp collecting, coin collection are basically hobbies for kids, which an adult collector can convert into one of the money making hobbies.

• If you are good at making fur toys, such as teddy bears, cats paw, doggies etc., then you could earn money by selling them.

• Hobbies such as painting, sketching, drawing etc. have always belonged to the type of hobbies that make money. The only limiting factor for the successful sale of your artwork will be the degree of your skill invested in it.

Outdoor Money Making Hobbies If you have spent considerable time practicing any one of the following activities and know it inside out, then by becoming an instructor, you can promote it to the list of hobbies that make money.

• Trekking is a great stress buster activity. Your expertise with the trails in the mountains, through forests can be turned in a money making hobby.

• Not everyone can pursue the hobby of cave exploration as it draws on the inbuilt or self-instilled capacity of resisting the claustrophobia that an cave explorer needs to counter during the exploring. You can make money, if you can lead a pack of interested people.

• Rock climbing involves lot of techniques that you could pass on to the interested people in exchange of retainer.

• You could make money out of hobby of fishing, if you know when the fish starts running in a particular river or sea and where or when your clients have chances of hooking them.

• Gardening is another interesting hobby that you can turn into a money making venture, of course if you are blessed with a green thumb. Who knows, you might end up with a homegrown green vegetables store of your own. How about canning and selling them?

• It is not enough to have a great gun to achieve results, you need to point it in the right direction as well. Your knowledge of golf can be used to groom the young players.

Money Making Hobby Ideas Some people love to talk with others. Of course, not all of them need to be taken seriously. However, what do you do, if you find yourself talking to an expert in his or her field. Well, naturally you pay attention to the person, if the subject interests you. Similarly if you are an expert of your hobby and you know, how to express your experiences, techniques involved and a way of captivating interests of your listeners, then think about the following options from the following hobbies list :

• If you are familiar with the field of marketing or advertising or selling and can decipher what lies or is hidden or is buried under the marketing jargon used to describe the products, then write product reviews on the Internet and get paid for it. This may save your readers the trouble of wriggling out of the pitfalls.

• If the unknown milestones beckon you, fill your heart with the wanderlust, make your feet itch for the travel and you know, what it takes to make a home run, then you are an expert in travelling. Rest your feet and let your fingers narrate the tales of the distant shores. Get online and see whether your hobby belongs to the class of hobbies that can make you money.

• A recipe show can be a great business venture if you have got the right taste buds and enjoy cooking.

There are people who know, how to use fun hobbies that make money to their advantage. Between, hobbies and interests, first comes the interest, which encourages you to strive and master the hobby. You may find that any hobby pursued to the point of perfection, gets in the list of hobbies that make money. People always pay for perfection. For an inventive person, sky is the limit, when it is time to come up with money making hobby ideas. There is always a chance of converting aspects of human activities into hobbies that make money and who knows, you may start off a business of your own.

Exercises:

1. Give the Russian equivalents:

Hacking, glitches, geek, malicious, surpass, quilt, pursue, decipher, wriggling, pitfall, beckon, wanderlust, canning, retainer, replicas, boredom, vanity

2. Which of the idea listed in the text, are possible to fulfill in your life? Why?

3. Make a plan or a scheme of the text.

4. Retell the text as if you were

• A TV showman dwelling on this topic

• A gamer

• A person who has made a fortune on his hobby